What is so delicious about Hue fish sauce that makes netizens so excited?

Every spring-summer season, people living in the Tam Giang - Cau Hai lagoon in Thua Thien - Hue province get a "heavenly blessing", which is the green swallow. Hue swallow is a specialty of the ancient capital, also known as "Hue sashimi".

Coming to Hue this season, you can visit the fishing villages along Tam Giang lagoon, or go to markets such as Ben Ngu, An Cuu, Cong market... in the city center to buy nuoc. If you want, you can stop by the popular roadside pubs or seafood restaurants such as Tuan Muc Seafoods on Le Quang Dao street to enjoy Hue nuoc.

Hue broth is blue in color, eaten raw with figs, cucumbers, and vegetables to cool down.

The green nuoc is a creature of the same family as the jellyfish. However, the nuoc is smaller in size, its whole body turns a transparent blue color, which is very rare in nature. The nuoc is very benign, the meat is crispy and sweet without needing to be processed elaborately. Just wash it, cut it into small pieces and soak it in ice water until firm, then you can enjoy it right away. The nuoc has a natural, slightly brackish taste of Tam Giang water, eaten with a few sprigs of herbs (lemon basil), a few slices of fig, a few slices of cucumber, dipped in a little shrimp paste is enough for a delicious meal. The nuoc meat is crispy, chewy, accompanied by astringent fig and sweet cucumber, it cools down the hot early summer sun in a strangely pleasant way.

Hue rice vermicelli is green.

In the past, nuoc was a rustic dish, a refreshing and anti-nausea dish for people living along the lagoon. Every year, nuoc only appears once in the 2nd and 3rd lunar months. People in Tam Giang-Cau Hai never thought that con nuoc would become a "hot trend" dish, not only in Hue, but also spread to all regions of the country.

In recent years, with the development of social networking platforms, the image of a jellyfish-like animal with a beautiful blue color has spread rapidly. People in urban areas have sought to buy and try it, and families living along the lagoon have put aside their main jobs to go together to exploit the jellyfish to sell, bringing in high economic value. Whole jellyfish, which used to cost around 30,000 VND/kg, now cost up to 70,000 VND.

The shape of Hue noodle soup.

The price of the water snail legs alone is twice as high, but there is still not enough to meet the needs of the people. People living along the lagoon also have a large source of income thanks to this. Even the people of Hue themselves complain that now that it is the water snail season, they do not have the opportunity to enjoy the specialty of their hometown if they do not quickly "hunt for the goods".

Mr. Le Thanh Quy, a large seafood trader in An Cuu market (Hue city), said that for more than a week now, due to the slow business situation, his family has decided to sell more fish to ship to other provinces, earning more income.

Hue's Nuoc is now very expensive because the online community is "boiling" after the reviews. Have you ever touched a Nuoc yourself?

In recent days, social networks have been buzzing with clips reviewing and feeling about Hue's snails from Youtubers and Tiktokers from all regions. Praise and criticism are each person's personal opinion, because taste and evaluation depend on each individual. However, some people prepare it the wrong way, some people because they don't like the taste go online to criticize, showing excessive actions such as grimacing and vomiting in front of the typical regional dish, causing the Hue online community to "boil".

Being a unique product, eaten raw without being cooked, is a "tough" challenge for most people. "It is inevitable that the dish does not suit their taste. So, if you cannot praise it, then do not use unpleasant words and actions to criticize the specialties of other regions" - a netizen expressed his opinion.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/nuoc-hue-co-gi-ngon-ma-cu-dan-mang-soi-suc-den-vay-196240405164243681.htm