Making the Best Vietnamese Crab and Asparagus Soup

If you've ever sat down at a traditional Vietnamese wedding banquet, you've almost certainly been served a bowl of vietnamese crab and asparagus soup as the opening act. It's one of those dishes that feels incredibly fancy and elegant, yet it's surprisingly simple to put together once you know a few tricks. Known as Súp Măng Tây Cua in Vietnamese, this soup is all about texture—it's thick, silky, and packed with sweet chunks of crab and tender spears of asparagus. ...

May 13, 2026 · 7 min · Serre Meenan