Sunday 28 July 2013

Best Vietnamese Food in Phan Thiết City

Spade fish salad, phở fish, grilled squid teeth… are famous dishes that you cannot miss when visiting this well-known sea city – Phan Thiết. Let us start this food journey to know more about Best Vietnamese Food. 

Spade fish salad (Gỏi cá mai) is the first dish we will discover. These fishes are abundant in middle Vietnam sea. Its shape is similar to Long-jawed anchovy but there is a silver fish scales and these fishes have no blood so it does not smell at all. Preparing this dish is quite simple but still it is our Best Vietnamese Food. First, you clean the fish and remove the scales, cut off the head and tail, use a knife to dissect the fillet, remove the bone, and cook the fish rarely by vinegar or lemon juice. The vegetables are diversified: sliced carrot, shallot, basil, minced laksa leaves, roasted peanuts… Next, you can mix all the ingredients together, add a little bit of fish sauce with lemon, garlic and chillies… Finally, you can adjust the taste and enjoy the salad with rice paper.

 
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Spade fish salad (Gỏi cá mai)

The second dish you cannot miss is deep fried loi fish in pork grease (cá lồi xối mỡ). This is such a simple dish with just one steamed Loi fish with rice paper and yet it has been always the very first dish appear on every single menu in Phan Thiết. One tip for the food lovers, you should only choose those fishes only weighted from 1 to 2 kilogram. First, you use the knife to shave off the grease or citronella to crush. Next, you need to remove all the fish guts, wash it with salt water. Third, slice the fish then steam it. Fourth, fry the minced spring onions. Finally, when you serve the dish, you can put the fish on a plate, pour grease and onion on top, sprinkle some roasted peanuts and eat with rice paper, vegetables and sauce.
 
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Deep fried Loi fish in pork grease (Cá lồi xối mỡ)

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From VietnameseFood.com.vn

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