(To Quoc) - Customers eating pho here will see pieces of fresh, spicy ginger in the bowl. It turns out that each bowl of pho when served to customers is added with a little chopped ginger, creating both a delicious flavor and an unforgettable highlight.
In Hanoi , there is no shortage of delicious pho restaurants. For Hanoians , sometimes a delicious pho restaurant is not a very famous restaurant, but simply a pho restaurant that is delicious and close to home for easy access. Many people living in Quan Nhan area, Hanoi often go to Dung pho restaurant as a familiar address to eat pho for the same reason.
Pho Dung restaurant is located on Quan Nhan street, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi.
The pho restaurant has been open for more than 30 years and is located in a level 4 house, starting from a pho stall transported by cyclo.
Located on Quan Nhan Street, near Vu Trong Phung Street, Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, there is a pho restaurant located inside an old house, but it is always crowded with customers. From 5 am when the sky is still not completely light, the restaurant opens to welcome customers and sells until 9 pm before closing.
The pho restaurant is located in an old house but is always crowded.
This pho restaurant is named after its owner, Mr. Hoang Quang Dung. Mr. Dung and his wife are the ones who built the family pho restaurant and until now, their son, Mr. Khai, continues to take over. Mr. Khai, 33 years old, confided: "Our pho restaurant has been open for about 33 years. Our family started as a small pho stall, at that time we put the food on a cyclo and then went out to the sidewalk to sell. Later, we moved here and have been selling at this place for about 15 years."
Star anise is an indispensable ingredient to create the characteristic flavor of pho.
Talking about the somewhat old but nostalgic house, Mr. Khai shared that this house is rented so it is difficult to upgrade and renovate it to make it more beautiful, so the family only made light repairs. But perhaps it is the house that makes many people feel close, like eating at home.
Many times when customers come to eat, they will see people at the restaurant roasting cinnamon and star anise to make the broth for pho. The fragrant aroma of cinnamon and star anise makes the experience of eating pho more enjoyable. Right next to the counter where customers prepare food is also where the restaurant places a large pot to simmer bones and boil meat, preparing for the next day's sale. Therefore, customers can watch the restaurant making food right there while eating, and can also feel secure about the bowl of pho they are enjoying.
Quality bone and meat broth.
While talking and showing off the pot of broth filled with all kinds of beef, brisket, and flank inside, Ms. Hanh, Mr. Dung's wife, said: "My family makes pho in the traditional style of the past. Even though it's time to hand it over to my children, I still make everything myself because I'm a bit picky. When selling pho, the most important thing is that the meat must be good. Many people come to offer bad meat or flabby pork, and I refuse. I ask the supplier to pay a high price as long as the meat is good. I don't take cheap goods. Because for me, selling goods requires a conscience."
Ms. Hanh, the owner of the restaurant, admits that she is a meticulous person, so she always chooses the meat, cuts it, and does many other steps at the restaurant herself.
Until now, Ms. Hanh is still the one who directly cuts the meat, each piece is neat and tidy. "I still cut the meat myself, having been in the profession for a long time, I know how to cut each piece of meat. For example, a piece of brisket that is extremely crispy must be sliced a little thinly, but if the brisket is sliced too thin, it will lose its crispiness" - Ms. Hanh confided.
Ms. Hanh still cuts the meat herself because the way to cut the meat to make it delicious is also very important.
Beef looks fresh and delicious.
Bowls of pho are topped with a unique fresh ginger topping, and there's no hesitation in confirming that this spice is in the broth.
At Pho Dung, they sell the same basic types of pho as many other pho shops, which are rare, well-done, beef stew, flank, brisket and corn. Prices range from 40,000 - 60,000 VND. A full bowl of pho, soft and fragrant meat, rich broth. The only thing is that the fried dough sticks here are crispy, for those who like soft fried dough sticks, this may be a small minus.
A bowl of rare or well-done pho is full and of good quality for only about 40,000 - 45,000 VND.
Regarding the pho broth here, in addition to the deliciousness of the meat, the bones, the aroma of cinnamon, star anise... the restaurant said that there are also sea worms inside. Mr. Khai shared: "My family makes it in the traditional way, basically the meat and bones are delicious. Later, when it came to my generation, we improved by adding more sea worms to make the broth more flavorful. Basically, we still learn from our parents' way of making it. My family's broth definitely has MSG, but our family uses good MSG, guaranteed, and this is also the type of spice that everyone has always used. Each type of spice plays a role in creating the delicious taste of the broth."
The restaurant's broth is rich and delicious.
Pho with red wine sauce is also loved by many people.
In particular, customers eating pho here will see pieces of fresh, spicy ginger in the bowl of broth. It turns out that each bowl of pho when served to customers is added with a little chopped ginger, not only creating a delicious flavor, but also bringing an unforgettable highlight.
For decades, Dung Pho restaurant has kept the tradition of adding chopped fresh ginger to the pho bowl, and without that bit of ginger, customers feel like something is missing.
Minced fresh ginger is added directly to the pho bowl, creating the signature of the pho here.
Dung Pho restaurant opens from morning to night, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, never stopping. Every day the restaurant sells about 400 bowls of pho, everyone in the restaurant is always working, each person has a job.
Without advertising or selling on delivery apps, Dung Pho restaurant regularly sells breakfast, lunch, dinner... every day and sells about 400 pho. Simply because customers find the food delicious and suitable, they come back. "I sell to customers who have been here since my parents took me to eat when I was a child, now they are in college and working, they still come back to eat here" - Ms. Hanh happily said.
"Now the prices are very high, we should have increased the prices, but we really don't dare to increase the prices. Many of the customers at the restaurant are regulars, some of them are workers. If we really can't survive, we will have to increase the prices. So this is the stage where I accept to share. We put the customers at the center" - Mr. Khai confided.
The pho restaurant is small but always crowded.
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