Bitter-eggplant salad Gỏi cà đắng cá khô

Thin-sliced bitter eggplant, soaked and drained, tossed with fried dried anchovy, culantro, and a garlic-chili fish sauce. It is bitter from the eggplant, fragrant from the fish, and salty, sweet, and hot from the dressing.

Bitter-eggplant salad, Gỏi cà đắng cá khô
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FromBao Dak Lak on 26 Jul 2023 says gỏi cà đắng cá khô and canh cà đắng are the best-known bitter-eggplant plates
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Taste

Bao Dak Lak on 26 Jul 2023 calls the salad bitter from the eggplant, fragrant from the fish, and salty, sweet, and hot from the sauce.

How to enjoy it

Order it with the bitter-eggplant soup; the salad is the simpler of the two.

Where to try it

Stilt-house meals in Buon Don, Lak, and Buon Ma Thuot.