Over 40-year-old Restaurant In Vietnam

I. Over 40-year-old  Restaurants in Ho Chi Minh City

1. Bánh mì Bảy Hổ

Bánh mì Bảy Hổ located on Huynh Khuong Ninh street was opened in 1930 and has been with the Saigon people for nearly 90 years.

Bánh mì Bảy Hổ is priced from only 17k, but quality is always focused. The bread here impresses diners by the plump meat filling with a little pickle, green onions, and cilantro. According to the owner's share, the pate in the bread is made according to the heirloom recipe. Other ingredients are also prepared right at the time of sale, so that the bread reaches the customers with the most delicious taste.

This also explains why every time you cross Huynh Khuong Ninh street, you see a small bread cart but many people queue up to buy.

Address: 19 Huynh Khuong Ninh, Da Kao, District 1, HCMC

Opening hours: 5:30am - 7:00pm

2. Bánh mì Hoà Mã

Present in Ho Chi Minh City in 1958, Hoa Ma bread is a breakfast address that is in the memories of many generations of people here. No matter how upgraded the shops out there are, Hoa Ma bread still retains its original rustic charm, with a small bread cart and plastic tables and chairs placed along the alley.

Banh Mi Hoa Ma - Source: Google.com

More specifically, this bakery was once recommended by Tripadvisor as a popular restaurant when traveling to Ho Chi Minh City. In addition, on the culinary site Migrationology, bloggers also commended Hoa Ma bread as one of the three best bread shops in Ho Chi Minh City. This has made many foreign tourists curious and eager to enjoy banh mi here when they have the opportunity to come to Vietnam.

The menu of Hoa Ma bakery is simple and unchanged. The shop serves 2 dishes: "omelette" with ingredients fried in a pan and "bánh mì thịt" with cuts of meat. Drinks are equally simple, only iced coffee, milk coffee, and tea, etc.

Address: 53 Cao Thang, District 3, HCMC

Opening hours: 7:00 am - 10:00 am

3. Phở Cao Vân

Located on Mac Dinh Chi Street, Phở Cao Vân is more than 60 years old and is a stopover place for Northern Pho lovers in Saigon.

Everything in the restaurant is very old, familiar from the 50s in Saigon: ceramic brick walls, tiled floors, old televisions, traditional wood-fired phở stove, the signs and a commitment "Pho Cao Van - Lấy công làm lời" (Means Phở Cao Vân - Make a profit by your own hard working).

As one of the first people to bring pho from Hanoi to Saigon, Mr. Phon (the owner) can tell about the pho carts in the past like him, which later became famous phở restaurants: phở Bình, phở Quyền, phở Hòa, phở Tương Lai, etc. While most of those phở restaurants have been passed on to the second or third generation or changed owners, he is still there, being the first owner.

Address: 25 Mac Dinh Chi, Da Kao, District 1, HCMC

Opening hours: 6am - 9pm

4. Miến gà Kỳ Đồng (chicken noodle soup)

Since 1975, from a roadside chicken noodle soup truck, Miến gà Kỳ Đồng is now an address that attracts thousands of visitors because of its delicious chicken flavor. Open for sale from 4:30 am to 11 pm, regularly every day, the restaurant is always crowded with customers. People come here to enjoy the attractive taste of chicken.

Address: 14/5 Ky Dong, Ward 9, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.

Opening hours: 4:30 am - 11:00 pm

5. Bún măng vịt Lê Văn Sỹ (Vietnamese duck noodle soup with bamboo shoots)

Dishes made from duck and especially duck noodle soup have long been a favorite dish of many diners. In Ho Chi Minh City, this dish is quite popular and sold in many places. However, among those restaurants, there is one that has been associated with this city for the past 50 years, which is Bún Măng Vịt in the alley 281 Lê Văn Sỹ.

This is just a popular restaurant, located in a small alley with no signs, but this place is always crowded with many customers. 

After being carefully cleaned and processed, the duck meat still retains its delicious taste. Bamboo shoots are cooked soft and soaked in spices.

The special feature here is that the broth is stewed for a long time, it has a sweet, rich and very fragrant taste.

Address: 281/26/7 Le Van Sy Street, Ward 1, Tan Binh District, HCMC

Opening time: 15h30 - 22h00

6. Cơm thố Chuyên Ký (Rice Bowl)

Opened in 1948, Chuyen Ky is hidden behind rows of old kiosks in the Old Market, on Ton That Dam Street, District 1. For Saigon people who want to enjoy the once famous rice bowl, this is a familiar address.

