Various kinds of shock fish, grilled red snapper with chili sauce and coriander, dotted with sweet potato buds, young vegetables, squash buds, gourd buds…; The seabass is braised with porcupine cotton seasoned with Siamese chili; Shredded ditch fish, cooked in red rice porridge, or fried in oil or rolled with wild vegetables, dipped in strangely delicious fish sauce.
Sometimes when they catch a lot of shock fish and can’t eat all of them, people in Phuoc Tan commune, Son Hoa district, (Phu Yen province) hang tongs to dry on the kitchen floor to dry, to cook soup with tomatoes or to save for other times. lack of food.
Villagers said that on the Ca Lui river in the past, there were all kinds of crocodiles, otters, eels…, especially hippos, known locally as water buffalo, living in the Round basin, the basin. Drowning Knife…But these species have long since disappeared. Other fishes are mainly found in Toac, Mo Rac and under Ru Ri waterfalls.
I remember once going back to Phuoc Tan commune, being treated by the village elder So Minh Tri in Ma Hoa village with a meal of grilled rockfish in a banana peel, dipped with salt and chili pepper; Red snapper is cooked in sour soup with wild grape leaves and dill leaves, with a very typical aroma of the mountains.
These stream and river fish dishes eat rice with cultivated rice, a rustic meal, and a full meal.
Ca Lui River in Phuoc Tan commune, Son Hoa district (Phu Yen province) not only has delicious fish, but also has majestic rapids, ancient trees shading the two sides of the river, a painted picture. Thuy is heartbreakingly beautiful.
On holidays and Tet, young people in the locality and surrounding areas often come to Ca Lui river to fish, admire the vast space and enjoy the fresh air here.
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