Linh fish - a specialty of the West that only appears once a year
Lục Tùng - Trúc Linh |
Mekong Delta – Fragrant, delicious, soft, sweet… are the adjectives that diners use to describe linh fish, a specialty fish of the Western region that only appears once a year during the flood season.
As an eternal law, the flood season in the West and linh fish have a relationship like shape and shadow. When the Mekong River floods into the Mekong Delta, it is also the time when linh fish appear in overwhelming numbers among flood season aquatic species, especially in upstream localities such as An Giang and Dong Thap. But more uniquely, when the flood in the Mekong Delta recedes after more than 3 months of rising according to the law of nature, linh fish also disappears from the natural environment, except for a few that fall into ponds, ditches... In other words, this is an endemic aquatic species of the Mekong Delta flood season and only appears once a year.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why people honor the fish species whose body when fully grown is only as big as an adult's finger, with an extremely great title: "linh" as in spiritual response... And even more spiritual when following the appearance of linh fish are a variety of special vegetables eaten with it, such as: water lily, dien dien flower...
Linh fish can be processed into the most dishes in the list of aquatic species in the West. With its fragrant, delicious, soft, sweet quality, Linh fish becomes a specialty dish when processed in any form from stewed, fried, sour soup, etc. corresponding to its age.
The Mekong Delta is in flood season, tourists should come and try linh fish. Then surely tourists will expand their culinary experience to appreciate and love the southern land of the Fatherland more.
Starting from July, when water from the upper Mekong River flows strongly, the Mekong Delta enters the flood season, recently known as flood. This is also the time when linh fish appear.Although appearing in the Mekong Delta for only more than 3 months during the flood season, linh fish grow rapidly. Therefore, people in the West have been very smart in inventing many types of fishing gear to adapt. When the fish are at the beginning of the season, when their bodies are still small, they use do, bottom, when they are a little bigger, they use a pestle, and then they use a net to catch them... In the photo, people use do to catch linh fish.During flood season, linh fish dominate the aquatic species list in natural river environments.A fresh batch of linh fish.The fish has a small body, the adult is only as big as an adult's finger. Because the meat is naturally fragrant, soft, sweet... linh fish can be processed into many delicious dishes depending on their age. At the beginning of the flood season, when the fish are still small, it is the best time to process the dish of braised with sour tamarind, or cuc fruit...When the fish gets bigger, it is suitable for deep-frying, cooking sour soup, grilling...No matter how it is prepared, linh fish must be eaten with local vegetables: water lily and sesban flowers. This is considered a “marriage”, creating a taste of culinary happiness.With its popularity, linh fish has been welcomed by many luxury restaurants and sits at the top of the list of specialties of the Western region.
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