Cha ca Chả cá

Cha ca is fish marinated, grilled, and finished at the table with dill and spring onion. Hanoi cooks it with catfish or snakehead, often with turmeric.

Cha ca, Chả cá
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Where it comes from

Hanoi. The Đỗ family has cooked it on Chả Cá street since 1871.

Cha ca, Chả cá
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How to enjoy it

At the table, with spring onion and dill.

The fish is catfish or snakehead, marinated, often in turmeric, then grilled or fried and finished in butter with dill and green onion.

Where to try it

Đường Thành. Chả Cá Thăng Long is at 6B Đường Thành, and the same name is also given at 19–21–31 Đường Thành.