Banh da cua Bánh đa cua
Bánh đa cua is a bowl of thin, soft, chewy red rice crackers from Dư Hàng Kênh in a crab broth, with crab, shrimp, and herbs. Chili sauce, fried shallot, and lime or kumquat finish it.
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The 2021 article calls bánh đa cua the common breakfast and the common evening meal, and also calls the bowl canh bánh đa. The 2023 map puts it at lunch and says it is sold all day. Both stay. It is the port-center bowl. Chả rươi is named as a dish of the former Hải Dương land now inside the city, not this one.
Texture
The crackers come from Dư Hàng Kênh. The 2021 article describes them as thin, soft, and chewy.
Taste
A full bowl on the 2023 map adds bề bề, chả lá lốt, shrimp, and fish cake in a crab broth. The crab is either đồng or bể. The 2021 article adds giò, chả quế, peeled tôm rảo, chí chương, which it calls the Hoa name for chili sauce, chopped herbs, fried shallot, and lime or kumquat.
How to enjoy it
Eat it in a bowl at a pavement table. The 2021 article says the sign is often a small card tied to a tree.
Order it in the morning or the evening on the 2021 account, or at lunch and through the day on the 2023 map. Both stay.
Where to try it
Across the center, not one counter. The 2023 map places a bánh đa cua address on Lạch Tray and uses Cát Bi market as a snack stop. The 2021 article puts pavement tables on Trần Phú opposite the opera from about 18:00 until past midnight. Whether that clock still holds is ask locally.