A bowl from the carrying pole
Bún Riêu Gánh at 163 Lê Thánh Tôn, District 1 — the shop began as a street vendor’s carrying-pole bún riêu at the Bến Thành corner, now a shophouse that keeps the bamboo gánh spirit. The bún riêu cua bowl is the one named dish. Open daily 07:00–19:00.
A carrying-pole shop in the city
No fine-dining room — this is street-vendor soul inside a shophouse: bamboo, zinc, market-morning light, and the bamboo pole from the roaming days.
Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).
One bowl, one pole
No published price board — this page describes the one bún riêu cua bowl, prices never invented.
Bún Riêu Cua
The shop’s signature bowl: vermicelli in a lightly tart crab broth, field-crab cake, crab fat, tomato, fried tofu, fresh herbs on the side.
The Field-Crab Cake
Field-crab cake whisked into generous curds, rich crab fat — the soul of the bowl.
The material of the pole
The bamboo & zinc shophouse in market-morning light — the street soul is still there.
Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).
The vendor at <em>the market corner</em>
From a roaming bún riêu pole at the Bến Thành corner to the 163 Lê Thánh Tôn shophouse — the bamboo gánh is still there.
The roaming-pole days
Every morning the bún riêu pole went out to the Bến Thành corner, home only at dusk — a whole era of roaming.
The pole, kept
The bamboo pole, worn to a sheen — now hung in the shophouse, the soul of the place.
Street soul indoors
Bamboo, zinc, market-morning light — the 163 Lê Thánh Tôn shophouse still carries the vendor’s soul.
163, <em>Le Thanh Ton</em>
Open daily 07:00–19:00 at 163 Lê Thánh Tôn, District 1 — a few steps from Bến Thành market.
Address & hours
163 Lê Thánh Tôn, District 1, HCMC
Open daily 07:00–19:00 (per research).
The shop sits right by Bến Thành market — look for the bamboo sign and the zinc roof.