Vietnamese dishes among the world’s 100 best-rated crustacean dishes

Tomato and Crab Noodle Soup (Bún riêu) and Crab Meat and Glass Noodle Stir-Fry (Miến xào cua) were listed among the 100 best rated crustacean dishes in the world, as compiled by international food website TasteAtlas.

Tomato and Crab Noodle Soup (Bún riêu) in 44th position, with the delicacy being a tomato and crab noodle soup.

Tomato and Crab Noodle Soup (Bún riêu) (Photo: TITC)

The soups are prepared using different broths but are always infused with crab paste and come served with vermicelli noodles, while the toppings typically include crab meat, pork, tofu, tomatoes, blood jelly, and a selection of fresh greens such as perilla or bean sprouts, the website wrote.

The combination of sweet and sour flavours makes Bún riêu one of the most popular noodle dishes in the country, it added.

At 76th place is Crab Meat and Glass Noodle Stir-Fry (Miến xào cua). The dish is a traditional Vietnamese dish consisting of stir-fried glass noodles and crab meat. Other ingredients which are commonly used in the dish include wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and bean sprouts, according to food website TasteAtlas.

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Source: vietnamtourism.gov.vn