Chao canh Cháo canh
Cháo canh is the everyday Quảng Bình bowl: soft noodles, lean pork, snakehead, and a crisp fried ram in a light broth. Some shops simmer marrow bones, some use pork rib with shrimp and fish, and some tint the broth with turmeric.
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Du khách on 31 Oct 2024, republishing Dân Việt, describes soft noodles, a crisp ram, and firm snakehead. The provincial tourism portal describes rice-flour noodles cut from dough that has hung overnight.
How to enjoy it
Eat it as a full bowl, with the ram. Du khách on 15 Mar 2023 says the noodles are rice or wheat, the broth is marrow bones, and some shops add pork offal or crab and still use the name.
The provincial tourism portal describes a different broth: pork rib, fresh shrimp, and fish, so the bowl stays light, with cá quả named as the fish. Greens and chili are on that seasoning note. Both descriptions stay.
Du khách on 31 Oct 2024, republishing Dân Việt, says the broth can be bone with ground shrimp, small crab, or snakehead bones, tinted with fresh turmeric, and that finely cut mustard goes in the bowl. A 20 Dec 2024 article, citing Phong Nha Explorer, says the ram is minced pork and wood-ear, rolled and fried, with scallion and cilantro on top.
Come for a full bowl in the morning or at midday.
Where to try it
Chợ Đồng Hới on Mẹ Suốt, and the shop clusters on Lê Thành Đồng, Đồng Hải, Nguyễn Trãi, and Lý Thường Kiệt. The provincial tourism portal says people keep a regular shop rather than one ranked address.