Preserved eggs smell fishy. How can I get rid of this fishy smell? The way to eat in Guiyang is to cut the preserved eggs into four pieces and put them in a bowl. You will put some soy sauce, vinegar, chopped green onion, monosodium glutamate or sesame oil. Just mix well when you eat. It's delicious and nutritious, and the taste of preserved eggs is gone. It should be impossible to remove the fishy smell alone, because this is the process of making preserved eggs.