Hello everyone! I'm here at Phù Long stream, Cát Hải Ward This is just a small fishing village in Cát Hải Look in front of me! It's the Phù Long stream The nature is untouched, mostly The land here is very subsidence Beneath me are all oyster! It's oyster of the sea! They are being farmed here Under my foot are all oyster, I'm walking bare It's torturing me After today I'm not gonna have my feet intact Let follow the old footsteps Hello madam, my first time here and my feet are destroyed! I'm doing this just this one time Are these farm of oyster all yours? How long have you been raising them oyster? From February last year It's almost July now Pretty long isn't it? Cát Hải's oyster must be delicious My feet hurts but I will keep on going! My first time seeing this, madam! Vào đây là xẻ hết chân Oh my feet are destroyed.
But it's alright, I suppose.
Yes, there would be nothing left by evening.
What a beautiful scenery here is! It took so long to find this place Was this fishing village founded long time ago? This way to the sea, isn't it? How far is it from the sea? Wonderful! It's natural farmed oyster! You raised all these oysters naturally right? You are harvesting the oysters to sell them, right? If farmed by raft, they had been farming since the Tet holiday But we are farming them by the scaffold, it also get as big as the oyster farmed by raft.
There are so much nutrients for the oyster in this stream! Right? The oysters are fat because of the alluvium! All those scaffolds here are yours right? How many families are farming the oysters? Nhưng đeo tất thì tất còn mà chân đi Are you getting good money for those oysters every year? Not too much.
.
.
How old are you? 62 already.
62 already? Oh you're strong for your age, still able to walk all the ways here.
I'm young but I'm already exhausted! Oh yea, so you still go to work.
(Talked about finance) The oysters here are naturally raised I love eating oysters here It's a lot sweeter than oysters from other location! We don't use any other preservative, this is just the water from the oysters.
Water from oysters, to keep it fresh And we pour water out only when we sell Yes.
– .
.
.
it's no preservative.
It must be delicious The oyster when cooked in soup, .
.
.
stir-fried, with eggs, in “Chả Rươi” style, will made a very good dish.
It's fine to cook whatever way you want.
– Yes.
Oysters are really great for your health Very good, madam.
I'm gonna explore the surroundings then back to talk to you again! My friend said every farmer is a god But the farmers here are greater than god So strong! I really want to go further but I can't do it anymore.
It's all oyster shells under my feet.
I need to step into the stream so it get less hurt.
There's not much oysters out here, madam.
If I keep walking near, my feet are going to break.
I'm trying to walk down there but I gave up.
Yes it hurt, I'm walking around it.
Is it deep in the middle of the stream? They're fishing, oh my god, are you going into the stream? Yes.
– But they're fishing with net.
– Oh.
.
.
Oh stuck to my feet.
I see a shrimp trap over there.
They're fishing down here If we get down there we will mess with their nets.
There are clams as well, apart from oysters, they're pretty good too.
Cooked with cucurbits and malabar spinach Look at these oysters! I'm old! – I'm just recording your working hands So I can learn it Let me try to harvest one on my own, please? Can't do it with your bare hand.
– Let just try it Pretty sharp knife! – Let me try for once I will try to harvest it, please instruct me madam.
But the gloves I left up there.
I'm just doing some oysters Here, how to do it? This is its mouth Here.
.
.
Too hard! I can't open it, too hard! You can't do it! It will hurt your hands! I'm used to it by now Yes, but I will try to pry one Oh I got a dead ones These oyster take a long time to grow right? If you used raft to farm then it's bigger.
– Yeah.
But it's supposed to be better raised by the scaffold here? It's the same, being raised by raft! It's the same oysters like this! Yes, I opened it My friends, I can barely walk, she even carry a lot of stuffs with her! Look 62 years old but still strong It's because of work, of training It's not by doing nothing you get strong Lucky today is a low tide day, my friends.
We're able to see this This is the small oysters It's pretty deep inside the swamp.
They're not the same kind (Barnacle and Oyster)! Oyster is Oyster, Barnacle is Barnacle! They taste differently! Barnacles are fishy, Oysters are sweet!.