5 legendary kingfishes of Vietnam

These rare and delicious fishes have been "honored" to be present at the banquets of ancient Vietnamese kings.

Blue grouper

This fish has soft bones, sweet meat, especially the very attractive fleshy eggs.

Blue grouper is a species of carp which appears in many rivers in the northern mountainous provinces and scattered in the North Central region. This is a precious fish that has been recorded in history books as a king of many centuries ago.

This fish has soft bones, sweet meat, especially the very attractive fleshy eggs. Unlike many types of mediocre fish that are only delicious when they are large, the green stout is delicious from the time when the fish is like the tip of a finger until 'big as a bomb'.

People in some villages in the northern mountainous areas still keep green grouper in their ponds as a traditional habit. Meanwhile, the State also has a program to preserve and develop this fish as a new direction for freshwater aquaculture.

Grilled fish

The Kingfisher has another name, fish climbing hills because they are very strong.

Catfish is a fish belonging to the fruiting family, which is quite abundant in Vietnam. However, the seabass in Hoa Lu Ninh Binh limestone is associated with a fine name in the name, it is the kingfisher. Legend has it that from the time of King Dinh Tien Hoang, the Ninh Binh people caught fish as a precious product to offer to the First Emperor.

The fish of the king and the king have another name, the fish climbed the hill, because they are very strong, capable of crawling on the rocks to climb higher points, such as the waterway near the hills, the lake on the mountain, even the sources water along the crags. Perhaps due to the characteristics of the living environment, the fish of Kingfisher and Kingfish are very different from regular fish, very strong and aromatic.

Currently, Kingfishes are being preserved and widely farmed in Ninh Binh. They have become culinary specialties imbued with the cultural history of the ancient capital of Hoa Lu.

Whole School Perch

The Whole Tilapia has fatty, fragrant, chewy, delicious meat.

The Total Perch is the type of perch that lives in the flooded cave environment in the land of Hoa Lu and Ninh Binh. This is called Total Truong perch because this fish is found in the submerged cave area of ​​General Truong Yen, Hoa Lu district. They have the same morphology as copper perch, but due to their long life in the swamp, Hoa Lu cave, there are some small variations in color.

The Whole Perch has a fatty, aromatic, chewy, delicious meat, so it is considered a culinary specialty of Ninh Binh from over 1,000 years ago. Along with the fish, the King Truong fish is the famous 'kingfish' duo from the Dinh - Tien Le period, went into folklore with the phrase 'General Truong tilapia and king's fish'.

Since 2009, the Research Institute for Aquaculture No. 1 has officially introduced the Truong Truong perch and the Clarias fish into the conservation program and for tourism development.

Scar

The pompano has a noticeable feature which is the mouth flaring like a pig's nose.

According to history, the pompano was used to advance the king from the third Hung Vuong period. This species, distributed in large rivers in the northern mountainous provinces such as Da River, Thao River, Chay River, Lo River, Gam River. They have a noticeable feature: the mouth is flaring like a pig's nose.

Salted fish is white, firm and has a special taste. According to folklore, this fish is cool, can cure some kinds of heat diseases. The lips are also the best part of the fish because it is made of cartilage, creating a crunchy feeling when chewing.

Today, due to overfishing, the fish is almost extinct in the wild. However, they are successfully bred in Vietnam. Although it has been raised artificially, Vu Anh Vu is still very expensive, about 700,000-1 million VND / kg, because farming is very successful, expensive and it takes over 2 years to get enough weight for meat.

Fish fry

Fried fish meat is delicious, but this fish is famous for its big heart.

Fried fish is a species of catfish mainly distributed in the rivers in the northern mountains of Vietnam, often called the lord of the river because of its aggressive nature, bloodthirst and can reach the size of 70-80kg. adulthood.

Fried fish meat is very delicious, but this fish is famous for its big, thick heart like a pig's stomach, brittle, and a specialty used to offer to the kings. Sometimes the fish heart is so big that it can make some trays.

Like many other specialty fish species, although they have been exploited exhausted in the wild, fried fish is now cultured artificially in some localities in the North.