Bê thui Cầu Mống — Cau Mong-Style Grilled Veal | Da Nang Meat · Signature Dish

Veal, sliced and grilled to order until just half-cooked, dipped in a rich shrimp sauce mixed with crushed peanuts, then wrapped in rice paper with fresh greens — grilled veal (bê thui) is the most generously portioned dish on any Central Vietnamese table meant for guests. Today it's one of the most widely available signature dishes across Da Nang's city center, but its bloodline is, without question, a Quảng Nam import.

What is Bê thui Cầu Mống?

Bê means veal, and thui means to char-grill — the whole method is to slaughter the calf fresh and grill it directly over charcoal until the outside is charred and fragrant while the inside stays half-cooked, then slice and eat it fresh off the grill. Cầu Mống is where this dish actually originated — a small village that once sat under Điện Bàn, in the former Quảng Nam Province, roughly 30 kilometers from central Da Nang.

To be upfront about the dish's history: multiple local travel media outlets (VinWonders, mytour and others) consistently record that this dish was only brought into Da Nang's city center after 1975, when its creators relocated there — before that, it had always been a local dish specific to Cầu Mống village. This is different from Mì Quảng, which genuinely shares roots between Da Nang and Quảng Nam from the start: bê thui is more accurately described as a Quảng Nam dish transplanted into Da Nang's city center after 1975, with its true birthplace in Cầu Mống village. Many articles simply label it a "Da Nang specialty" without mentioning this migration history.

How to eat it like a local

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Eat it fresh off the slice, not coldThe veal is sliced fresh to order and tastes best warm — eat it soon after it arrives, as it loses flavor once it cools.

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The shrimp sauce with crushed peanuts is the soulThe dipping sauce, blended from shrimp sauce and crushed peanuts, is rich, salty and slightly grainy — the flavor core of the whole dish. Don't skip it just because the aroma seems strong.

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Wrap it yourself in rice paper with greensSimilar to the pork rice paper rolls, wrap the meat with fresh greens in rice paper — one bite gets you the meat's richness, the greens' crunch and the sauce's aroma all at once.

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Best shared among a groupThis dish comes in large portions at a higher price point — best suited to groups of 3-5 or more; solo travelers will have a harder time appreciating the generous portions.

Anchor shop and other notable spots

The anchor shop, Bê Thui Cầu Mống, sits at 42 Hàm Nghi Street in Thanh Khê District — one of the longer-running and most frequently cited names for this dish within Da Nang's city center, known for staying true to the original charcoal-grilling method.

Since this dish is widely available across Da Nang's city center rather than dominated by a single famous shop, plenty of other Central Vietnamese-style restaurants also carry it on their menus. If you want to trace the dish back to its roots, consider a half-day trip out to Cầu Mống village in Điện Bàn, Quảng Nam, to try the original local version.

Practical information

Prices & hours

Priced by cut and doneness at roughly 50,000–300,000 VND (about NT$61–366) per order; a set for 2-3 people runs about 200,000–500,000 VND (about NT$244–610, verified July 2026).
Confirm exact hours before you go; comparable restaurants typically open around 8-10am and stay open until 10-11pm.

Tips before you go

This dish is widely available across Da Nang's city center, but its true birthplace is Cầu Mống village in Quảng Nam — worth mentioning to travel companions to avoid mixing up the origin story.
Portions are large and prices aren't low, so confirm your group size before ordering to avoid over-ordering.

One line of Vietnamese to order

"Cho tôi một phần bê thui" — "One order of grilled veal, please."

Compiled from multiple local travel media outlets (VinWonders, mytour) documenting the dish's origin in Cầu Mống village and its migration to Da Nang after 1975; the distinction between the origin and current location has been noted honestly. No official hours could be verified — confirm before you go. Photos pending Dio's own on-site shoot.

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