Co Diep tea is hot in the middle of Saigon, but there are still many customers

Going on Vo Van Tan Street (District 3), looking for alley 241, next to Thien Ban Pagoda, you will immediately see a small tea shop at the beginning of the alley.

Many acquaintances call this “Vo Van Tan sidewalk tea”, but there are also people who call it “Co Diep tea”. Looking simple, this hot tea shop is a famous culinary address in District 3, from afternoon to evening customers come to eat.

Saigon shop: Co Diep tea only sells hot tea in the middle of hot Saigon

Every afternoon, around 17:30, Co Diep tea starts to sell. Large pots of tea are neatly placed in a corner of alley 241 Vo Van Tan. Small plastic chairs are laid out for guests to sit and eat. Some people like to sit right at the tea row, others find themselves a convenient seat around there.

Co Diep’s Tea Saigon restaurant only sell hot tea. Come to think of it, a hot tea shop in the heart of Saigon is also strange!

In this southern city, it’s almost hot all year round, it’s easier to prefer something cooler, for example, as simple as a cup of tea – it’s also iced tea, let alone tea.

Many tea shops out there are ready to please diners with countless delicious tea dishes, full of ice cold to numb the tongue. However, every night Saigon people come to this corner of Vo Van Tan sidewalk to enjoy hot tea at Ms. Diep’s shop.

“There are banana cakes and banana soup here are my two favorite dishes. It has fatty, greasy coconut milk, the banana pieces are not acrid, very delicious,” My Linh (diner living in District 3) shared.

In addition to banana cake and banana tea, Co Diep’s tea shop Saigon restaurant There are also taro tea, white bean tea, corn tea, ba ba tea, green bean tea, sticky rice, beef cake.

According to many diners, the tea dishes at Co Diep restaurant have a sweet taste with greasy coconut milk. Bean tea, fragrant sweet potato tea, Bui. Sweet corn tea, smooth.

“These kinds of tea are delicious to eat hot, you don’t need to add ice. It’s cool to eat hot tea at night, I think it’s appropriate, so I come to this shop to eat corn and bean tea,” said Xuan Long. diners living in Binh Thanh district) said.

Saigon restaurant: Ba The generation of Co Diep tea

Ms. Diep is the owner of the sidewalk tea shop Vo Van Tan. Since the life of Ms. Diep’s mother, the family has had more than half a century selling tea around this Vo Van Tan street. And right at the beginning of alley 241 Vo Van Tan as today, she has been selling for more than 30 years.

On the wall at the beginning of alley 241 Vo Van Tan, right at the tea shop, there is a typed A4 sheet of plastic laminated with the words “Hot tea 241 Co Diep”.

“But it took decades to get that ‘name'”, Ms. Diep said while looking up at that simple word, her voice could not be hidden, she was proud of the fragrant sound of the tea shop that has passed these 3 generations.

Saying it is 3 generations, because from grandmother to aunt, now the main “manpower” to sell tea has passed to his son, Mr. Minh Hieu. Seeing him sell, many people still call this tea shop “Mr.

Mr. Hieu always finds tea in a hurry, sometimes putting it in a cup to serve customers to eat on the spot, sometimes putting the tea in a bag, wrapping it up, ready for customers to buy and take home. Although he is busy, he is always happy and welcoming to guests who come to eat. “Having a son “succeeded”, is also happy”, Ms. Diep said.

According to the owner, from the morning, he had to prepare the ingredients, then cook the tea. By the afternoon, he had finished a few pots of tea to sell.

“But for example, this white bean soup, to cook and sell tomorrow night, she has to soak the beans at night, so she can cook it tomorrow. It’s also very good,” Ms. Diep said.

A plus point in Co Diep tea is that the price is quite cheap. The price of tea here is only… 13,000 VND. If you have a strong appetite, you can still order 2 cups of tea at once.

Co Diep tea is open for sale from 17:30 to the evening, no time off at that time. Around 20:30-21:00, the shop may run out of some dishes. As a popular sidewalk restaurant, some diners also find it a bit inconvenient to eat.