HO CHI MINH CITY-Western specialties such as fish sauce, coconut, grilled snakehead fish … reproduced, almost the same size as clay.
For more than a month now, in the apartment room of Ly Thai To (District 3), Mr. Nguyen Tan Dat made western dishes of clay. Collection “Western Corner” with nearly 40 dishes, products such as fried earfish, grilled snakehead fish, dried fish, coconut, fish sauce, fish, crab, cotton classic … reproduced.
Sharing about the idea of making these models, Mr. Dat said: “The West is limited, many people do not have broth, seafood is running out. Through these rustic dishes, I want to spread the message to everyone to save this land.”
Mr. Dat is making coconut dip with ingredients such as clay, color, paint, brush to paint … then dry.
“The food I only need to see the picture once is remembered, then molded and painted clay. There are simple dishes such as coconut, it takes 15 minutes to finish but also food takes nearly a day to complete,” Dat shared.
Fish sauce spirit, the owner takes 16 hours to complete. Each fish is meticulously crafted in different shapes and by its true size. The most time-losing is the pouring of glue to give out the color of fish sauce and fish adhesion together.
To be more vivid, Mr. Dat had to buy the right kind of jars from the West or used to make fish sauce.
The grilled shrimp skewers are dynamic with life-like colors and sizes. Mr. Dat has tried many clays of Vietnam, Thailand, China, Japan, each with different reasoning to model.
Grilled copper snakehead fish must be prepared in a variety of colors such as gray, brown, black.. then on the fire to color as if just baked.
The fish ears are placed on banana leaves to increase the rusticity of Western cuisine.
In addition to the dry model of ba sa fish, the owner also makes many other dry fish such as fish cascading, trach …
Mien Tay river with the image of a small boat containing copper fish. To show the richness of river food, Mr. Dat also made many models of aquatic species.
Catfish, trach, eel… meticulously colored, so that in the right rustic nature.
Stingrays, characteristic of mangroves are reproduced. This fish can make many dishes such as grilled chilli salt, pepper stock, hot pot, dry …
“These types of fish must be done in different soils, in order to best express the shape of each species,” Said Dat.
“This copper crab season floats a lot, also indispensable specialties of the West. Making crab models the hardest is attaching the fores and legs to their body,” Dat said.
Western rustic feast is reproduced live.
“In the near future, I will make new models, in addition to food, there will be more topics such as crafts, crafts … and with other materials”, Mr. Dat shared.
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