Last night, 103 restaurants and eateries in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City were honored with 4 award categories. Among them, 4 restaurants were awarded the prestigious Michelin star, 70 Michelin Selected restaurants/eateries (restaurants recommended by Michelin Guide), 29 Bib Gourmand restaurants (restaurants with delicious food at affordable prices), 3 Michelin Guide Special Award recipients, receiving great attention from many Vietnamese food lovers.
What do the owners of these restaurants and eateries say?
Anan City, Ho Chi Minh City, has achieved 1 Michelin star.
Of the 103 restaurants voted, 3 restaurants in Hanoi and 1 restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City have 1 Michelin star. According to the Michelin Guide, Anăn is a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant led by Chef Peter Cuong Franklin who applies modern cooking techniques to street food recipes to create attractive flavors. Whether you order the fresh tuna tartare, the roasted duck-mozzarella-herb mini pizza, the shrimp and pork banh tet, or the Wagyu beef pho with bone, each dish is first-class with balanced flavors and textures.
"After selling, everyone called to congratulate, then I heard the news"
At 8:30 this morning, June 7, Ba Ghien broken rice restaurant (Phu Nhuan District) was still crowded with customers as usual. However, Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Diep (65 years old, restaurant owner) and her son, Mr. Truong Vinh Thuy (41 years old) had a very special joy when last night the restaurant was honored by Michelin Guide in the Bib Gourmand restaurant award category.
Early this morning, Ba Ghien broken rice restaurant still has regular customers.
“I didn’t know anything! Last night, around 9pm, after selling, friends and acquaintances kept texting me to congratulate me, saying that my restaurant had just won a Michelin award. It was so surprising! At first, I didn’t know what it was, but after looking it up online, I found out that it was a prestigious award, so I was very happy. I told my mother, and she was also happy and surprised,” Vinh Thuy recounted.
Opening this broken rice restaurant in 1995 to support her two children, Ms. Diep has been running the restaurant for nearly 30 years. For her family and the restaurant staff, this is a great recognition for their efforts and dedication to serving customers.
At the age of 14, he helped his mother run the restaurant. For Vinh Thuy, the restaurant is the heart and soul of his mother, the result of decades of hard work and dedication from his children. Introducing the restaurant to us, he said that each portion of rice here costs from 76,000 - 144,000 VND depending on the type.
The rice here is loved by many customers.
Accordingly, the full plate of rice with 7 dishes is sold at the highest price, but the owner advises that 2 people should eat this special portion to finish it. The owner thanks all the domestic and foreign guests over the years who have always supported the restaurant.
Ms. Thu Hoa (23 years old, living in Phu Nhuan District) said that she has been a regular customer of this restaurant for the past 4 years, since she moved here. Before that, she knew about the restaurant through a friend's introduction, and then fell in love with the taste.
“Every time I crave broken rice, I think of this restaurant, famous for its huge ribs. The rib rice here is delicious because of the combination of ingredients and dipping sauce that suits the taste of Westerners like me,” commented a customer.
Each portion of rice ranges from 76,000 - 144,000 VND depending on the type.
Last night, seeing a lot of information shared on social media about Michelin-awarded restaurants, the girl was surprised when her familiar restaurant was also on the list. The customer immediately posted on social media to introduce it and this morning went to the restaurant to "catch up with the trend".
Fun and happy
Receiving an invitation from Michelin Guide, however, a representative of Pho Hoa Pasteur restaurant (District 3) said that the restaurant could not arrange to attend the event in Hanoi.
Pho Hoa representative said the restaurant is honored to receive recognition from Michelin Guide.
“The Bib Gourmand award is a great recognition of the efforts of all members of our family to develop Pho Hoa restaurant over the past decades. We are constantly striving to change and improve the quality of service to serve customers better,” said Ms. Tram (47 years old, restaurant representative).
Ms. Nguyen Thi Xiem (77 years old this year, owner of Pho Hoa) has handed over the business to her children and grandchildren because of her advanced age. Up to now, the business has been passed down through 3 generations. Talking about the name Pho Hoa, Ms. Xiem once shared that nearly 60 years ago, Pasteur Street was called “Pho Street” because there were more than a dozen pho carts selling on the road, which was about ten kilometers long.
The restaurant said it will continue to make efforts to respond to the love of customers over the past half century.
Back then, every afternoon, she, her mother and stepfather would push the pho cart out onto the street and move in at 12 midnight. The name Pho Hoa was named after a man named Hoa who sold pho on the street, with a dilapidated cart. Every day, Mr. Hoa would push the cart and walk nearly 20 kilometers from Xom Moi Market (Go Vap District) to Pasteur Street to sell.
“It was also fate that he left the pho stall to my family, and did not hesitate to pass on many cooking secrets. My mother and stepfather were also diligent learners and seekers, so when they took over the pho stall, they also received satisfaction from customers. Because we wanted to repay Mr. Hoa's kindness, my family did not change the name of the restaurant but kept the name Pho Hoa from that day until now," Ms. Xiem shared.
Ky Dong chicken vermicelli also received the Bib Gourmand restaurant award.
Mr. Nguyen Van Duc (47 years old) - representative of Ky Dong chicken noodle restaurant (District 3) also said that the restaurant is happy and honored to receive the Bib Gourmand restaurant award. This is also a great motivation for the brothers and sisters in the family and the staff in this restaurant that is more than half a century old.
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