Grilled fish noodle soup is one of the most famous specialties in the land of Nẫu – Bình Định, Phú Yên. The main ingredient of grilled fish noodle soup is fresh fish, carefully selected. Depending on the way each restaurant prepares it, there will be a special type of fish such as tuna, mackerel...
The fish meat will be processed, separated to eat with noodles. Fish bones are utilized to simmer with bones and a few other vegetables such as onions, mushrooms... Some places add tomatoes, pineapples, or tamarinds to give the broth a characteristic sour and light flavor. This broth must be simmered for 2-3 hours or left overnight to have the most intense flavor.
The broth is clear, fragrant with seafood aroma, sweet from fish bones, and slightly sour, not smelly, suitable for customers who want to eat a light and refreshing noodle soup in the summer but are afraid of being hot and greasy.
Eating a bowl of grilled fish noodle soup is like enjoying a "seafood feast" because the toppings are extremely diverse such as fish, jellyfish, squid, fish eggs, intestines, and stomach, and especially fried fish cake. The fried fish cake is golden, beautiful, firm, light, not smelly, not mushy, and especially has a very little amount of powder.
The fish cake of Nẫu is also considered a famous specialty and is often sold by weight for customers to bring home and eat or as a gift, with a price range of 150,000 - 380,000 VND/kg.
Grilled fish noodle soup should be eaten hot so that the seafood does not smell, accompanied by a few fresh herbs such as banana flowers, fragrant herbs, and tía tô... Just admiring the sea, enjoying a bowl of grilled fish noodle soup, it will surely be an unforgettable experience in the trip to Bình Định, Phú Yên of tourists.
A bowl of grilled fish noodle soup is very cheap, only from 30,000 - 55,000 VND/depending on the type. If you want to try the famous specialty of Nẫu, customers can visit some addresses that sell authentic grilled fish noodle soup such as grilled fish noodle soup Đất Phú (Lê Thánh Tôn Street, Ward 3, Tuy Hòa City), grilled fish noodle soup Phú Gia (Trần Phú Street, Ward 9, Tuy Hòa City) or grilled fish noodle soup Quy Nhơn (Lâm Văn Thạnh Street, Quy Nhơn City).
