Com tam cha cua

Signature dishes

• Crab-egg cake rice

  Golden crab ball, soft white broken rice, mixed pickles with lotus stems, thick sweet fish sauce, scallion oil with crispy shallots.
  36K
• Crab rice + shredded pork

  36,000₫ + 8,000₫ shredded pork — per ghiensaigon.com (2026).
  44K
• Crab rice + fried egg

  36,000₫ + 8,000₫ egg — per ghiensaigon.com (2026).
  44K
• Pork chop + crab cake

  Grilled pork with the crab cake — priced at the shop.

Prices per the in-store menu board

About the spot

Com tam cha cua, 113 Nguyen Phi Khanh, Tan Dinh, District 1: the signless rice shop, 20+ years, open 6 AM–1 PM daily and usually sold out by 11. The chả cua is a ball of fresh crab meat mixed with fatty minced pork, rolled, seasoned, baked golden — never stuffed into a crab shell like elsewhere. Served with soft white broken rice, mixed pickles with lotus stems, syrupy sweet fish sauce, and scallion oil with crispy shallots. Per ghiensaigon.com (2026): basic crab plate ~36,000₫, add shredded pork or egg for 8–10,000₫, drinks 2–10,000₫. Google 3.6/5 · 504 reviews — regulars praise the crab ball, critics cite high prices and tight seating.

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