chả cá Lã Vọng

Vietnamese

Etymology

chả ("grilled and chopped meat or seafood") + cá ("fish") + Chinese 呂望 / 吕望 (literally “Lu's Hope”), a nickname of Jiang Ziya. The "Lã Vọng" part is added solely for promotional purposes.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˩ kaː˧˦ laː˦ˀ˥ vawŋ͡m˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕaː˧˨ kaː˨˩˦ laː˧˨ vawŋ͡m˨˩ʔ] ~ [t͡ɕaː˧˨ kaː˨˩˦ laː˧˨ vɔŋ˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [caː˨˩˦ kaː˦˥ laː˨˩˦ vawŋ͡m˨˩˨] ~ [caː˨˩˦ kaː˦˥ laː˨˩˦ jawŋ͡m˨˩˨]

Noun

chả cá Lã Vọng

1. a dish of fish popular in Hanoi

See also

• Khương Thượng