With the recipe: Rice is placed in a multi-tiered steamer. The dish of rice bowl follows the Cantonese Chinese to Saigon, called "Chung Phan". "Chung” is the bowl, "Phan” is the rice. Thanks to the unique and sophisticated cooking method, the rice is flexible and fragrant. The heat of the rice is also kept longer.

Currently, the restaurant sells 3 types of rice bowls with food: chicken rice bowls, sausage rice bowls, beef bowls, priced at 60,000 VND each. In addition, diners can order white rice with additional dishes.

Address: 65-67 Ton That Dam, Ben Nghe, District 1, HCMC

Opening hours: 11 am - 2 pm / 5 pm - 9 pm

7. Chè Hiển Khánh (Sweet-soup)

Chè Hiển Khánh opened its first shop in 1959 in Da Kao, near Cau Bong Cinema. The shop's customers are mainly market-goers.

After a while, because the old shop was too small, the owner opened another shop on Phan Dinh Phung Street (now Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street) from 1965 and maintained it until now. Hien Khanh shop in Da Kao is no longer available.

The shop's customers have more students from Gia Long and Petrus Ky schools who come to eat not only because of the tea but also because of the couplets composed by the shop owner hanging on the wall.

Address: 718 Nguyen Dinh Chieu, District 3, HCMC.

Opening hours: 9:00 am - 12:30 pm / 2:30 pm - 10:00 pm

8. Chè Châu Giang

The original Chinese sweet-soup shop is nestled in the empty sidewalk in front of the old French substation. The restaurant is modestly located near the Soai Kinh Lam fabric market (District 5, Ho Chi Minh City) which is most bustling from 9pm to 0:00 in an old house, passed down through 4 generations, so people around often call its name. The shop sells "ghost tea", "heavenly tea", etc.

With many generations of Saigon people for more than 80 years, Chè Châu Giang attracts diners by the sweet taste of more than 20 types. Here, you can have a full stomach with traditional sweet soup such as lotus seeds, longan, ginkgo biloba, tapioca root, tonic ginseng, ginseng, etc. Here, the space is quite small, so people often choose to take it away.

Address: 450 Tran Hung Dao, Ward 14, District 5, HCMC

Opening hours: 5pm until late (when sold out, closes)

II. Over 40-year-old  Restaurants in Ha Noi

1. Xôi chè Bà Thìn (Sticky rice and sweet-soup)

From a small sticky rice burden to two restaurants at 1 Bat Dan and 95 Hang Bo, xôi chè Bà Thìn has more than 9 decades of trading in the capital, with 4 generations taking over the business. Most of the staff are also members of the family. On winter days, it is normal for her house to sell out ten kilograms of sticky rice.

Although the menu has been diversified over time, in general, the dishes in Xôi chè Bà Thìn are original Northern style sweet soup, most famous for sticky rice, including 3 types: black bean sweet-soup, green bean sweet soup with areca flowers, served with sticky rice. The sweet soup is always smoldering on the stove, eating at the restaurant will be scooped out into a porcelain bowl, still warm.

Address: 1 Bat Dan, Hang Gai, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening hours: 7:00 am - 11:00 pm

2. Chè Bốn Mùa - Hàng Cân (Sweet soup)

Chè Bốn Mùa has been around for more than 40 years, and is one of the most famous traditional sweet soup shops in Hanoi. 

As the name suggests, Bốn Mùa (Four Seasons) has many different types of sweet soup for diners to choose from depending on the season. In the summer, there are cool sweet soup dishes such as: green beans, black beans, sticky rice yogurt, etc. In winter, there are warm and hot sweet soup dishes for guests to enjoy. Instead of the usual jellies found in sweet soup shops, the dishes here are quite traditional, with simple ingredients. 

The shop is open from 8:00 am to 6:00 pm at house number 4 and 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm at house number 6-8. Because Chè Bốn Mùa has three shops, each is open at different hours, so when coming to the restaurant, diners should pay attention to avoid confusion.

Address: 4 Hang Can, Hang Dao Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening hours: 8:00 am - 6:00 pm

3. Cháo trai Trần Xuân Soạn (Mussel congee)

Mussel congee is a rustic dish, often sold in markets or street vendors. So a shop with a store like Cháo trai Tran Xuan Soan can easily become famous, especially with its 30-year-old age and a large number of customers every day.

The shop sells from 11 a.m. to late at night, the busiest is around 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. At this time, the shop is often full and has to let customers sit on the sidewalk to be enough.

That is enough to see how delicious the restaurant's mussel porridge is. The hot porridge bowl is nothing more than mussel meat, herbs and fried dough stick, all ingredients are carefully selected and processed by the owner. Mussel meat here is also stir-fried to serve more if the customer needs it, not put it in the pot like other restaurants.

