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Bê thui is young beef roasted over charcoal and sliced thin, then rolled with herbs and green fruit in rice paper and dipped in anchovy sauce. The best-known plate is bê thui Cầu Mống, in Điện Bàn.

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Taste

The Cầu Mống beef is slightly sweet, chewy, and nutty, with a bowl of nước mắm cái.

How to enjoy it

For the Cầu Mống plate, eat the thin slices with bean sprouts, green banana, sour star fruit, and herbs, rolled in a thin crisp rice cracker.

The dip is nước mắm cái made from anchovy, with garlic, chili, ground ginger, roasted sesame, and lime.

In Hoi An, roll slices of grilled veal and herbs in rice paper with anchovy mắm and a green chili. Hội An mắm nêm is the sauce to ask for.

Where to try it

Bê thui Cầu Mống is in Điện Bàn. Ride there for the plate.

In Da Nang, bê thui is a dish for a longer stay, without one door to name.

In Hoi An, at the market, rolled in rice paper with herbs, anchovy mắm, and a green chili.