From food enthusiast to founder of famous restaurant chain

From being a loyal customer of Com Le, in 2023, Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan officially became a shareholder and began the journey to lead this place to become the strong restaurant chain it is today.

The journey from food enthusiast to founder of famous restaurant chain

Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan

Mr. Nguyen Manh Tuan (born in 1988, from Phu Tho) is known as the owner of a famous luxury watch store in Hanoi. Besides, he also loves to cook and has a special love for cuisine. For Mr. Tuan, food and eating stories are not simply to fill the stomach but also contain many things such as history, culture and human memories.

As a food lover, in addition to the nature of his work, Mr. Tuan often has to meet and entertain guests, so he often looks for restaurants that meet the criteria of "delicious - polite - comfortable". Through the introduction of a friend, Mr. Tuan learned about Com Le restaurant and went to dine at the facility in Trieu Viet Vuong. From the first time, Mr. Tuan was extremely impressed with the space imbued with Northern culture and the dishes with "hometown flavor" here. Gradually, he became a "regular customer" of Com Le and this place also became his first choice whenever meeting friends, customers or simply having a "home-cooked meal".

Not only is he a VIP customer of Com Le, but every time he comes to dine here, Mr. Tuan is lucky to meet and become friends with the restaurant owner, Mr. Bui Dinh Lap. Sharing the same passion for food, plus having many things in common in lifestyle and business direction, the two gradually became close. By 2023, Mr. Tuan officially became a shareholder and began the journey to turn Com Le into the strong restaurant chain it is today.

Under the leadership of Mr. Tuan and the founders, Com Le has now developed into 5 establishments operating at locations in Hanoi, including: Com Le No. 4, Alley 44 Hao Nam; Com Le 135 Trieu Viet Vuong; Com Le 34 Nguyen Truong To; Com Le 164 Vu Pham Ham; Com Le 111 Trieu Viet Vuong.

Com Le Restaurant at 135 Trieu Viet Vuong

With a spacious, airy space imbued with the breath of the traditional Northern wooden house culture and a diverse menu, the Com Le restaurant chain has become a familiar meeting place for people far from their hometown or diners who want to enjoy the typical flavors of their hometown in the North.

Founder Nguyen Manh Tuan and his mission to preserve the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine

For founder Nguyen Manh Tuan, Com Le is not only "home" - the place he visits whenever he craves "home-cooked" food, not only a place for him to entertain guests and meet friends, not only an "investment channel" that brings in monthly income... but it is also the place that helps him fulfill his mission of preserving the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine.

To carry out this mission, since starting to accompany Com Le, Mr. Tuan has constantly tried, made efforts to do well and carefully everything from the smallest things. In choosing ingredients to prepare Com Le's dishes, Mr. Tuan requires the selection of clean, fresh, nutritious foods to ensure the health of diners. These ingredients will be processed by the restaurant's chef according to a private recipe to preserve maximum nutritional content and create a unique flavor that cannot be found anywhere else.

Enjoying the meal at Com Le, you will see the dishes recreated completely, reminding and bringing diners back to the Northern countryside - where the tradition of family reunion meals often appears. This is the greatest value and meaning of the dishes at Com Le that Mr. Tuan wants to bring to customers.

Mr. Tuan wants to bring the Com Le brand throughout Vietnam.

In addition, Mr. Tuan also always has strict regulations from the smallest details of the restaurant such as: during the processing, gloves and masks must always be worn, the floor never has tissues, the kitchen is always clean without black oil stains... For the 36-year-old founder, what goes into the body must be the safest and most delicious. He always takes quality and customer satisfaction as the core, creating a difference and being the guiding principle for all activities of the entire Com Le system.

"Com Le has been and will continue to strive to improve service quality, create new dishes, and preserve and promote traditional culinary values. We believe that each dish of Com Le is not just a dish, but also a story, a cultural experience and a pride in Vietnamese cuisine", founder of Com Le Nguyen Manh Tuan shared.

With a love for food and a mission to preserve the quintessence of Vietnamese cuisine, founder Nguyen Manh Tuan hopes to bring Com Le throughout Vietnam in the coming years and in the near future will definitely strive to bring the brand internationally.

Source: Self-introduction

Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/anh-nguyen-manh-tuan-tu-nguoi-dam-me-am-thuc-den-founder-chuoi-nha-hang-noi-tieng-20241014104130733.htm