Cua Huynh De Cua Huỳnh Đế

Cua Huỳnh Đế is a deep-water crab with a thick red-pink shell, firm white meat, and rich roe, found off Sa Huỳnh and Lý Sơn. The meat is deeply sweet and fragrant, steamed, grilled with salt and chili, or cooked into porridge or hotpot.

Cua Huynh De, Cua Huỳnh Đế
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FromQuang Ngai
Price900,000–1,800,000 VND a kilogram, by type and size (Vietnam Airlines).

Taste

Vietnam Airlines calls the meat white, firm, deeply sweet, and mildly fragrant, and the roe very rich. ZaloPay calls the meat firm, fragrant, and richly sweet.

How to enjoy it

Vietnam Airlines: steam, grill with salt and chili, or cook as porridge.

ZaloPay: steam, porridge, or hotpot. It places the crab in clean water at Sa Huỳnh and Lý Sơn.

Where to try it

Deep sea, in Vietnam Airlines. Sa Huỳnh and Lý Sơn, in ZaloPay.