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| A bowl of crab noodle soup with some pork sausage thrown in - Photo: Thanh Huong |
The meat from fresh river crabs from the country is cleaned and minced then put in a big pot. The way the crab is minced or ground decides the charm of the dish. Take a look at the boiling pot and you will see the floating crab mince mixed with red tomatoes. A bowl of soup looks great because of the mix of colors: crab meat in beige, red of tomato, yellow of fried soya curd, white of noodle, green of onion and neptunia. Crispy neptunia makes the noodles more delicious with its special fragrance and taste.
Nowadays, to make the dish more delicious, sellers add some grilled pork meat mixed with wood ear mushroom, which is very tasty. The soup has an excellent cooling taste. The noodles are served with salad and prepared fish sauce with vinegar, chili, sugar, pepper. Crab noodles are a casual cheap meal of Hanoi, so you can find it on the pavements of large streets everywhere. To enjoy the best taste of the noodle, you should go to the center of Hanoi, near Hoan Kiem Lake. The crab noodle there is made the original way.
