Chả cá Cù Lao Chàm Chả cá Cù Lao Chàm

Chả cá is the island fish paste, pounded from the small fish. It is fried, put in soup, or cooked with tomato, and it fills bánh canh and bánh xèo.

Chả cá Cù Lao Chàm, Chả cá Cù Lao Chàm
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Why it matters

The paste is an old island plate, and some households now sell it to visitors.

How to enjoy it

Fry it, put it in soup, or cook it with tomato, in the rice meal.

For a change, cooks put the paste in bánh canh and in bánh xèo.

Lunch is about 11:00–12:00 and the evening meal about 17:00–18:00.

Where to try it

Bai Lang, including the coast road, and the stalls by Giếng Xóm Cấm in Bai Ong.