On the days of “flattening your wallet”, just take 15k – 20k to visit this shop to have a full breakfast, even a full stomach until noon.
Known as the “noble district” of Ho Chi Minh City, when it comes to District 1, many people think that this place will have a large number of spacious restaurants and the price of the dishes is also somewhat “slight” than other districts. other. But in fact, right in the heart of District 1, there is still a street vendor that specializes in selling stir-fried dishes with the price of only 15k – 20k, has existed for decades and has become a familiar breakfast place for many people, especially students, students and office workers.
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With no roof, no dining table, and no ordering apps, this cart only sells at the curb, leaning against the fence. However, it is thanks to the quality of the dishes that customers are always standing around waiting to buy, even selling out until 9 am. Every morning, the owner sells about a few hundred pieces and has to work with her hands and feet to keep the customers going to work and school.
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In recent days, review videos of breakfast shops have appeared on TikTok with many compliments for the dishes that make foodies quickly come and try. This means that the number of visitors here has also increased much compared to before.
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The attraction of this breakfast stall comes from the “terrible” side dishes, which are displayed in each stainless steel bowl like a buffet with spring rolls, fried vegetarian rolls, fried wontons, fried rice rolls, fried tofu. … Most of the ingredients are made by the owner herself so that the selling price is “lighter” and the customers will feel the home-made taste.
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Coming here, people can choose noodles, yellow noodles, rice vermicelli, vermicelli, Quang noodles or rolls, wet cakes. Each part will include a full range of ingredients, raw vegetables, bean sprouts, extra fried onions, roasted peanuts sprinkled on top, accompanied by chili garlic soy sauce or sweet and sour fish sauce. Not only that, people are also free to choose the ingredients according to their preferences with a certain amount.
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According to many people, the meals here are quite large compared to the price, the ingredients are also quality, the rolls are sliced very thick, the spring rolls and wontons are quite full, and are deep-fried. However, the part of soy sauce and fish sauce is mixed according to the Southern taste, so it will be sweet, for those who prefer to eat more salty taste, it will not be very appetizing. For those who are “good” sweet or familiar with Southern flavors, they will feel the saltiness of the ingredients combined with the sweetness of soy sauce very harmoniously.
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Because it’s sold on the roadside, it’s mainly for take-out. If she wants to sit back, the owner will put a few small plastic chairs along the fence. Although there is no real seat, the food is not elaborately decorated, but many people still come because of the special taste of the dishes here. Moreover, with such a cheap price for a quality, filling, and home-made meal, it’s hard to ignore.
Address: Crossroads of Nguyen Thi Minh Khai – Mac Dinh Chi, District 1 (Opposite 21 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, District 1)
Selling time: 5:30am – 10:30am
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