Fall in love with Cu Lao Cham grouper

Raw grouper with lemon - always fresh and wild.

Those who are lucky can also enjoy nutritious fish such as red snapper, mackerel, grouper, etc. Grouper has white, sweet, chewy meat, no fishy taste, is mild and very nutritious.

They can cool down and increase resistance, so they are always a specialized remedy for "bitter mouth" when having a cold, fever, or weather change. Grouper has many "genus" such as black grouper, flower grouper, turmeric grouper, blue star grouper... all of which are excellent.

Precious gift from the sea

When I pointed to the grouper fish wriggling gently in the basin, the restaurant owner exclaimed: “These days, fishermen have caught a lot of grouper fish, so the price is cheaper. Choosing this dish is the only way to get the delicious dish that will make your teeth ache!”
People of coastal origin only need to smell the clams, snails, shrimps... and especially look at the grouper with bright, clear eyes, strong swimming, shiny scales, plump, smooth body to know what it tastes like.

And the most interesting thing today is that the whole family "won" a delicious grouper feast, especially in this hot weather, only grouper dishes can cool the heart and stomach.

According to the experience of "casual drinkers", people often choose a few live groupers right on the beach and ask the restaurant owner to transform them into many favorite dishes.

Crispy fried grouper skin is very attractive.

There are few fish like grouper, each part can be processed into many dishes. All dishes are rich in the taste of the sea, the most popular are fried grouper skin, grouper with lemon and grouper porridge.

Fastidious people are a bit hesitant to enjoy raw grouper with lemon because the fish meat is still raw and somewhat wild, but once eaten, they "forget the way home".

The way to prepare this dish is quite simple but requires experience. When enjoying, each slice of fish is put into a bowl of lemon juice until half-cooked, then picked up and placed on a rice paper roll with vegetables, dipped in a bowl of pre-mixed dipping sauce. The fatty, sweet taste of fish meat blends with the sour taste of lemon juice, star fruit, the spicy taste of chili sauce, the mild pungency of green cabbage mixed with the aroma of vegetables, especially because of the pungent smell of mustard that rushes up to the nose, making diners ecstatic while eating.

Variety of dishes

Compared to other dishes, crispy fried grouper skin is popular thanks to its fragrant flavor. Shake the crispy fried grouper skin with a mixture of lemongrass, lemongrass, and chili, also dipped in oil, and then arrange on a plate. This dish is very popular with children, and can be eaten as a snack or with rice.

If visitors come to Cu Lao Cham at noon, the hottest time of the day compared to other times of the day, they will fully feel the wonderfulness of a bowl of cool porridge.

Grouper porridge is the best among fish porridges.

Marinate the fish head with ginger, salt, sugar, pepper... and let it soak in for a while. Choosing rice to cook porridge also requires sophistication, the rice should be a combination of both regular and sticky rice.

While waiting for the fish head to absorb the spices, roast the rice until it is slightly golden brown before adding water to the porridge to prevent it from becoming too thick. Once the porridge is cooked, add the fish head and turn off the stove after five or seven minutes. Many diners also like to add some fatty fish intestines to the porridge pot.
A bowl of hot fish porridge, with a few chopped green onions and cilantro, looks really "sexy".

But the joy is doubled when diners eat and blow on each spoonful of porridge, occasionally stopping to "enjoy" the white, firm fish meat dipped in pure anchovy fish sauce, reaching the "peak" of delicious coastal taste.

If anyone has accidentally “stuck” with the taste of Cu Lao Cham grouper, they cannot bear to miss it, they have to enjoy three or four dishes to satisfy their taste buds. Even a Hoi An native like me is not unfamiliar with grouper dishes but still cannot stop exclaiming. Therefore, many tourists who visit this coastal area, their feet have left but their hearts are still “stirred” with the taste of grouper – a gift from the sea.

Source: https://baoquangnam.vn/xieu-long-ca-mu-cu-lao-cham-3140749.html