O Loan lagoon blood cockle

icon-locationO Loan Estuary, Tuy An District, Phú Yên Province, Vietnam
Coming to Tuy Hoa, blood cockles are one of the specialties of the land of Phu Yen that are hard to find as bright. The blood cockle here has a richer taste, much sweeter than the cockle in other places. Because of its high nutritional value, helping to replenish blood, it is processed into many dishes such as boiled, steamed, fried, cooked porridge, .... should be highly appreciated by domestic and foreign tourists. In addition, blood shells are also used by artisans to make products with specific characteristics of the ancient Quang Duc pottery line that are not confused with any other ceramic lines.

Blood cockles can live in water up to a depth of 20m, but are mainly concentrated in coastal areas, in the muddy bottom area, with relatively low salinity. Their important food is organic detritus, phytoplankton and unicellular algae. O Loan lagoon blood cockles spawn from August to February next year. Each female can produce 518,400 - 2,313,200 eggs. Original O Loan Dam Blood cockles are sold for from 100,000 VND/kg or more. With a gray-white outer shell, rather than the usual black color, the scallops are stout, rich in red blood, very fragrant and delicious. O Loan lagoon is a water area located at the end of the Cai River, with an estuary to the sea, so the water environment has a mixture of "salty and sweet", so the oysters raised here have different values in terms of quality. . O Loan lagoon has blood cockles all year round, but the best is at the change of season, at this time each one will usually be fat and round.

If you want to choose fresh scallops, visitors should pay attention to choose clams that open their mouth and stick their tongue out, which are live scallops. If the cockle closes its mouth, you can still tell if it is alive or dead by smelling it, if it has a bad smell, do not buy it. When you bring the scallops back, you should soak in water for about half an hour to let the clams release the mud, it's also time to check if there are dead clams, then scrub the shell and process it.

If you want to go to O Loan lagoon, if you like convenience and fast, you can go to the shops near the shore, here you will have the blood cockle dishes as you like because the shop owners cook quickly and deliciously.

Places to eat blood cockles in O Loan Dam Phu Yen:

- Chuc Xiu Restaurant - Bach Dang, 3, Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen, Vietnam

- Cay Phuong Seafood Restaurant - Bach Dang, 3, Tuy Hoa, Phu Yen, Vietnam

- Hoa Sua Shop - 174 Le Loi Street, Ward 4, Tuy Hoa City, Phu Yen Province, Vietnam

- Phuoc Nguyet Restaurant - Tuy An, Phu Yen, Vietnam

- Quan Son - Wooden Bridge and Bach Dang embankment

- Quan Son Hai - Quan Son Hai, An Hai Bridge, Tuy An, Phu Yen, Vietnam

- Quan Tuan - O Loan lagoon - Tuy An, Phu Yen, Vietnam

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