A chả cá heritage since 1871

Over 150 years ago, a small Hanoi fish house created chả cá — turmeric fish sizzling in the pan, eaten with dill, vermicelli, and shrimp paste. The recipe stands unchanged at 7–9 Hồ Xuân Hương.

1871

Chả Cá street, Hanoi

A small fish house opens at 14 Chả Cá street, Hanoi — where chả cá was born, and the street would take its name from the dish.

The name

Lã Vọng, the angler

The owner took the alias of Jiang Ziya — the strategist who fished without a hook — as the name of his fish house.

Saigon

Northern chả cá in the south

7–9 Hồ Xuân Hương, District 3 — the sizzling turmeric pan keeps its northern soul in Saigon.

“One dish, one pan, one flavour — since 1871.”— Chả Cá Lã Vọng, 7–9 Ho Xuan Huong

Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).