Subscription Plans

Subscribe to
The Saigon Times

Saigon Times Group is a leading Vietnamese media organization with prestigious business and consumer publications. After three decades of development, we have built a good reputation through our publications on economy, business and markets for Vietnamese and foreign readers.

Basic

Free

  • Free access to daily domestic news, podcasts and videos

Premium

$5 $1 /month
(VND 23,900)
Monthly Annual

  • Unlimited access to domestic news, podcasts, videos and magazine articles on current social / economic / trade / investment issues, commodity / financial/securities markets, M&A activity, FDI, local and foreign business communities and more.

AUTOMATIC RENEWAL REMINDER

  • Your payment method will then be automatically charged ₫ 899.000 every 365 days thereafter.
  • Your subscription will continue until you cancel.
  • You can cancel by using My account. Under My account, select "Unsubscribe" and then follow the instructions to cancel.
  • You can notify us of your intent to cancel at any time during your billing period. Cancellations take effect at the end of your current billing period.

Subscription Plans

Subscribe to
The Saigon Times

Saigon Times Group is a leading Vietnamese media organization with prestigious business and consumer publications. After three decades of development, we have built a good reputation through our publications on economy, business and markets for Vietnamese and foreign readers.

Basic

Free

  • Free access to daily domestic news, podcasts and videos

Premium

$5 $1 /month
(VND 23,900)
Monthly Annual

  • Unlimited access to domestic news, podcasts, videos and magazine articles on current social / economic / trade / investment issues, commodity / financial/securities markets, M&A activity, FDI, local and foreign business communities and more.

AUTOMATIC RENEWAL REMINDER

  • Your payment method will then be automatically charged ₫ 899.000 every 365 days thereafter.
  • Your subscription will continue until you cancel.
  • You can cancel by using My account. Under My account, select "Unsubscribe" and then follow the instructions to cancel.
  • You can notify us of your intent to cancel at any time during your billing period. Cancellations take effect at the end of your current billing period.
28.9 C
Ho Chi Minh City
Sunday, June 1, 2025

Quang Ngai’s famed mackerel specialties

By Tien Sa

Must read

Many local delicacies use mackerels from the sea of Quang Ngai Province as their hero ingredient. The two most popular ones are mackerels in hot pure fish sauce and mackerels cooked with pickled muskmelon.

The Sa Huynh fishing village in Duc Pho District, Quang Ngai Province, is where one can find the best mackerels.

As for the mackerels in hot pure fish sauce or ca tha mam lu in Vietnamese, where ca means mackerels and mam lu means pure fish sauce, it is the pure fish sauce that determines the flavor of the dish.

The best pure fish sauce has to be high protein, light yellow, lightly sweet and have a distinctive aroma. Fresh mackerels are cleaned and cut into fillets, then marinated with salt, pepper, minced chili and garlic for 30 minutes.

In the meantime, the broth is prepared. It includes coconut water, pure fish sauce and soy sauce. The dipping sauce for the dish made with pure fish sauce, chili, garlic and lemon juice is also served.

Diners first dip the marinated mackerel fillets and herbs into the boiling broth. They are then wrapped in rice paper, dipped into the sauce and enjoyed.

For the second specialty, mackerels cooked with pickled muskmelon (Cucumis sativus) melon, fresh mackerels and pickled muskmelon are cleaned and cut into slices.

In a pot, one layer of slices of pickled muskmelon are arranged at the bottom with a layer of mackerel slices on top. They are then marinated with fish sauce, sugar, chili, shallots and pepper for 10 minutes. They are then simmered until the sauce thickens. The dish is then ready to be eaten.

Mackerels cooked with pickled muskmelon

More articles

Latest articles