After retiring, Meritorious Artist Chi Trung actively posts and updates his daily life moments on social networks. On his TikTok channel, the actor attracted attention when he introduced a familiar pho restaurant he has been eating at for many years located near the old quarter.
Artist Chi Trung's favorite pho restaurant is Pho Ga 156, located on Hoa Ma Street, Hai Ba Trung District. This is one of the famous pho ga restaurants because of its delicious taste and reasonable price.
This chicken pho brand currently has many locations in Hanoi, of which the first location opened in Quan Thanh ward, Ba Dinh district in 2006. Since then, the restaurant has continuously opened new locations in Hoa Ma, Duong Thanh... and always has a stable number of customers.
Ms. Le Thanh Mai, the owner of the pho restaurant, shared: "Artist Chi Trung has been coming to the restaurant for a long time. Every time he comes, he orders the same portion, so I always remember it."
According to Ms. Mai, artist Chi Trung still jokes that he always orders a “special bowl”, with less bread, some fish balls and fried dough sticks. The actor also admits that he is “bad” because he is overweight but likes to eat the fatty part of the chicken.
The broth at the restaurant is confirmed to be MSG-free, lightly sweet with the taste of bones and especially clear in color with the traditional Hanoi chicken pho flavor. When enjoying, diners will immediately feel the extremely attractive smell of lemon leaves, green onions, and herbs. The pho noodles are small, soft, smooth, and easy to eat.
The most special thing that makes the restaurant famous is the chicken. The chicken used to prepare the dish is native chicken, crispy skin, firm and sweet meat, not tough or mushy. In particular, pho thigh is one of the most ordered dishes because the meat is of such high quality.
The owner revealed that her grandmother and mother started selling pho. Later, she continued to learn how to make pho and opened a pho restaurant. Her family has been in the business for about 60 years.
Although it is just a popular pho restaurant with a modest space, the restaurant is always crowded with customers, mainly regulars who have been eating there for many years. The location in Hoa Ma is open from 5:30 am to 2:00 pm, and in the afternoon from 4:00 pm to 10:30 pm.
Pho at the restaurant costs about 35,000 - 70,000 VND/bowl. In addition, the restaurant also has other dishes such as chicken sticky rice, chicken vermicelli, chicken hotpot...
