Chả cá Lã Vọng

Vietnam · Southeast Asia

Short description: This fish dish is finished at the table, making the herbs fragrant and the turmeric-stained fish crisp at the edges.
Ingredients: Catfish with turmeric, galangal, dill, green onion, rice vermicelli, peanuts, herbs, shrimp paste sauce, fish sauce, and oil.
Cultural note: It is associated with a historic old-quarter restaurant style and shared table cooking.
Common misconception: The dill is not garnish; it is cooked in generous amounts and shapes the flavor.

image credit

creator:: Phương Huy
source:: Wikimedia Commons
license:: CC BY-SA 4.0
modified:: Cropped/resized and re-encoded for Gochizu; no substantive content edits.