Crab soup cake

Crab soup is originated from the West and Central provinces. But when coming to Saigon, it has become a familiar dish, loved by seafood lovers. The broth for this dish is stewed from bones, can add dried squid, dried shrimp to increase sweetness. When eating, will add shredded sea crab meat, blood and color with cashew oil. If the crab cake is delicious, the broth must be smooth and rich, afraid of the tough cake. Sometimes just a bowl of crab cakes for breakfast or lunch is enough energy for a working day.

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The bowl of crab cake soup is full with a variety of fillings. Photo: @hetagram_._

Some famous addresses selling crab cakes:

– Miss Dieu crab soup: 216 Phan Van Tri, City. HCM.

– Hien crab soup cake: 395 Bui Dinh Tuy, City. HCM.

– Crab soup cake 999: 94/4 Vo Oanh, City. HCM.

Chives soup cake

This dish originates from Phu Yen, featuring chopped chives, creating a colorful dish. Although it looks simple, when the shallot soup cake was sold in Saigon, it created an instant fever. A special feature of this dish is that banh chung is made from rice flour, which has a certain softness. The broth is rich, sweet, add quail eggs or fish cakes and of course, to make the taste of shallot soup, it is indispensable for the chopped chives.

An eye-catching bowl of banh chung with chopped chives. Photo: @khanhnguyen_64.

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Address selling shallot soup:

– Co Mai chive soup cake – 54 Hoa Su, City. HCM.

Snakehead fish cake soup

Also a dish “Southern progress”, snakehead fish soup originated from the Central region. The broth is simmered from snakehead fish bones, so it is rich and naturally sweet. Depending on your preference, you can choose the filling is deep fried snakehead fish or naked snakehead fish.

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Snakehead fish soup originated from the Central region. Photo: @namhoang2210.

Some addresses selling famous snakehead fish cake soup:

– Dien Sanh snakehead fish soup cake: 12/5 Pham Van Hai, City. HCM.

– Dong Quan snakehead fish soup: 720 Truong Sa, City. HCM.

– Snakehead fish soup cake: 96 No Trang Long, City. HCM.

Coconut shrimp soup cake

Banh cuon but use it with coconut water? It sounds a bit wrong, but if you have tried this dish once, you will surely be addicted because of the unique taste. This is a specialty of the West, with simpler ingredients and cooking methods than many other types of soup. The noodles are made from rice flour, when the broth is nearly boiling, add shrimp, coconut milk and seasoning to taste. The beauty of this dish is that it is fatty but not boring and has a faint aroma of coconut milk.

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Shrimp soup with coconut milk is typical of the Southwest region. Photo: @ co2kristy.

Address selling shrimp soup with coconut milk:

– Shrimp soup with coconut milk: 459B Hai Ba Trung, City. HCM.

Fish cake soup

If you are a fan of seafood soup, surely fish cake soup will be an appropriate choice. Originating from the sea, this dish is often used with fish cakes and quail eggs. In many places, there are variations, using many different types of fillings such as: ham, lean meat. The difference of fish cake soup is that the fibers are small and soft, often using a spoon to eat instead of using chopsticks.