Caramelized Silver Perch

Cá Kho Tộ

Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Pauline Nguyen, Luke Nguyen and Mark Jensen

Published 2007

  • About

Mark Jensen: This is my favourite dish on the menu. I like to use silver perch for its richness and muddy characteristics. The Vietnamese appreciation of eating meat with the skin and bones also transfers to eating fish. At Red Lantern, we inform our guests beforehand that this dish is served traditionally — the flavours are rich, strong and pungent, and the fish is cooked with skin and bone. Most are undeterred