For more than 30 years, Mr. Dung still keeps the habit of adding minced ginger to the bowl of pho to create a mild spicy taste and aroma. He called this “ginseng” in the bowl of pho.
For many years, Mr. Dung’s pho shop on Quan Nhan Street (Thanh Xuan, Hanoi) has been the “gut” address of diners in the area. Level 4 house with 7-8 tables is always full, the shop door is also packed with cars.
The owner is Mr. Hoang Quang Dung, quickly making rare meat and constantly reminding the staff: “Hurry up!”, “There are two bowls of rare on the other table”…“If you have to say it out loud, the new staff will not be confused. It’s crowded in the morning, sometimes if you don’t pay attention to it, it’s “forgotten customers”, causing customers to have to wait for a long time. Knowing that customers are sympathetic, but I’m inherently a perfectionist, so I often remind employees,” Mr. Dung shared.Mr. Dung’s restaurant has been open for more than 30 years now. Mr. Dung was originally a person who loved pho, but in his youth, he did not have the conditions to enjoy it often. When he grew up, he worked as a kitchen assistant for a famous pho restaurant, then learned a trade, accumulated experience and opened his own restaurant. Every day, Mr. Dung’s shop imports nearly 50kg of beef of all kinds to process into rare, cooked, and bucket bowls of pho.The pot of broth is simmered from 40-50kg of bones for 18 hours to have a sweet, rich taste.Every day, Mr. Dung’s pho shop sells out nearly a kilo of pho noodles, equivalent to 400-500 bowls. Holidays, the number of sales may increase more. Mr. Dung has 7 employees to assist in serving guests. Pho here costs from 40,000-50,000 VND / bowl.In Mr. Dung’s bowl of pho, there is always a bit of minced ginger. “For me, minced ginger is like “ginseng” in a bowl of pho, without the spicy taste of ginger, the bowl of pho is no longer delicious. According to my research, eating a little ginger in the morning is very good for health. keep this way. Almost all of my guests like it,” said Mr. Dung.As a regular customer of the restaurant, Ms. Nguyen Thi Binh (Thanh Xuan Trung, Hanoi) shared: “A week, I eat pho 4-5 days at Mr. Dung’s restaurant. Pho here is good, I think it’s important. The beef is always fresh and clean. The noodle soup here is light but a bit bland, if you eat it rich, you have to add fish sauce or soup powder.”Mr. Dung shared, opening the shop for more than 30 years, but almost every day he eats pho. “Sometimes every month I eat 30, 40 bowls of pho cooked by my own hands. I love pho and also eat it every day to feel if something is not good or not,” the owner said.
