I've been to this place long long ago, when I just came back from my overseas study, it was in early 1990s. My cousin took me there and treated me to this "udon with crab". He's from Huế (Central Vietnam), so I believed he knew where is the best place for Huế food. Bánh canh cua is one of Huế's traditional delicacies. In different areas, we also have "udon with crab" in different styles.
The store was small, simple-looking place, there is a small alley next to the store, and someone, in competition, was also selling the same dish nearby, at the alley's entrance. Nowadays the competition has gone, the old store is getting bigger, cleaner, even with a space upstairs for business.
The most famous from here could be the "udon", unlike the usual noodles that sometime we buy from the market for homemade "bánh canh", or even at many other places, here they have their own recipe for noodles. The "udon" is big, thick, sticky and specially strong and that makes the dish special.
Add a bit of chilli paste, the smell of chilli, vinegar and soup - simply irresistible!
The soup is also thick, full of crab meat, crab cake. It would be more irresistible, if we add a little bit of chilli paste, the smell of chilli, vinegar and soup - could make you salivate! After my first time, I did come back here few more times, sometime with friends, sometime for take-away, but then suddenly, without any reason, I couldn't stand the smell of this bánh canh for quite a while. Please don't get me wrong, the dish is still very good, it's just because of me! Last night, I've been back there with my friend for the first time after a few years. Instead of the udon, I did order a plate of "everything"!
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Bánh canh cua Bà Dạng, 59 Bis Nguyễn Thông, Q3, HCMC
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