The warm bún riêu of Mai’s kitchen
Mai Quán at 287/31 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3 — a home-kitchen crab bún riêu quán: big crab cakes, cinnamon pork sausage, crunchy snails, blood cake in a tomato-crab broth; canh bún too. Open daily 13:00–20:00 (blog source, pending verification).
Three things Mai’s kitchen keeps
Home-style crab bún riêu — a red tomato broth, hand-shaped big crab cakes, and snails that stay crunchy to the last bite.
Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).
Three Mai’s kitchen dishes
The quán hasn’t published a price board — the three signatures fully described, prices never invented.
Bún Riêu Cua
The full bowl: crab paste, big crab cakes, cinnamon pork sausage, crunchy snails, blood cake in a red tomato-crab broth.
Bún Riêu Ốc
For snail lovers: extra crunchy snails, rich crab paste, shredded water spinach on the side.
Canh Bún
Thick noodles, crisp water spinach, rich crab paste — with mắm tôm on the side, the proper way.
A home kitchen <em>in</em> District 3
A home-kitchen crab bún riêu quán at 287/31 Nguyen Dinh Chieu — the afternoon riêu pot, big crab cakes, crunchy snails.
The afternoon riêu pot
At 13:00 the red tomato broth goes on — the first bowls are the afternoon crowd’s.
The big crab cakes
Hand-shaped, generously sized, unmistakably crabby — the quán’s most-ordered bite.
The afternoon home kitchen
The kitchen closes at 20:00 — the home kitchen rests, see you tomorrow at 13:00.
<em>Nguyen Dinh Chieu</em> 287/31
Open daily 13:00–20:00 at 287/31 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3 (pending verification).
Address & hours
287/31 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3, HCMC
Open daily 13:00–20:00 (blog source — pending verification).
Find 287/31 Nguyen Dinh Chieu — the quán sits in the alley; follow the Mai Quán sign and the crab-riêu aroma.