Young snakehead fish are abundant during the flood season in Dong Thap, and this flood-season delicacy fetches a price of 200,000 VND/kg.

Currently, young snakehead fish, a seasonal product of the flood season, are being sold in abundance at markets in Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province, so the price of young snakehead fish has cooled down.

Catching young snakehead fish to sell to customers at a rural market in Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province.

Many small traders at Tam Nong Food Market in Tram Chim town (Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province) said that there are now more people selling young snakehead fish compared to the beginning of the flood season, so the supply of snakehead fish is very abundant.

Accordingly, the selling price of live young snakehead fish ranges from 150,000 VND/kg; the selling price of snakehead fish that have been cleaned and gutted ranges from 200,000 VND/kg.

Thus, compared to the beginning of the flood season, the price of young linh fish, a delicious flood-season fish in Tam Nong district (Dong Thap province), has decreased by more than 50,000 VND/kg.

With the price of snakehead fish dropping and the tender, sweet flesh of young snakehead fish, many people are buying them to prepare delicious and nutritious dishes such as: braised snakehead fish, snakehead fish in vinegar sauce, snakehead fish braised with lemongrass and chili, battered and deep-fried snakehead fish, snakehead fish cooked in fish sauce, snakehead fish sour soup with water lilies and Sesbania flowers…

Young snakehead fish are being sold during the flood season to buyers at a market in Tram Chim town, Tam Nong district, Dong Thap province.

Source: https://danviet.vn/ca-linh-non-xuat-hien-day-o-mua-nuoc-noi-dong-thap-gia-con-san-vat-mua-lu-200000-dong-kg-20240827234950534.htm