Vietnam Food Atlas

Cần Thơ Hủ Tiếu Pizza

A viral new dish fried up by a nearly 50-year-old hủ tiếu workshop
📍 Cần Thơ・Ninh Kiều District・An Bình Ward (Ring Road, near Cái Răng Floating Market)● Collector-level・Street food📺 Heavily covered by national media outlets VOV and Vietnamnet in early 2026

Lò Hủ Tiếu Sáu Hoài, on the ring road, was originally a traditional hủ tiếu workshop that had been operating for nearly 50 years — until it recently went viral for a 'pizza.' Colorful hủ tiếu noodle sheets are deep-fried into a crust, then topped with egg, braised pork, peanuts, and crispy fried shallots — the golden, crunchy 'hủ tiếu pizza' was born. This inventive dish was heavily covered by national outlets including VOV (Voice of Vietnam) and Vietnamnet in early 2026, drawing plenty of travelers to make a special detour to this old workshop.

Is this a traditional snack, or a viral new invention?

Honestly, this is absolutely not a traditional dish. It's a recent innovation (media coverage clustered around 2026) developed by this nearly 50-year-old hủ tiếu workshop in response to tourism demand — deep-frying hủ tiếu noodle sheets into a pizza crust, then topping it with egg, braised pork, peanuts, and crispy fried shallots. This falls squarely into the category of a viral, experience-driven collector's snack, and it should absolutely not be mistaken for or presented as a traditional Cần Thơ snack — a point worth clarifying specifically in this guide.

The shop claims to have applied for a patent for this method, but this claim currently appears only in secondhand travel media reporting, with no official patent registration number found to verify it. The strength of this claim should be rated as moderate — it shouldn't be cited as a confirmed fact. This snack also currently has no dedicated Wikipedia entry, so this guide leaves the Wikipedia field blank.

How to eat it like a local

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The hủ tiếu sheet is the crustTaking a traditional hủ tiếu noodle sheet and deep-frying it until crisp is the base of this 'pizza' — a wonderfully straightforward yet creative idea.
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Egg, braised pork, peanuts, and fried shallots all pile onThe standard toppings are a cracked egg, braised pork, crushed peanuts, and crispy fried shallots — savory, crisp, and full of texture.
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Colorful noodle sheets add visual appealSome batches use dyed hủ tiếu sheets, giving the finished dish an even more social-media-ready look.
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Take a look at the hủ tiếu workshop while you're thereSáu Hoài is itself a traditional hủ tiếu workshop, so beyond the pizza, you can also see the traditional dyeing and sun-drying process for hủ tiếu sheets.

Notable shops and local knowledge

Lò Hủ Tiếu Sáu Hoài is the birthplace workshop of this new dish. Its nearly 50-year foundation as a hủ tiếu workshop, combined with heavy media exposure in early 2026, has transformed it from a simple noodle-sheet supplier into a viral new Cần Thơ attraction. It's close to Cái Răng Floating Market, making it easy to fit into the same itinerary.

Prices and Hours

  • A serving of hủ tiếu pizza costs about 40,000–70,000 VND (roughly NT$49–85), depending on toppings — a fairly affordable experience-driven snack.
  • It's worth checking ahead whether the workshop is actively making pizzas that day, as some periods may be dedicated mainly to wholesale noodle-sheet production depending on staffing.
  • Try saying: 'Cho tôi thử món pizza hủ tiếu.' (I'd like to try the hủ tiếu pizza.)

Things to Keep in Mind

  • This is a dish that only went viral around 2026 — it's not a traditional Cần Thơ snack. When telling friends about it, be sure to mention its viral origin and when it came about.
  • The shop's claimed 'patent certification' has no verified official documentation yet — treat it as the shop's own claim rather than a confirmed fact.
  • It's close to Cái Răng Floating Market, so it's easy to fit into the same trip without a big detour.

A 'pizza' fried from hủ tiếu noodle sheets is a new invention born from traditional craft meeting tourism demand. It never pretends to be an old dish — but with nearly 50 years of hủ tiếu know-how behind it, it's frying up the newest chapter in Cần Thơ's food story.