The Best Cha Ca in Hanoi
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Discover what it’s like to eat cha ca in Hanoi. The tasty Vietnamese dish pairs pan-fried chunks of meaty fish vegetables and herbs.
We had never heard of cha ca until our first day in Hanoi, but we were game to try the classic Vietnam food dish on the suggestion of our friend Mai Nguyen who writes the Hanoi food blog Tho Loves Food.
Although the famous and tourist-friendly cha ca restaurants are in the city’s Old Quarter, we happily walked 25 minutes to tiny, family-owned Cha Ca Phan to eat pan-fried chunks of meaty fish at our table along with a mixture of vegetables and herbs like fennel, turmeric and dill.
The real fun was assembling the bowls with fish, vegetables, herbs, rice noodles, shrimp paste, fish sauce and red chili peppers.
What a perfect introduction to the Hanoi food scene!
Cha Ca Phan is located at84 Trần Quốc Toản, Trần Hưng Đạo, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam. Note – this is a new address for Cha Ca Phan.
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Watch our YouTube video as we eat cha ca with Mai for the second time and learn more about this lesser-known but highly intriguing Vietnamese dish. Try not to laugh too hard when you hear us attempt to pronounce cha ca and other Vietnamese words.
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We self-funded our multiple trips to Hanoi.
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