Paper-thin translucent Thanh Trì rolls
Bánh Cuốn Thanh Trì Kim Liên at 9 Chu Mạnh Trinh (the 14/3D alley), District 1 — Hanoi-style bánh cuốn: translucent thin rice sheets, pork filling, chả bò thì là, giò bò, the house-mixed nước mắm. Open daily 06:00–19:00 (per Maps).
Thanh Trì rice rolls in Saigon
Kim Liên is a Thanh Trì-style (Hanoi) bánh cuốn quán in the 14/3D Chu Mạnh Trinh alley, District 1 — the early workers’ breakfast stop: every plate thin, translucent, dill-fragrant.
Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).
Five Kim Liên dishes
No published price board — five most-ordered dishes described here, prices never invented.
Bánh Cuốn Thịt
Translucent thin rice sheets, minced-pork and wood-ear filling — the everyday breakfast plate.
Chả Bò Thì Là
Beef sausage fragrant with dill — the classic Hanoi pairing for bánh cuốn, the quán’s signature.
Giò Bò
Sliced beef bologna on the side — a fuller breakfast plate.
House Nước Mắm
Nước mắm mixed to the quán’s own recipe — balanced sour, heat, sweetness; the soul of the plate.
Crisp Hành Phi
Golden crisp fried shallots scattered over the rolls — fragrant, crunchy, never greasy.
Thanh Trì bánh, <em>a Saigon alley</em>
From Thanh Trì village (Hanoi) to the 14/3D Chu Mạnh Trinh alley — paper-thin sheets, chả bò thì là, the house nước mắm, and morning steam.
Paper-thin, translucent
Thanh Trì bánh cuốn is famed for paper-thin sheets — steamed over the pot, see-through to the filling.
The Hanoi pairing
Dill-fragrant beef sausage is the classic companion of Thanh Trì bánh cuốn — Kim Liên keeps the pairing.
The steamer from 6 a.m.
The steamer smokes from 6 a.m. — sheets go from cloth to plate, steam still on them.
9, <em>Chu Manh Trinh</em>
Open daily 06:00–19:00 per Maps, in the 14/3D Chu Mạnh Trinh alley, Bến Nghé, District 1. Breakfast from 6 a.m., every plate thin and translucent.
Address & hours
9 Chu Mạnh Trinh (the 14/3D alley), Bến Nghé, District 1, HCMC
Open daily 06:00–19:00 (per Maps).
The quán sits inside the 14/3D alley — walk deep in, look for the morning steam.