A bowl of porridge here costs about 30,000d, compared to the average price, such a price is much higher. However, the bowl of porridge is full, many mussels, always hot, over the years, it has kept its quality, which is a plus point in the hearts of diners.

Address: 26 Tran Xuan Soan, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi

Opening hours: 11:00 - 22:00

4. Bún chả Đắc Kim - Hàng Mành

Located in No.1 Hang Manh, Bún Chả Đắc Kim restaurant has always been a familiar address for domestic and international diners for the past 50 years. With a relatively small area, at peak hours, diners have to go upstairs or sit on the sidewalk to have enough space.

The pork selected here must be bacon or axillary, after minced, it will be marinated with spices, onions, garlic and delicious fish sauce, then grilled on charcoal. The delicious taste of bun cha here has repelled many complaints about the lack of space, as well as the expensive price, making the shop always crowded with customers.

Address: 1 Hang Manh, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening hours: 08:30 am - 09:00 pm

5. Bún ốc Bà Lương (Snail Vermicelli)

Even though it's only located in the alley, Bún ốc Bà Lương shop at 34 Khuong Thuong - Dong Da - Hanoi is so famous. The shop is 40 years old, in the past, the shop was small and looked dilapidated, but now it has become a much cleaner and more spacious shop. Even deeper into the alley there is an additional establishment that specializes in snail hotpot.

Many people like this restaurant not only because of its long history, selling delicious snail noodles, but also because coming here they have the opportunity to enjoy many delights. It is rare to find a noodle shop with such an extensive menu. In addition to the main dishes are hot snail vermicelli, banana snail vermicelli with added beef, ear rolls, fried beans, the shop also has snail rolls, etc. 

Address: No. 34, lane 191 Khuong Thuong, Dong Da, Hanoi

Opening hours: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

6. Bánh tôm Hồ Tây (shrimp cake)

Bánh tôm Hồ Tây is one of the famous dishes of Hanoi.

In the 1970s and 1980s, there were many state-owned shrimp cake shops located on Thanh Nien Street, on the side of Truc Bach Lake. At that time, this place was a typical entertainment place of the capital, and as a charm, shrimp cakes Hồ Tây went into the memory of many generations.

In the late 1980s, the improvement of people's living standards led to the strong development of other types of services. Therefore, Ho Tay shrimp cake shops no longer occupy a unique position in the choice of diners. When a foreign tourist comes to Hanoi, they still want to go to West Lake to enjoy hot shrimp cakes and feel the crispy taste of the cake, served with sour, sweet, spicy dipping sauce along with pickled cucumber.

7. Kem Tràng Tiền (Ice cream)

For many people, especially those who live in Hanoi, perhaps no one is unaware of the Trang Tien ice cream brand. Born in 1958, the taste of ice cream here has captivated countless generations of Hanoians. From babies, students, adults to old people, they all seem to have a joy every time they talk about or enjoy this "famous" ice cream of Hanoi.

The reason ice cream is called "Trang Tien" is because ice cream is sold and produced in Trang Tien street, the first time is at house number 35 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

Ice cream has 2 types: ice cream sticks and ice cream cones with many different flavors such as: Chocolate, vanilla, nuggets, coconut milk, ... Ice cream has a delicious, cool and refreshing taste. When coming to Hanoi, remember to visit Hoan Kiem Lake Walking Street, Hanoi Old Quarter and enjoy the famous Trang Tien ice cream with prices from 5,000 VND to 13,000 VND.

Address: 35 Trang Tien, Trang Tien Ward, Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi

Opening hours: 8:00 am - 10:00 pm

8. Chả cá Lã Vọng (grilled chopped fish)

Chả cá Lã Vọng is one of the best grilled chopped fish restaurants in Hanoi and has a long-standing origin with 150 years. From the first small establishment at 14 Cha Ca Street, up to now, this brand has expanded to 6 more branches in Saigon. That has proved the attraction as well as the affirmation for the excellent quality of Cha Ca La Vong.

This dish is best when served hot. The fat pan is still sizzling on the flaming charcoal stove to feel the full taste of the fish. The sweet and firm fish meat is seasoned with the aroma of scallions, dill and a little tangy vermicelli.

If you are from another place, you should come to eat this dish in Cha Ca street, you will not only enjoy a delicious dish but also feel the atmosphere of Hanoi's old quarter. If you are a Hanoian, you should eat at Nguyen Truong To, because here, the shop is larger, the seats are also more comfortable and airy.

