From June to August every year is the exciting summer tourism season in Binh Thuan. In addition to resort, entertainment and entertainment activities at sea, visitors can spend time exploring Mui Ne seafood market to feel the life of the fishing villagers.
Mui Ne fishing village market is located on Huynh Thuc Khang street, more than 20km from the center of Phan Thiet city. The ideal time to visit the bustling coastal market, watch the sunrise and choose to buy fresh seafood is from 5:30-7 am.
At about 5 am, the fishing boats began to return, gathering about 100m from the shore. Men quickly rowed basket boats to the gathering area to get and bring back boxes of fresh seafood. On the shore, small traders and people were waiting, hugging brass, baskets, and baskets to buy. People hurriedly divide fish, shrimp, crabs, and snails into separate baskets and then classify them according to size.
In recent years, the market has attracted a large number of tourists to visit, buy and sell. Seafood bought, visitors can ask nearby restaurants or hotel staff to help process it, with a cost of 40,000 VND/boiled and steamed dish.
An interesting and somewhat different point of Mui Ne fish market is the way of selling - calculating seafood by brass. Each seafood pan costs from 100,000 VND to several hundred thousand VND, depending on the quantity, type and size of seafood. People do not use scales.
Many visitors to the market cannot help but be surprised when a basket of seafood of all kinds such as snails, crabs, crabs, squid, eggs... fresh is sold for the same price of 150,000 VND. Lobsters are also sold in brass, from 400,000 VND to 1 million VND/brass, each brass has 3 to 5 fish.
Of course, if tourists have a need, some small traders still sell seafood by weight, especially expensive types such as snails, fresh lobsters, crabs, large-sized squid... The way to sell seafood in brass comes from the estimation habit of fishing villagers.
Compared to the price in many other places, seafood at Mui Ne fishing village market is commented to be quite cheap. The people here are honest and simple. However, the situation of weighing at the market has also been reflected by tourists. According to the experience of locals, when going to the market, visitors should bring a half-liter water bottle to check the scale.
If you want to enjoy delicious seafood at low prices and explore the culture of the fish market in the early morning, come to Mui Ne fishing village to enjoy the busy atmosphere in the morning and enjoy the taste of the blue sea.
Source: VNN