Last night, 103 restaurants and eateries in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City were honored with 4 award categories. Including 4 prestigious Michelin-starred restaurants, 70 Michelin Selected restaurants/restaurants (recommended by Michelin Guide), 29 Bib Gourmand restaurants (restaurants with delicious food at affordable prices), 3 characters received the Michelin Guide Special Award, receiving great attention from many Vietnamese food lovers.
What do the owners of these restaurants and eateries say?
Anan Ho Chi Minh City gets 1 Michelin star
Out of 103 restaurants voted, 3 restaurants in Hanoi and 1 restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City achieved 1 Michelin star. According to Michelin Guide, An An is a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant run by chef Peter Cuong Franklin who applies modern cooking techniques to street food recipes to create mouthwatering flavors. Whether you order the fresh tuna tartare, the roasted duck-Mozzarella-herb mini pizza, the shrimp and pork pies, or the Wagyu beef pho with bones, every dish is first class with flavor. Balanced taste and texture.
"After the sale, everyone called to congratulate, only to know the news"
At 8:30 am this morning, 7.6, Ba Ghien broken rice shop (Phu Nhuan district) is still crowded as usual. However, Mrs. Nguyen Ngoc Diep (65 years old, owner) and her son Truong Vinh Thuy (41 years old) had a very special joy when last night the restaurant was honored by Michelin Guide in the award category. Bib Gourmand restaurant.
Early this morning, Ba Ghien broken rice restaurant still has regular customers.
“I don't know anything! Last night, about 9 o'clock, when the sale was over, friends and acquaintances sent messages to congratulate me, saying that my shop had just won a Michelin award. Too surprised! At first, I didn't know what it was, but I went online to find out that this was a prestigious award, so I was very happy. I informed my mother, she was also happy and surprised, "said Vinh Thuy.
Having opened this broken rice shop since 1995 to raise two children, Mrs. Diep has been at the restaurant for nearly 2 years. For her family and the staff in the restaurant, this is a huge recognition for her efforts and dedication to serving customers.
At the age of 14, he went to the shop to help his mother, with Vinh Thuy, the rice shop is the heart and effort of decades of building her mother with the contribution of the children in the family. Introduced to us, he said that each meal here costs from 76.000 to 144.000 VND depending on the type.
The rice here is loved by many guests.
Accordingly, a full plate of rice with 7 dishes is sold at the highest price, but the owner advises that 2 people should eat this special portion to finish. The owner thanked all the domestic and foreign guests over the years who have always supported the shop.
Ms. Thu Hoa (23 years old, living in Phu Nhuan district) said that she has been a regular customer of this restaurant for 4 years, since she moved here. Before that, she knew about the shop through a friend's introduction, and then fell in love with the taste from there.
“Every time I crave broken rice, I think of this restaurant, famous for its huge ribs. The rib rice here is delicious because the combination of ingredients and dipping sauce is very suitable for the taste of Westerners like me,” commented diners.
Each portion of rice ranges from 76.000 to 144.000 VND depending on the type.
Last night, seeing on social networks sharing a lot of information about Michelin-winning restaurants, the girl was also surprised that the familiar restaurant was also on the list. The guest immediately posted on social networks to introduce and this morning found the restaurant to "keep up with the trend".
Joy and happiness
Received an invitation from Michelin Guide, however, a representative of Pho Hoa Pasteur (District 3) said that the restaurant could not arrange an event to attend the event in Hanoi.
Pho Hoa representative said that the restaurant is honored to receive the recognition of the Michelin Guide.
“The Bib Gourmand Award is a huge recognition for the efforts of all members of our family to develop Pho Hoa restaurant during the past decades. We are still constantly trying to change and improve the quality of our service to serve our customers better,” said Ms. Tram (47 years old, a representative of the restaurant).
Ms. Nguyen Thi Xiem (this year is 77 years old, owner of Pho Hoa restaurant) because of her advanced age, she left it to her descendants to inherit and manage. Up to now, the shop has been passed down for 3 generations. Talking about the name Pho Hoa, Mrs. Xiem once shared that nearly 60 years ago, Pasteur Street was called "Pho street", because there were more than a dozen pho trucks selling on the road about ten kilometers.
The shop said that it will not stop trying to respond to the love of customers during the past half century.
That day, around afternoon, she, her mother and uncle pushed the pho cart to the street and moved in at 12 o'clock at night. Pho Hoa is named after a man named Hoa who works as a street vendor with a car. Every day, Mr. Hoa often pushes his cart to walk nearly 20 km from Xom Moi market (Go Vap district) to Pasteur street to sell.
“It is also a grace that he left the burden of pho to my family, and is not afraid to pass on many cooking secrets. My mother and stepfather are also people who work hard to learn and explore, so when receiving pho, they also receive satisfaction from customers. Because I want to repay Mr. Hoa's gratitude, my family did not change the name of the restaurant, but kept the name Pho Hoa from that day until now," said Mrs. Xiem.
Ky Dong chicken vermicelli also received the Bib Gourmand restaurant award.
Mr. Nguyen Van Duc (47 years old) - representative of Ky Dong chicken noodle shop (District 3) also said that the restaurant was happy and honored to receive the award of Bib Gourmand restaurant. This is also a great motivation for the brothers and sisters in the family and for the staff in this half-century-old restaurant.
