The famous sidewalk crab noodle soup shop, the most expensive bowl is up to 200,000 VND

You will probably be shocked or startled a bit when you hear the price of a bowl of roadside soup but up to… 200,000 VND.
Referring to Hoa Binh market, surely every gourmet must know about the extremely “luxurious” crab cakes with extremely high prices. The shop is just a small burden, diners who come to eat can just sit around and enjoy.

On average, a bowl of banh chung here is about VND 40,000 to VND 100,000, the special part of whole cake can be up to more than 200,000 VND, making many people “terrible”. This is also the legendary bowl of banh chung that Saigon’s playboys often whisper to each other. According to many diners, the quality of the food here is very good, the crab ingredients are inherently expensive, carefully selected, so the price of 220,000 – 240,000 VND is acceptable. Especially when the bowl of banh chung is full, with the attractive red crab displayed, it is difficult for anyone to hold back. However, this giant bowl of banh chung is not sold much. Most customers come to the shop to choose a small portion for less than 100,000 VND, which is affordable and healthy, with the crab meat being separated. “Currently, the most consistent bowl of Banh Canh I sell for only 100,000 VND/big bowl including spring rolls, meat, pork loin and crab pieces (half of a fish with the shell intact). And the bowl of banh cano costs 240,000 VND, which is very rare. Selling at those prices every day must be too cheap because of the popular soup cake,” said Ms. Phuong. Each fiber of soft white crab meat brings the typical fresh and sweet taste of seafood mixed with hot, fragrant soup. The tough, chewy bread is evenly absorbed in the broth, making it difficult for anyone to resist. The accompaniments such as pork rolls, fish balls are quite good quality when the big, meat-filled pieces are simmered very easily. Cha fish is very sweet and when eaten, it feels like authentic fish meat, not mixed with too much flour like some places still sell. You can order a normal portion without crab but only fish cakes, spring rolls, crab meat with prices ranging from 40,000-80,000 VND. This is a very reasonable price for such a “full” serving. However, the minus point is that the shop is on the sidewalk, quite hot in the summer Saigon weather. With such a location and price, it will be difficult to satisfy fastidious diners. (According to GiadinhNet)