Behind the Bib: Hong Phat - MICHELIN Guide
Get to Know Hồng Phát: A Noodle Shop Celebrating Khmer Culture in Ho Chi Minh City
Written by Joshua Zukas for The MICHELIN Guide, 2024
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Hồng Phát’s unlikely origin story is reflected in its signature dish.
The furnishings in Hồng Phát (Bib Gourmand, MICHELIN Guide Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City 2023) in Ho Chi Minh City District 3 have modernised over the decades, but the restaurant’s atmosphere has changed little.
Seasoned chefs still spend hours perfecting their signature broth in gigantic cauldrons with bone marrow, dried seafood, and meaty cuts of pork. They still pour this broth over rice noodles before adding tiger shrimp, braised offal, blood cake, bean sprouts, and an assortment of garden greens and herbs. The hearty noodle soup – known as hu tieu (hủ tiếu) – is still served in glass bowls and delivered to crowded tables of nattering locals....