Bún riêu
Tomato-based crab broth with rice noodles and tofu — sweet, sour, slightly funky.
- Where to find it
- Morning market corners throughout the centre; the Old Quarter versions lean sweeter, the southern-district ones sourer.
- When it is sold
- Breakfast and lunch.
- What it costs
- 35,000–60,000 VND
How to order it
The riêu is the crab curd, not a meatball. Ask for it with thêm đậu (fried tofu) and giò (pork sausage) to make it a full meal.
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