Strange taste with Quang fish salad

The coastal strip of Quang Nam is famous for its fresh and delicious fish salad. Every visitor who comes here wants to enjoy and experience it as a unique gift from the sea.

Nam O herring salad is processed dry. Photo: HOANG LIEN

Special fish salad with unique flavor, elaborate and meticulous preparation. Coming to Tam Thanh beach (Tam Ky), Tam Tien (Nui Thanh) or strolling through the large seafood restaurants in Tam Ky city, visitors can easily enjoy this delicious dish.

The coastal residents of Quang Nam often prepare fish salad with dipping sauce, mixed vegetables and rice paper rolls. The ingredients are usually fresh herrings caught by the coastal people, cast nets near the shore. Fresh herrings are most commonly found in the southern season, from the fourth lunar month onwards. Herrings have sweet, soft meat.

The famous herring salad is also a unique dish of the coastal residents of Nam O ( Da Nang ) and is always attractive to tourists from near and far. Coming to Nam O and forgetting to enjoy the special fish salad is like wasting the opportunity to experience it.

Enjoying special fish salad, watching Cu De river, or the beautiful sea from all directions will enrich your journey of experiencing regional culture and cuisine .

An attractive herring salad in the eyes of tourists. Photo: HOANG LIEN

Nam O fish salad is named after a small fishing village located on the coast, about 10km north of Da Nang city center. According to the locals, there are two ways to prepare dry and wet salad, each with its own unique features, depending on the taste of the diners. However, both dry and wet salad are made from fresh herring with the same ingredients and spices, only the final processing step is different.

For the dried herring salad, Nam O people choose fresh fish, clean it, process it, slice it, cook it, let it drain, then mix the fish with typical spices such as rice powder, roasted sesame, roasted peanuts, crushed grilled rice paper, and many types of fish sauce, salt, fish sauce, and vinegar. This step will help coat the fish with a thin layer of flour, contributing to the rich, fatty taste of the fish.

On the contrary, the wet salad dish is made by cleaning the herring, marinating it with ginger, galangal, garlic, and minced chili and soaking it in broth mixed with Nam O fish sauce to create the unique flavor of this dish. The dipping sauce is prepared according to a family recipe, each person has their own style, creating the unique features of each restaurant in Nam O. In particular, when eating Nam O fish salad, you cannot miss the basket of fresh green wild vegetables, such as wild coc leaves, lan nganh, tram leaves, dung leaves, ginseng, onions and coriander...

In the coastal fishing villages of Quang Nam and Da Nang, community tourism journeys and enjoying regional cuisine with famous specialties will enrich your summer experiences.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/la-mieng-voi-goi-ca-xu-quang-3157834.html