Cá kho om ngự (Fish braised in a small clay pot offered to the king) ready to ship to customers

“Delicious royal meal”

Theas roma vs inter milan image of the goby braised in om ngự (a small clay pot offered to the king) of Phuoc Tich Ancient Village, the fish hardening with enough fire, but still retaining appearance, curving, bright with amber, decorated with green red peppers... together with a few lines of introduction posted on the personal website by Ms. Nguyen Thi Hue, Director of Hue Viet Organic One Member Co., Ltd., quickly grabbed the attention of the online community with specific orders.

Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Thuy Tran, a diner recalls, “Not only is it visually stimulating, but I am also curious about om ngự; that's why I ordered it. I cannot list all Hue dishes that make me bewitched, and now I add this cá kho om ngự. This dish gets me to feel strangely familiar and cozy, like something deep inside me  awakened.

Tran's feeling, like that of many people when Hue cuisine is mentioned, is "enjoying Hue cuisine as if enjoying its cultural quintessence". Is Hue food not only created by the skill of processing but also blended with the past and the present, for example, the dish “cá kho om ngự” in Phuoc Tich Village.

Phuoc Tich Ancient Village is noted for its 500-year-old pottery. Om đất (a clay pot) is a ceramic product of Phuoc Tich Village, used to cook rice, braise fish, and simmer meat. There are big and small ones which are traditionally called the first, second, or third pots; the choice of size of the pot is based on the number of eaters.

Cá kho om ngự (Fish braised in a small clay pot offered to the king)

Phuoc Tich om (a small clay pot) is also known as "om ngự" (a small clay pot offered to the king) because it used to be a utensil to offer to the king to cook rice for the king and favored by the Nguyen dynasties.

The ancient historical records referred a lot to the special custom of the famous villagers on the banks of this O Lau River: offering pottery to the court. It is called by the luxurious name of “Ngọc oa ngự dụng” - that is, a small clay pot offered to the king.

According to folklore, every year, the potters of Phuoc Tich Village had to twice take boats to bring om to the palace. The journey began along the O Lau River, to the Tam Giang Lagoon, then up the Perfume River and brought om to the Imperial Citadel. Therefore, the old folk verse has it: