The "Old Man and Old Woman" vermicelli with grilled pork restaurant has been in business for three generations in Hanoi and is famous for its special minced pork rolls wrapped in coriander leaves, which are rare to find elsewhere.

(To Quoc) - Still with minced pork and minced pork, but at the "Old Man and Mrs. Bun Cha" restaurant, minced pork is wrapped with an extra layer of coriander leaves on the outside. Perhaps, it is the minced pork wrapped in coriander leaves that create the special feature of this restaurant.

Inside Yen Bai 2 alley, Hue Street, Ha Ba Trung District, Hanoi , there is a bun cha shop with a sign "Bun cha ong ba gia". True to its name, the shop is directly made and sold by 2 elderly people. Not only delicious and reasonably priced, this bun cha shop also impresses with its minced pork rolls wrapped in coriander leaves which have a very delicious flavor.

Bun cha restaurant with unique minced pork rolls with coriander leaves

The familiar bun cha dish of Hanoians usually includes grilled pork and minced pork. If grilled pork is made from pork belly with lean and fatty parts, minced pork (vegetable meatballs) is made from ground pork. The minced meat is marinated according to each place's own recipe, then shaped into round balls. After that, the meatballs are grilled over charcoal, when finished, the meatballs are slightly charred on the outside, while the inside is still soft, moist, and slightly smoky.

A bowl of bun cha at the "Old Man and Woman" restaurant.

Inside are pork patties and minced pork patties rolled with coriander leaves. When eating, customers can add vinegar, garlic, chili, pepper... depending on their preference.

Still with minced pork and minced pork, but at the "Old Man and Mrs" bun cha restaurant, minced pork is wrapped with an extra layer of Vietnamese coriander leaves on the outside. Minced pork rolled with piper lolot leaves or river bone leaves is quite familiar, but rolled with Vietnamese coriander leaves is probably unknown to many people. Perhaps, it is the minced pork rolled with Vietnamese coriander leaves that create the special feature of this bun cha restaurant.

The minced meat patties after grilling have slightly charred meat and leaves.

Bun cha must be grilled over charcoal to be delicious.

The restaurant is skillful in that the minced meat patties are still soft and moist after being grilled twice. The coriander leaves wrapped around the outside create a special aroma for the minced meat patties. When eating the minced meat patties, the flavor of the marinated meat blends with the aroma of the coriander leaves, making everything even more delicious.

The minced meatballs are wrapped in coriander leaves.

The coriander leaves used to wrap the meat must be large and long, and the minced meat must be marinated according to a special recipe for many hours.

The meatloaf is the same as other places, the meat is thinly sliced ​​with fat and lean meat interwoven together so it doesn't feel dry when eaten. The fish sauce is mixed a bit strong so customers can add vinegar to taste. As for the raw vegetables, this bun cha restaurant has a variety of vegetables, besides lettuce, coriander, bean sprouts... there is also split water spinach.

The restaurant's raw vegetables also include split water spinach, but it's out of season now so there's not much left.

Add some vermicelli and some raw vegetables to the bowl of vermicelli with grilled pork, eat a piece of vermicelli, bite a piece of meatloaf, enjoy some papaya salad and raw vegetables... all create a harmonious, delicious whole. A portion of vermicelli with grilled pork here costs 40,000 - 50,000 VND, spring rolls are 8,000 VND/piece. The vermicelli with grilled pork is full with a lot of meat, definitely will bring you a full lunch. The shop opens from 11am to about 1-2pm.

The minced meat was soft and fragrant, wrapped with coriander leaves, so the flavor was even more special. The spring rolls had a full filling, but because they had been fried for a while, they were no longer hot when eaten.

"Old couple" 71 years old, one fanning the spring rolls, the other preparing food for customers, always cheerful

Visiting the "Old Man and Old Woman" bun cha restaurant, without even seeing the nameplate (it's called a nameplate but it's actually a tarpaulin with a few lines of basic information printed on it), you'll immediately see the two old people outside. Mr. Tao and Mrs. Nam, 71 years old this year, are still passionate about their bun cha restaurant.

"Old couple" vermicelli restaurant seen from the outside.

Mr. Tao is associated with the image of grilled meat and the familiar seat right outside the restaurant. The meat and minced meat, after being neatly arranged on the grill, will be taken outside for Mr. Tao to grill. The meat grilling area is always hot and smoky, but Mr. Tao still works as usual. The grilled meat is just right, fragrant thanks to his long-time grilling technique.

Mr. Tao finished grilling the meat and then gave it to Mrs. Nam to prepare for the guests.

Mr. Tao and his familiar daily grilling corner.

As for Mrs. Nam, she is the one who creates the soul of the bun cha dish by directly marinating the meat and mixing the dipping sauce. Coming to the restaurant, you will see Mrs. Nam preparing food for customers. After Mr. Tao finishes grilling the meat, he will pass it to Mrs. Nam, everything has been going smoothly like that for the past several decades.

It turns out that Mr. Tao and Mrs. Nam have been selling bun cha for over 20 years, but before that, their family was also associated with bun cha. Their parents and grandparents all sold this dish. Mr. Tao and Mrs. Nam are the third generation.

Mrs. Nam will be the one to directly put the meatloaf into the bowl for the customers.

Talking about the minced meat rolls with coriander leaves, Mrs. Nam shared that her grandparents and parents have been doing it since then, so the family continues to do it. The coriander leaves that Mrs. Nam gets every day are large, so that the meat rolls are firmer. The job of rolling the meat is done by the family's son himself, each piece is evenly spaced.

His son was the one who did the rolling.

Ms. Minh Thu, a regular customer living near Yen Bai 2 alley, shared: "Every week my husband and I go to their restaurant to eat. My family has been eating here for about ten years. I find the vermicelli here to suit my taste. The best is the minced pork rolled with coriander leaves. I have never seen any restaurant make minced pork like this."

Located in the middle of a crowded residential area, bustling with business. Stopping by the "Old Man and Mrs" restaurant to eat a bowl of bun cha, observing daily life in a small alley on an autumn afternoon, might be interesting. And on a cool autumn day, simply eating a delicious bowl of bun cha is also fun.

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