Eating Mrs. Chin's noodles in Binh Duong, don't forget to order a plate of fried wontons.

The image of Mrs. Chin is associated with the noodle shop - Photo: Facebook Binh Duong unique point

Driving a short distance into the alley of Van Cong Khai Street (Binh Duong), diners will come across a small noodle shop. That is Mrs. Chin's noodle shop, which is over 30 years old.

Every morning, this is both a place for parents to bring their children to eat on time for school, and a place where neighbors come to eat noodles, sip tea and chat.

Mrs. Chin's Noodles, Continuing Mother's Taste

When asked about the shop, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Anh, Mrs. Chin’s daughter, confided that this was the shop her mother left behind. From the beginning, the shop was located in a small corner in the alley and has been open until today.

Mrs. Chin's noodle shop is still located in an alley on Van Cong Khai street - Photo: DANG KHUONG

The small noodle shop has raised her family of many siblings. Most of them now live far away, and Anh's mother is old and weak and can no longer sell. So she takes her mother's place to continue this "business".

From midnight, Ms. Anh and a sister in the family had to start preparing ingredients to sell in time, from chopping meat, slicing vegetables, frying onions... to preparing broth and other side dishes.

Ms. Anh said that the most difficult step is frying the wontons. The special thing is that the restaurant's fried wontons are made only from dough, with no meat or filling inside. Therefore, seasoning the dough plays an extremely important role in creating an impression on diners.

After adding spices and fermenting the dough, Ms. Anh continued to roll the dough and fry it.

A plate of crispy wontons placed next to a bowl of steaming noodles has become a familiar image at the restaurant that every customer orders the same thing, so frying it will be very difficult and take a long time because of the large quantity.

The meticulousness in each stage of preparation is also something that diners at the restaurant can feel.

Mr. Tan, a person who has eaten at the restaurant many times, said: "I like that the vegetables are kept in ice to keep them fresh. When I ask for more, the seller is also very enthusiastic to give me more."

Talking about continuing the taste of her mother’s noodles, Ms. Anh said that she adjusted the taste of the dish a bit to her liking. She shared that some people still like her mother’s seasoning method, but many people prefer both flavors of noodles.

For Ms. Anh and many other diners, the noodle shop is now associated with her mother's name. "If you ask about Mrs. Chin's noodle shop, everyone knows it, but if you say my name, people don't know who it is" - Ms. Anh laughed.

Strange taste fried wonton with noodles

Ms. Anh said that the noodles from her mother's time until now, the shop only gets from a stall near Thu Dau Mot market.

The noodles have a characteristic firmness and light sweetness - Photo: DANG KHUONG

Holding some noodles in her hand, Ms. Anh explained: "These are Chinese noodles. There is no borax so it has a light color, but if there was anything else, it would be very yellow."

Although the noodles are small, diners can feel the firmness of the dough when they bite into them. In addition, the noodles also have a slight sweetness. That sweetness creates a connection with the flavor of the broth.

The broth here is seasoned with sugar and MSG, but is mainly made from stewed bones and squid. Customers eat and continuously sip the broth because the broth here has a sweet taste, and you can eat it forever without getting tired of it.

Few people choose fried food for breakfast, but the restaurant's wontons seem to be an exception. Every table comes with a plate of wontons next to the bowl of noodles.

The wonton dough here is rolled very thin, and the cake is not oily, so when eaten, it does not create a feeling of fullness or loss of appetite.

Wontons are the "resting point" in the user's flavor flow.

While the diner is still caught up in the sweet and slightly salty taste of the noodles, the wonton dish pulls the diner's taste buds away from that flavor, to experience the blandness of the cake before continuing to sip and feel the taste of the noodles more deeply.

When asked about wontons, many people like to crush the wonton leaves to mix with dry noodles, but with noodle soup, they can be dipped directly into it to eat.

A simple, rustic noodle shop in a small alley has become a daily restaurant for generations of Binh Duong people.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/an-mi-ba-chin-o-binh-duong-dung-quen-goi-dia-hoanh-thanh-chien-20240824143718859.htm