Ca thieu tam Cá thiều tẩm
Cá thiều tẩm is seasoned dried fish in long yellow strips, salty-sweet, fragrant, and hot with pepper, eaten from the packet or grilled until chewy and soft. It is a Da Nang gift to carry home.
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Search on KlookFromDa Nang strips seasoned with Nam Ô fish sauce, pepper, and white sugar
PriceA 250 g box is 100,000–120,000 đồng. A cooked plate: check on arrival.
Texture
The strips are yellow, about 10–15 cm. Grilled, the meat is both chewy and soft.
Taste
Sweet and fragrant when grilled, with a salty-sweet strip and the heat of pepper. Nam Ô fish sauce is the seasoning.
How to enjoy it
Eat the strips from the packet, or grill them.
The fish is skinned, sliced thin, cut into pieces about two fingers across, mixed with the seasoning for about half an hour, and sun-dried for two days to a week, depending on the sun, then cut into strips.
Where to try it
Supermarkets and specialty shops in Da Nang.