The noodle shop that has existed for more than 60 years is still crowded with customers, thanks to a familiar side dish.

Previously, on Lacaze Street in Cho Lon (today Nguyen Tri Phuong Street) there was a noodle shop selling for 30 years. Currently, the shop has also moved to the beginning of alley 311 Minh Phung (District 11, HCMC) and has been selling for more than 30 years. During that long journey of more than 60 years, witnessing many changes of the city, the taste of the noodle shop has remained unchanged. This has helped the shop always have a large number of customers.

Local people are still used to calling it “sour cabbage noodles” because it is eaten with a very special bowl of pickled cabbage. The dish is prepared by a Chinese family of Chaozhou origin, but the taste has been adjusted and changed to suit the taste of Vietnamese people. Although located quite far from the center, the shop is always crowded with customers.

Even though it’s noodle soup, people still call it sour cabbage noodles

Authentic Tieu noodles are still preserved, round and smaller than Hokkien yellow noodles. And noodle soup is a large stalk similar to pho stalk, often found in satay noodle soup. Coming here, the most popular dish and also the most interesting dish is mixed noodles, dry or water are very delicious. If you order a dry meal, the “topping” will include shrimp, squid, pork, pho, liver, kidney… put in a separate bowl to keep the heat. In addition, the pickles section in this shop is also different. Normally, the restaurant will have a pot of stewed cabbage and sour soup to reduce fat according to the traditional way of eating of the Tieu people, here the shop owner “modifies” into a dry way like eating cucumbers commonly found in the South.

Another rare thing is that this family still keeps the tradition of making noodles from more than half a century ago, even if you just eat it now, it is still the same noodles as it was more than 60 years ago. The noodles here are tough but still retain their crispiness, eat noodles until almost the end of the bowl and still not be mushy.

A set of dry mixed noodles will include a bowl of noodles, a bowl of broth with accompaniments and a bowl of sauerkraut

Noodles here are reduced by the owner to taste and taste, so almost customers do not need to add any more seasoning. For those who like spicy food, you can add a little chili satay. The bowl of hot noodles, the sweetness from the bone broth, along with a lot of shrimp, squid, fish balls, pork intestines… makes the bowl of noodles extremely attractive as soon as it is brought out. The scent of the bowl of noodles also awakens the taste buds of diners from the first moment.

Pickled cabbage is what makes the taste of the noodles here more excellent

Tasting a bowl of noodles, served with a piece of crispy and cool cabbage, adding a piece of fish ball or squid, the flavor suddenly merges into an indescribable delicious taste. In addition, there are also dried cabbage leaves, salty and crispy, very delicious.

The shop is open from 6:30 am – 12 pm, so if you want to enjoy it, you can leisurely come and enjoy it without having to get up too early. The price of a bowl is 70,000 VND.