U Minh forest covers an area of more than 8000 hectares.
It is home to many wildlife species.It brings typical features of southern mangrove forest
this is used for conservation and development of many diversity animal, and plant ecosystems.
Right now, I'm on the road near U Minh forest.
I'm going into a brother's house. We haven't seen each other in a long time.
Hello, long time no see.
How are you?
He has a house near U Minh Forest
Every time we meet we will make some delicious food to eat together.
Finally, I have come to my brother's house.
It's been a long time when my brother's house came, his dogs barked. But every day they bark like that.
I just arrived at his house, it was almost evening.
Now, I'll go with him to set up new eel traps, and see the ones he set yesterday.
Do you know what this is?
This tube is a device to trap the eels. This is a lid on the tube.
When the eel goes through this cap into the tube
it will not come back because the other end is small and pointed
I will put this cap back on the tube.
Then everything is done, now we will start catching the eels.
This afternoon there was a rain here, so now the road is very muddy and very slippery.
Now that the boat was still stagnant with lots of water due to the rain
I had to scoop out all the water
This is a mangrove field. The type of tree here
the people will take the trunk, the part near the roots of the tree, then process it into food.
how long do we have to wait
to recover these traps
I kept setting the traps there maybe I
could get hit the next day
For as long as possible, we will have more eels.
Now it's my turn to set up a trap.
First we put the trap in the water, I put it at an angle upwards
one end of the tube soaked under the water so the eels could get in
I introduced you to it at the beginning.
And then, I use the surrounding leaf branches to tie it like this, to keep it fixed.
So we have finished setting up a trap!
After setting up the new traps, now we will go get the ones set yesterday. Let's see if we have any eels.
There's an eel in the tube.
Holding the tube feels heavy.
don't take the eel out here
because they are very slippery
They can escape and crawl into the water quickly
We'll take them home before we get them out of this tube.
To see how the next trap works, we have more eels.
Both traps are available
Oh, This trap has failed. If there is no eel in the tube we will know it.
Because the tube when picked up will be very light, nothing inside.
next tube has another eel
it looks like it's quite heavy
And now, we will take the eels out of the tube. Now it's my turn.
your pipe has two eels. Is this the last tube?
It's quite heavy.
There are 6 eels in the tube.
Later, he and I went to find a bamboo to prepare a meal for the eels
which we called "grilled eel in bamboo tube".
A few more banana leaves.
To start cooking this dish,, I cut the eels into small pieces like this.
My spices include: Minced lemongrass with chili, garlic and red onion
a little turmeric powder, sugar and salt.
The first is to discharge minced with chili into brass.
Next is onions and garlic.
A little turmeric powder.
Finally, sugar and salt.
After mixing eel with spices.
I'm going to put them in this bamboo tube, fill the whole bamboo tube
then use banana leaves to cover one end of the bamboo tube.
I have 3 bamboo tubes full of eels inside.
Now put them on the fire and wait for the eel to cook.
I have already smelled the aroma of the meat.
Now I will open the bamboo tube to check.
Oh my God, the smell is awesome. The smell is delicious.
So delicious
Now try it, the taste doesn't know what it is.
The smell of eels and smell of a bamboo - it was a perfect combination
For now, I'll roll eel meat with vegetables.
Dots with fish sauce.
Let me try to see what it will taste like ?
I found that when I ate grilled eel with herbs and mustard greens
it gave me a different taste. So good.
It's been a long time since I've been here.
From the stem of the vegetable, the fish, the eel,
it retains its original flavor
No matter where I go, how far I go
surely one thing I will never forget this taste.
