The rib porridge shop "causes nostalgia" because of its famous meat sauce, customers flock to buy, the owner sells non-stop

People living in the Pham Van Hai area are probably familiar with Ong Ta's rib porridge shop. The reason the shop has such a name is because this area was previously called "Ong Ta", this is a name that people in the area have gradually become familiar with, not a name given by any government. That is why this rib porridge shop has kept the name "Ong Ta" for over 40 years.

Mr. Ta's Rib Porridge

Address: 302 Pham Van Hai, Tan Binh District, HCMC

Opening hours: 10am - 10pm every day

The famous meat sauce makes Mr. Ta's rib porridge famous.

True to its name "rib porridge", Ms. Dao's shop only sells rib porridge. It is simply a smooth porridge, served with tenderly simmered cartilage ribs, accompanied by a rich minced meat sauce. It is the seemingly simple minced meat sauce that makes the porridge taste rich and extremely delicious.

That's why when a customer came here to buy, he carefully instructed: "Please give me a portion of porridge with minced meat sauce, and give me a lot of sauce, my child needs a lot of meat sauce for her to eat." Ms. Dao smiled and quickly scooped up the porridge and did not forget to add a lot of sauce as the customer requested.

Inside the large pot of porridge is a soft porridge, delicious ribs and not to be missed is the pot of meat sauce placed right in the pot of porridge to keep it warm. The meat sauce is thick with lots of minced meat, just looking at it you can tell it is of good quality.

As usual, Ms. Dao quickly scooped porridge into a bowl, added cartilage ribs and poured minced meat sauce on top, finally sprinkled with green onions, herbs, and homemade fried onions to have a hot bowl of porridge. A bowl of porridge like this only costs 20,000 VND but is extremely filling. The porridge is soft, fragrant and chewy, eaten with crunchy cartilage ribs, combined with rich meat sauce and herbs, fried onions, eating a spoonful makes you want to eat another spoonful.

If you like fatty taste, you can order chicken eggs for 5,000 VND and preserved eggs for 10,000 VND to eat with it, which is also very delicious. Raw chicken eggs are cracked directly into the bowl of porridge when eaten, bringing a fatty taste, preserved eggs are chewy and sweet, eating with porridge is also a strange match. In addition, soft fried dough sticks are also a topping that we can eat with rib porridge.

The price of rib porridge is like that, but Ms. Dao shared that she will sell to anyone at any price. People who collect scrap metal, sell lottery tickets, poor workers can buy porridge for 5,000 VND, 10,000 VND. No matter how much or how little, just say it and Ms. Dao will happily meet the request.

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Rib porridge shop over 40 years old, customers come to buy continuously from morning to night

Ms. Dao has been selling rib porridge since she was 17 years old, and her porridge shop has been open for more than 40 years. Many customers have eaten her porridge since they were young. If you visit Ms. Dao's rib porridge shop in the afternoon, customers will come in and buy continuously, some will buy 1 box, while others will buy 5-7 boxes. Because of that, Ms. Dao almost always stands in one place, asking customers what they want and then scooping porridge without stopping, without having time to sit down and rest.

Everyone in the shop was either pushing the carts or helping to bring the porridge to the customers. Ms. Dao's husband was collecting money and constantly adding porridge, ribs, and meat whenever the pot was low. Each person had a job, but when there were many customers, everyone still couldn't keep up.

Ms. Dao's Ong Ta porridge shop opens from 10am to 10pm, and she closes earlier if she runs out of porridge. Rib porridge is also an easy-to-eat dish, so it can be eaten for lunch, a snack, or dinner. Therefore, the number of customers who come to buy porridge at her shop is extremely diverse, some buy it for their children, some buy it to take to work... Ms. Dao also said that many artists have also stopped by her shop to eat porridge.

When asked about the secret to having a delicious pot of porridge and many customers coming to support, Ms. Dao just smiled and said that she only chose fresh ingredients every day, which is good. That said, every step is carefully selected and done by her. Every day, she simmers a large pot of bone broth from the night before until the next morning. Early in the morning, around 6am, she and her husband will start to get up to prepare the porridge. Stirring the porridge is the most difficult step because to have a pot of thick, smooth porridge means having to stir constantly.

In fact, for Ms. Dao, there is no secret, simply when cooking with the heart of a professional, the dish will certainly be delicious and supported by many people. Like the way Ms. Dao stays around the pot of porridge from early morning to late at night but always smiles every time a customer comes to buy.

Source: https://toquoc.vn/tiem-chao-suon-gay-thuong-nho-boi-nuoc-xot-thit-tru-danh-khach-mua-nuom-nuop-co-chu-ban-khong-ngoi-tay-20240321110423327.htm