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Stepping into Co Hai felt like I was transported back to Ho Chi Minh. From the humble look of the shop, to the distinct lack of music with only the hum of a struggling air conditioning system, and to a menu which looked hurriedly put together on MS Paint, Co Hai certainly is not a place that is keen on using glamour to outshine the trendy cafes that surround it. The food is where it’s at.
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Co Hai’s Bun Rieu ($9.50) features strands of slippery rice vermicelli in a tomato broth, and loaded with a variety of ingredients which include fatty pork, crab cakes, fish cakes, tofu, and a side of fresh herbs.
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The broth was clean and savoury. Tangy tomato notes contrasted well with the paddy field taste of the freshwater crabs used in this dish. Despite not being a fan of rice noodles in general, the clean rice flavour served to really enhance the clean tomato flavour of the broth, and kept the entire dish really light and easy to drink down to the very last drop.
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