Address: 107 P. Nguyen Truong To, Quan Thanh, Ba Dinh, Hanoi

Opening hours: 10:30 am – 2:00 pm, 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

III. Over 40-year-old  Restaurants in Da Nang

1. Bánh tráng cuốn thịt heo Mậu Đà Nẵng (Rice paper rolls with pork)

This is a symbolic dish of Da Nang, known to domestic and foreign tourists. Mậu Đà Nẵng has existed for nearly 30 years and is highly appreciated by many visitors.

Pork is boiled until cooked, served with herbs, cucumbers and dipped with delicious chili garlic fish sauce. A plate of pork rice paper at the restaurant costs about 70,000 VND.

Address: 35 Do Thuc Tinh, Cam Le District, Da Nang

Opening hours: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm

2. Bánh xèo Bà Dưỡng Hoàng Diệu Đà Nẵng (Vietnamese pancake)

Bánh xèo Bà Dưỡng s one of the most crowded delicious restaurants in Da Nang. This has become a famous brand for many years, and has become a famous brand in the hearts of every visitor. Bánh Xèo Bà Dưỡng have been operating for nearly 30 years. The most special of this dish is the dipping sauce.

Although located deep in the alley of Hoang Dieu Street, the shop is always crowded, when coming to the shop, they often have to queue and pair tables. Therefore, you should come to the shop before 5 pm to limit the queue because of the crowd. The shop starts to open from 9am to 10pm, but there are days when it's over at 8pm. In addition to Bánh xèo, you can order more grilled pork vermicelli and grilled beef.

Address: K280/23 Hoang Dieu, Hai Chau, Da Nang

Opening hours: 9:00 am - 9:30 pm

3. Bún mắm thịt quay – quán Vân Đà Nẵng (noodle soup with roasted meat and fermented anchovy sauce)

Bún mắm bà Vân Đà Nẵng is probably no longer a strange name for people as well as tourists coming to Da Nang. Located right in the Tran Ke Xuong food street, the restaurant attracts a lot of customers every day.

Bun Mam Thit Quay - Source: google.com

Bún mắm thịt quay Bà Vân has been around for a long time, with many years of experience. But the taste is still as good as before. The thing that makes the name of Bún Mắm Bà Vân must be mentioned is the rich flavor of fermented anchovy sauce. The sauce at the restaurant has a characteristic salty flavor. Enjoying it once is wanting more. In addition, the restaurant also serves delicious pork rolls.

Address: Alley k23/14 Tran Ke Xuong Street, City. Danang.

Opening hours: 06:30 - 22:00

4. Bánh canh Ruộng Cầu Thuận Phước (Vietnamese bread soup)

Bánh Canh Ruộng has long become a familiar dish to the people of Da Nang. The restaurant has been open for a long time, meeting the standards of delicious and cheap. With 8,000 VND, you have a delicious bowl of Bánh Canh. The shop attracts a lot of customers, they often have to serve themselves.

Address: Tran Hung Dao - Le Van Duyet junction, Son Tra, Da Nang

Opening hours: 1:30 pm – 11:30 pm

5. Mì Quảng Bà Lữ (Quảng Noodle)

Mì Quảng Bà Lữ has been known for more than 30 years with a variety of noodles. From chicken noodles, ribs noodles to snakehead fish noodles and especially mixed noodles. The different broths for the noodles are very tasty and rich. Noodles are served with raw vegetables with a variety of herbs mixed with bananas. A delicious bowl of noodles only costs from 20 to 30 thousand VND.

Address: 32 Nguyen Van Linh, Hai Chau, Da Nang

Opening hours: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm

6. Quán Trang – mì Quảng ếch (frog noodle)

Mì quảng ếch is probably no longer a strange name for Da Nang people and tourists to visit Da Nang. If you are too familiar with traditional flavors such as pork and chicken, frog noodle promises to bring you a completely different taste. If you have had the opportunity to come to Da Nang, do not miss Mì quảng Ếch. Trang restaurant is one of the Mì quảng brands that is visited by a large number of tourists. Trang Restaurant is a famous brand, and has a long-standing reputation in Da Nang. Besides the delicious bowls of noodles, at Trang restaurant, there is also a very professional service.

Trang Restaurant is always clean, airy, and decorated in a rustic style. All of Trang's noodle shops are located in convenient locations. Near the city center or near the tourist attractions of the city. Each facility is an investment, taking care of space.

Address:

441 Mr. Ich Khiem, Hai Chau, Da Nang

212 Bach Dang, Da Nang

Opening hours: 7:00 am - 10:00 pm

Above are the eateries and restaurants that have been open for a long time in Vietnam. The restaurants for many years still keep the recipe, decoration, etc., which have existed for decades before the liberation day. Many senior diners see their childhood there.