Go to the village of most famous grilled fish with the fragrant nose, Ha Tinh

This grilled fish village is famous not only in Ha Tinh province, but the grilled fish here is also sold everywhere as a special gift. The people here do not remember the specific year, but this fishing village has existed for a long time.

To say that the fishing village is too much, because there are only about 10 households doing this profession along Provincial Highway 9, the section passing through Ho Do commune (Loc Ha district, Ha Tinh). They were busy day and night, sitting by the blazing coal fire grilled fish.

Grilled fish are marine fish, including: Mackerel, banana scad, silverfish, herring … fish caught in the waters of Ha Tinh. This fisherman has to wake up from 3 to 4 am, go down to the fishing ports to choose the freshest and most delicious fish to buy and grill. And only grilled with charcoal.

The fish is cleaned by the intestines, then drained. Next, people use a small bamboo stick from the head to the belly of the fish. This will help shape the fish during baking without breaking and make it easier to grill the fish. And the fish used for baking is not seasoned with any spices or by-products.

The grill is made from two iron bars, about 1m long to place the fish on the grill. In addition to choosing fresh fish, the coal temperature for baking, as well as turning the fish over, is also the factor determining the deliciousness and attractiveness of the fish. To do this requires experience from the grillers.

Each batch of fish is grilled for a period of 15 minutes. When the fish’s body is yellow, the aroma is sweet. When the fish is fully ripe, it will be brought out to the basket for sale.

Ms. Vuong Thi Loan (57 years old, Vinh Phu village, Ho Do commune), has nearly 40 years of experience in fish baking. Every day she baked and sold about 200 fish. The times of Tet or the first day of the year, the number of customers buying more than twice as usual.

Mrs. Loan said that this grilled fish is not only consumed in Ha Tinh but also bought as gifts to relatives from North to South. In the photo, customers buy a whole barrel of grilled fish to send to their relatives in the South

“Doing this job is quite hard, having to wake up early and busy all day long, all people just smell of fish. Despite the extreme, this job still has a stable income. Each fish costs from 25-35 thousand VND” Ms. Loan shared.

This fish can be used to cook with rice. In particular, this fish is used as ram wrapped with raw vegetables and then dipped in garlic and chili sauce, it is really irresistible.