In Vietnam, there are fish climbing plants, which can be baked into specialties

The mudskipper (also known as the tree climbing fish), although ugly but extremely delicious, has a soft sweet meat, no fat, and chewy texture. There are many dishes made from mudfish such as mud boiled fish with pepper sauce, soy sauce, grilled sardines, and mudfish salad.
The mudskipper is a fish that lives a lot in the wetlands, muddy coastal areas of Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Go Cong, Can Gio … This climbing fish has a shape similar to the star goby but has ruffled skin. The blow-out and big bulging eyes lie close together on the top of the head, hence the name of the mudfish. They have a cylindrical head, upper molars lined up in two rows, lower jaws one row, and broad barren fins.

Illustration. The mudskipper is also called a tree climbing fish because they can stay on land for a long time with exceptional respiration.Additionally, the mudskipper is more special than other fish in that it can dive 5 to 5 depths. 10 minutes or so high up out of the water. Sometimes we climb up the tree, squeeze it on the mangrove trunk. The mudskipper often burrows into the soft, wetlands, close to the edge of the water at the highest tide. The mudskipper often enters the cave when the water flows and feeds when the water is high. The fish’s food consists of mussels, shrimps, shrimps and smaller fish. Although the mudfish has an ugly shape, the meat is extremely delicious, the meat is sweet and soft, has no fat, and is tough. The dishes can be processed from mud snapper such as braised mudfish with pepper, soya sauce, grilled sardines, mudfish salad with pliers leaves, and grilled mudfish with salt and chili. To process the food, the mudskipper must be raw, if dead, the meat will be broken and fishy. For grilled fish, let the whole fish marinate with spices or chili salt to soak and then grill on the charcoal stove. Grilled or blasted in the style of grilled snakehead fish. Grilled fish is baked evenly, only one glaze is the aroma of fish. Grilled fish dish with sour and spicy tamarind fish sauce, sweet and salty, is very attractive to eat while breathing. Or you can eat with vermicelli or rice paper rolls with raw vegetables, eat very fragrant. The mudskipper can also peel the skin of pepper. Season the fish with a little soy sauce, sliced ​​ginger, a little oil, add a few slices of bacon, season with special spices, and more pepper, put in a pot of soil and then simmer the pieces of fish that are both fragrant and delicious. If you want to add more flavor, you can eat with star fruit, cucumber, bean sprouts, fragrant … In addition, mudskippers are also dried by people Ca Mau, Bac Lieu, Can Gio … are places where mudfish live a lot. When traveling to these lands, in addition to visiting the beautiful nature, this is a specialty dish that you should taste, without any regrets! Fish have a funny shape.