SAPA ACIPENSER

Coming with Sapa - Lao Cai, travelers have chance to enjoy a distinguished taste food of this land processed from Acipenser. (a kind of fish is raised in cool climate condition year-round like Sapa).
 

Acipenser Sapa
 

Acipenser belongs to chondrichthyes. Its tubulous body has five lines of cartilage prickle, thick and rough skin without fish scales. Its color’s change depends on sort, age and ecological area. Acipenser raised at Sapa has firm meat and fiber, no fat. The fish is raised in cold water environment with strong stream flows. Raisers hold back streams, then establish aquariums. Because of the strong steam flows, water is so clean. The fish only live in such environment without billabong. The lower temperature is, the higher its growing ability is.
At restaurant, if guests order acipenser, the restaurateur will bring out an alive fish. If guests request, the restaurateur slaughter it on the spot, fillet it and its bone and head are cooked with vegetable, which is the best choice.
 

Acipenser Sapa
 

It takes less than fifteen minutes to prepare and set fish on the table. Taste of the item depends on guests’ request. However, guests from the Southern coming here should let cook do it himself, so they can enjoy Northern people’s taste and precise processing of the dish.
Head part and fish bronze is cooked for hotpot after guests immerse each fillet into delicious hotpot. Hot dish and warmth from cooking fire really warm visitors in frozen winter.