Cha ruoi Chả rươi

Chả rươi is a seasonal fried ragworm cake, slightly charred and crisp outside, soft and fatty inside. The mix is ragworm, pork, egg, and dill, and tangerine peel marks the taste.

Cha ruoi, Chả rươi
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Texture

TITC says the fried cake is slightly charred and crisp outside, and soft and fatty inside. That page does not print a date.

Taste

TITC says the mix is cleaned ragworm pounded with minced pork, egg, dill, and shredded tangerine peel, and calls the tangerine peel the mark of the taste.

How to enjoy it

TITC says dip it in sweet-sour fish sauce and eat it with herbs and rice noodles, or with the red crackers. It says the worm runs in lunar months 9 and 10, and that people eat the cake in the early morning and the late afternoon in that season.

Where to try it

TITC names Lê Chân, Ngô Quyền, and the markets Lương Văn Can and Cầu Đất. The 16 October 2025 account names the former Hải Dương side and no port street. Phường Hồng Bàng names Tứ Kỳ. All three stay. Hours vary.