Banh canh ghe Bánh canh ghẹ
Bánh canh ghẹ is thick, chewy rice or tapioca noodles in crab broth, with crab meat called both ghẹ and cua, fried shallots, herbs, and lime. The broth may include coconut milk, or it may be a lighter seafood stock sweet from the bones and the crab.
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Price60,000–120,000 VND (Vietnam Airlines)
Texture
The noodles are thick and chewy, and the crab meat firm and sweet. The broth runs from creamy to lightly thick.
Taste
One broth simmers crab shells with coconut milk and spices. Another leaves out the coconut milk and takes its sweetness from the bones and the crab, with pepper and scallion.
How to enjoy it
Squeeze in the lime and eat it from the bowl. The crab is named both ghẹ and cua.
Where to try it
Tú Xương, Võ Thị Sáu, and Lê Lai are the streets for crab bánh canh.