Delicious fish salad, eat and remember!

If you are bored with long stretches of sand and want to find a place with few tourists, a mangrove ecosystem and thorny rocks, Hon Mot (Bai Thom commune, Phu Quoc city, Kien Giang province) will be a very interesting destination.

Near Hon Mot, there are many restaurants selling fresh seafood. Tourists can come here to eat and then walk to Hon Mot to take pictures. Of course, when coming here, you cannot miss the delicious food, especially the delicious fish salad.

Hon Mot (Bai Thom commune, Phu Quoc city, Kien Giang province) is not only famous for its beautiful scenery but also for its special fish salad.

The plate of fresh fish salad is served with onions underneath, grated coconut and peanuts spread evenly on the white fillet of fish. Before enjoying, the chef will mix these ingredients together to make the dish more delicious. When eating, we use rice paper to roll the mixed fish meat with raw vegetables, dip in fish sauce and enjoy. The fresh fish fillet meat blends with the spicy taste of onion slices, chili, the fatty taste of peanuts and grated coconut, the rich salty and sweet taste of fish sauce... creating an unforgettable rich flavor. One roll, two rolls, three rolls... can't stop until the plate of fresh fish salad is gone. Although the fish meat is raw, when eating, you can hardly feel the fishy smell because the fish meat has been marinated with lemon or vinegar.

The fish has a sharp beak, about 2 fingers in size, not too big, and lives near the shore so it is easy to catch. Many other sea areas also have this type of fish, but not everywhere has the way to process the fish into raw fish fillet salad to enjoy like Phu Quoc. The owner of the fish salad restaurant near Hon Mot said that this type of fish is available all year round, the quantity is not as much as herring, so not every restaurant sells it or always has it available. This dish is made and eaten in a similar way to herring salad, but each type of fish brings its own flavor. If you have eaten herring salad, try this fish salad to compare and feel the difference!