Nam O Raw Fish - a specialty of Da Nang

Nam O Raw Fish is a specialty of Da Nang, it is a famous dish for generations. Do you want to try? Try by eye first! 



Nam O is the name of a fishing village in Da Nang. Because the raw fish here is so good, they named the village name for the dish. To process this dish, they can use cobia, anchovy, etc. But, they often use herring because it has sweetness and firmness, besides, herring lives inshore so it has become a abundant resource. In processing step, they remove head, tail, belly and bone. Then, they split body into two parts and slice them. Before marinating, they squeeze herring to get juice in order to dry fish and make sauce from the juice. After that, they will marinate them with chopped ginger, galangal, garlic and roasted rice. The juice will be mixed with Nam O fish sauce, chili, tapioca starch, seasoning powder.

When presenting, the dish will be added sesame and roasted peanuts in the sauce. It is served with vegetables grown in Hai Van Pass. There are two ways to eat this dish: raw fish, vegetables are rolled in thin rice paper and dipped in the sauce; mixing fish, vegetables ann sauce in a bowl and eat. And, there is one more  special way to eat this dish, it is your way. When chewing, you will feel the cool taste of herring meat, the tastes of the sauce: spicy of ginger, chili, garlic mixing with the flavor of vegetables. Hot, cool, bitter, spicy, sweet, everything will be appeared in your mouth and flow to your stomach.


Feel and Share your feeling with Aroundvn when you eat the dish. Enjoy!