Pho Chao
Pho Chao has been honored by Michelin in the Bib Gourmand category for 3 consecutive years for its unique flavor and affordable price.
Located on Nguyen Cong Tru Street, Binh Thanh District, the restaurant has a modest space but is always bustling with customers coming to enjoy, especially foreign tourists. According to the introduction, the restaurant owner is from Nam Dinh, so the flavor of the restaurant's pho is completely different from Hanoi pho or Saigon pho.
The broth here is rich in flavor, characteristic fish sauce smell of the North, cooked from stewed bones for many hours. The restaurant does not use sweet potatoes but seasoned with shrimp paste, meat seasoning and rock sugar to balance the flavor.
In addition to traditional Nam Dinh pho, Pho Chao also attracts customers thanks to your pho - a combination of Vietnamese pho and Canadian poutine. Instead of using cheese, this dish uses French fries and covered with stir-fried beef sauce, stewed bone broth, vegetables and cheese.
Pho Huong Binh
Located on Vo Thi Sau Street, District 3, Huong Binh Fortress has existed for more than 65 years. According to the restaurant owner, her mother used to be the one in the kitchen, and later passed on the recipe and secret to the children.
The restaurant's broth is not seasoned with fish sauce but is simmered from bones for 7 - 8 hours to ensure a rich flavor. The rice cake is also carefully prepared, especially in the cake pillow stage. According to the restaurant owner, to make the pho noodles delicious, you must know how to cook the heat and steep it carefully so that the smell of the pho noodles does not overwhelm the aroma of the broth.
A bowl of chicken pho at the restaurant costs 85,000 VND, including chicken thigh pho, chicken intestines, and young eggs. The beef stew costs 90,000 VND, including rare, fined stew, and gourd stew. The restaurant also serves chili, lemon and raw vegetables like other types of rice paper.
Pho Le
Pho Le is located on Nguyen Trai Street, District 5 and Vo Van Tan Street, District 3. Pho Le is cooked in a typical Southern style, suitable for Saigonese tastes.
The cheese juice is not too rich in the scent of salmon and cinnamon but has a natural sweet taste, above it often floats a layer of golden fat, rich but not too fatty, causing boredom. In particular, when enjoying it, diners will find the onion-scented pho - a completely different thing from pho in Hanoi.
The cheese fibers are small, soft, the beef is thinly sliced, and when eaten, the softness is clearly felt. Gray, the stems are thicker, with lean matter mixed with firm, crispy fat. Sliced the bullet in half, large pieces. Pho Le only sells beef noodle soup. A bowl costs from 75,000 - 95,000 VND.
Pho Minh
Although located in a small alley that is quite difficult to find in District 1, Minh pho is still honored by Michelin as one of the delicious pho restaurants with reasonable prices in Ho Chi Minh City.
Pho Minh has a harmonious combination of pho Bac and pho Nam. The broth is rich in bone simmering for many hours, without spices such as cinnamon, salmon, cloves, but only grilled ginger and lemongrass. The bowl of rice paper has as much onions as the North's rice paper but will have a layer of fat water that is not completely clear.
The beef is fresh and soft, fragrant. When enjoying it, diners can request rare, minced meat, and tendons depending on their preferences. In addition, customers can also order an attractive pate chaud for dessert.
Pho Hoang
Located on Nguyen Tri Phuong Street, District 10, Pho Hoang is nearly 20 years old and is a familiar dining address for many restaurants.
The restaurant has a modest, simple space but is always bustling with customers coming and going. The broth recipe here still retains the traditional flavor of Northern pho with 18 - 20 hours of stewed bones and cinnamon, salmon...
Diners can order a bowl of cheese to eat with a variety of beef such as crab, gourd, beef balls, beef sausage... In addition, tendons or beef intestines are also one of the dishes that customers love and order a lot, so they often sell out very soon.
After 3 years of being honored by Michelin in the Bib Gourmand category, pho pho is still priced at 75,000 - 115,000 VND/bowl. The restaurant opens from 5:30 am to 8:30 pm every day, and is open until 2 pm every Monday.
