The most crowded lotus leaf sticky rice shop in Saigon, selling for more than 2 hours is all gone

Located on Ngo Thi Thu Minh Street (Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City), the lotus leaf sticky rice shop of the handsome owner is always in a crowded state. Open from 6:30 am and sell only about 9 am than out of stock, less than 3 hours, sometimes only 2 hours. That’s why this sticky rice shop is called a 3-hour lotus leaf sticky rice shop.

No need for a signboard, on an area of ​​about 40 square meters, a plastic table with hot sticky rice bowls. The hot scent burst through each layer of the mask, making everyone crave it.

The shop sells all kinds of sticky rice, from sticky rice, corn sticky rice to sticky rice. Looking at the colorful sticky rice bowls looks very pleasing to the eye. What makes diners fall in love with this sticky rice shop is that the sticky rice is all wrapped in fresh and green lotus leaves. Packages of sticky rice with lotus leaves like these are considered rare in Saigon.

Not only is it used as a container, the lotus leaf wrapped around the sticky rice also makes the sticky rice more flavorful and retains the hot plasticity of the sticky rice. The scent of lotus leaves permeates the sticky rice, making the sticky rice seeds imbued with the very different aroma of the local grasslands.

It is known that the owner of the restaurant must import lotus leaves from Dong Thap, Long An … the leaves must be round leaves, still fresh. Lotus leaves before wrapping sticky rice were washed with water, dried and stripped of the raw veins. Wrapping lotus leaves outside to be safe is also because you want to keep the sticky sticky rice taste, keep the heat, the leaves will secrete a bit of bitterness, acrid taste mixed with sticky rice, whether it’s salty or sweet, the first bite if you are observant will I can see the taste of sticky rice in the North overflowing at the tip of the tongue. It is easy to understand why this small sticky rice shop in the heart of Saigon attracts such a large number of customers.

If you want to enjoy this most popular sticky rice dish, diners have to wake up early, because usually the restaurant’s customers are already crowded with students, students to working people waiting in line to buy sticky rice. Even before the shop opened, there were already many people waiting.

Sticky rice here is cooked from sticky rice combined with green beans and mixed with coconut. The scent of sticky rice is also the most fragrant, the green plastic seeds are pure, the mixture between sticky rice and green rice is also copra, fragrant to the heart. The finished product is a delicious sticky rice dish but not too sweet, very easy to eat without being bored like many other common sticky rice dishes.

One of the most consumed sticky rice dishes at the restaurant is salty corn sticky rice. The topping of this sticky rice dish usually has shrimp paste, fried onions, and green beans. Eating will have a completely different feeling with sweet corn sticky rice, very delicious and strange.

Besides corn sticky rice, sticky rice is also a favorite dish of many people at the restaurant. Thanks to being cooked with its own secret, the yellow sticky rice seeds are extremely shiny and sparkling. Even if you leave it until noon, the sticky rice will still retain its softness. Similar to sticky rice with corn, sticky rice is eaten with fried rice, crispy fried onions, green beans and sprinkled with a little bit of fat, so when eaten, it will be the right Northern standard sticky rice.

In addition, the shop also has a little “variation” compared to the Northern sticky rice, when eating sticky rice or salty corn, customers can order a big piece of fried rice. If you want more, remember to tell the shop owner!

Delicious sticky rice is one thing, many people come here because they love the owner of the sticky rice shop who is both handsome and hospitable. The shop owner’s hands quickly wrap sticky rice, making it difficult for diners to take their eyes off. Many curious people come to this special 3-hour sticky rice shop to have the opportunity to enjoy delicious sticky rice dishes, as well as watch the handsome owner of the restaurant.

The price of sticky rice here is also quite affordable. Ingredients are not too expensive like sticky rice with meat, sticky rice pate, eggs, etc., so each sticky rice dish here costs only from 12,000 VND and is very filling.

Address: 35 Ngo Thi Thu Minh, Tan Binh District, City. HCM.

Time: 6:30am – 9:00am

Price range: from 12,000 VND.