Ms. Tran Thi Linh (49 years old) revealed that her 5 sisters have 5 different restaurants in District 11 (HCMC), all following the "7 days 7 dishes" style but have a unified menu so that "there are no duplicates".
The whole family sells together
After 10 am, I visited the restaurant of Mrs. Linh's family (49 years old), located on Ha Ton Quyen Street (District 11) because at this time, the owner had just finished preparing everything, ready to welcome guests.
Mrs. Linh's shop sells 7 different dishes 7 days a week.
For decades, this restaurant has been famous for selling a different dish every day of the week, no two days are the same. As soon as I arrived, I immediately noticed the menu clearly posted in front of the restaurant.
Accordingly, the restaurant's weekly menu is as follows: Monday sells yellow vermicelli; Tuesday vermicelli with crab and vermicelli soup; Wednesday vermicelli with fish sauce; Thursday crab noodle soup; Friday beef noodle soup with pig's feet; Saturday stewed duck noodles; Sunday duck curry. The day I went, Thursday, the restaurant smelled of crab noodle soup.
As soon as the shop opened, customers came regularly. It seemed that everyone was familiar with the menu here, so there was no need to ask too many questions. Mrs. Linh, her husband, daughter-in-law, and son-in-law divided up the work, each with a task so that customers would not have to wait long.
Fresh and delicious ingredients.
The owner said that when she was 17 years old, she moved from her hometown in Quang Ngai to Ho Chi Minh City. Finding the food business suitable, she decided to open a stall hoping to make a living in this prosperous land.
Ms. Linh, OwnerIn a short time, from a small food stall, Ms. Linh has developed into a spacious restaurant like today. Not only that, the owner also said that many of her sisters also moved to Ho Chi Minh City to live and open a restaurant "7 days 7 dishes", however, everyone shares the selling so that no one has the same product as anyone else.
In the past, Mrs. Linh was the only one running the restaurant. But for many years now, her husband has stepped back to help his wife. Now her son-in-law and daughter-in-law also help the couple sell, while their two biological children have other jobs.
No secret, but customers still love it
The prices of dishes at Mrs. Linh's restaurant range from 35,000 to 70,000 VND depending on the type. The noodle soup she sells today, a special portion with a whole crab, costs 150,000 VND. When asked about her secret, the owner smiled and said she cooks like everyone else.
A portion of noodle soup costs 35,000 VND at the restaurant.
[CLIP]: 7-day, 7-dish restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City.
“Nothing special, I also cook and season like everyone else to make it rich and tasty. But I believe that when you cook with your heart, the dish will be delicious, put your heart and effort into it, then the customer will feel it. The ingredients I cook are all fresh and delicious!”, the owner "revealed".
Coming to buy 2 portions of crab noodle soup to go, including 2 crabs for 300,000 VND, Ms. Hong (56 years old, living in District 5) said she is a regular customer of this restaurant. In the restaurant's current menu, she likes the crab noodle soup and duck curry sold on weekends the most.
“Sometimes I crave it, but I have to wait until the right day to come here to buy it. This lady cooks well, to my taste, I have been eating here for 5-6 years. Before, the shop was in the alley next door, it opened at 12 noon, since moving here it opens earlier, at 10 am. I am addicted, I can't stop eating it," the customer said with a laugh.
The restaurant is located at 223 Ha Ton Quyen (District 11).
I ordered a full bowl of crab noodle soup, priced at 35,000 VND at Mrs. Linh's restaurant to try. It was delicious! The combination of soft and chewy noodles with pork leg, shrimp, sausage and thick, rich broth, with a little onion and pepper sprinkled on top to enhance the aroma, deserves an 8/10.
Every day, the owner's joy is to cook a new dish, satisfying familiar and unfamiliar customers. Many customers, including me, are no longer worried about the question: "What to eat today?", since knowing about Mrs. Linh's restaurant...
Ms. Tran Thi Hong (42 years old) is Ms. Linh's younger sister who also runs a "7 days 7 dishes" restaurant in an alley on Lanh Binh Thang Street (District 11), not far from her sister's place.
“I am number 11, along with sister 8 (Ms. Tran Thi Linh - PV), sister 9, sister 10 and sister 12 from Quang Ngai who have been selling food and drinks like this for decades now. We are united and love each other very much, we also divide the selling time and dishes so that we don’t have to compete with each other. There are many customers who eat out of all the restaurants of the 5 sisters,” the owner said. That is the reason why Ms. Hong’s restaurant only opens in the morning from 6am to 10:30am.
The menu at Mrs. Linh's restaurant is similar to that of Mrs. Linh's, but has been changed to avoid duplication with the other restaurants.
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