LOL my family eats this dish almost everyday in summer.

Hate to be the first one to give this a bad review, but I ate it before and it was really nasty.
Mines was red though, although it wasn't spicy or anything

@LaPetite; haha really?

i love it, but my family only has it once in awhile

I LOVE THIS!

It has such a great crab taste.

I had it in Vietnam last year, they use rice paddy crabs (they are small and grounded).
How were you able to replicate them here in the West?

OMG I LOVE THIS DISH. I went to Vietnam this summer but there were so many dishes to eat that I forgot about this dish!

I've never even heard of it...but I'm not viet, so that makes sense. What's in it?

i've eaten something like that except my mom used finely chopped shrimp instead of crab

I love them. I don't know why but I love all "slimy" vegetable: purple yam, rau đay, okra...My family grows rau đay in our garden and we freeze them so it would be available all year round, or just until the next harvest.

^you eat it with okra? wow~ it's the first time i have ever heard about it LOL

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! that picture looks realll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I WANT SOME RIGHT NOW =]]]]]]

My family never had this, I guess considering my mom is from Nam...
I'm guessing this dish is more often made in Bac, because my grandma (dad's side who is from Bac) always makes rau day.

jeez my dad makes this like everyday :'(

definitely not one of my favorite canhs lol

I never had nor heard of it before but the pictures look delicious! *Q* I wanna try some now~

Looks kind of gross to be honest.

im vietnamese (obviously) but never heard or had it before

ohh my mom made that for me before.. i dont like the crab meat though, but i like the veggies good with rice mm

hehe it does. but it tastes really good. you should try =]

Never ate it...I'm vietnamese..maybe because it's a nam dish.

looks familar.. my sister said we ate it a couple of times in Vietnam, but i don't remember. 8D

Eh, so is it a Nam or a Bac dish? Conflicting reviews... lol. Anyway, I kind of agree with kissez* - the pic isn't that appetizing - maybe it just doesn't do the dish justice.

i THINK i ate that before, i probably didnt like it that much

No, what I'm trying to say is that okra falls under the slimy vegetables that I love to eat.

i like canh cua but a different version of it.. without vegetable =)

ewwwww, i hate it because of the slimy thingie...xD

i have never eaten it without veggie LOL

I'm Viet and I"ve never heard of it. I was thinking of soup mang cua.

canh rau đay nấu với mướp! we eat it all the time since we grow them. i don't exactly like them, but it tastes good. we never have it with crabs before though. usually with dry shrimps.

Wow! it's my fav food. But I rarely eat it cuz I dunno how to cook. My mom does it well

This is my mom's favourite food And so am I ( since she cooks it so frequently) But the dish in that pic doesn't look good, it's look different from what my mom cooks.
Anyway, that's a Bac's dish ) ( 'cause my mom from Bac VietNam but my dad from Trung VietNam and when my dad's niece visit us, she can't eat it at first)

i've never eaten this but it looks soo good. i want to try

Oh! i've eaten thus before. i hate that sqush thingy! but apparently it will cool you down on hot days. We don't put that crab meat in there it mostly minced pork or mince shrimp. "canh" or "soup for rice" are not really considered restaurant menu items.