Bún riêu first, canh bún second
Thanh Hai at 12 Ky Dong, District 3 — an alley noodle quán with a pot of bright-red tomato broth and two sister bowls: red crab-roe bún riêu, thick-noodle canh bún, green herbs. Opening hours: being updated.
One red broth, two fates
Thanh Hai cooks one pot of tomato broth — but ladles two very different bowls. Bún riêu is always ordered first, canh bún second.
Photos: pending the venue photo pass (10/2026).
The two sister bowls
No published price board — the two most-ordered bowls described here, prices never invented. Bún riêu first, canh bún second.
Bún Riêu
The elder sister: red crab roe in tomato broth, thin rice vermicelli, green herbs.
Canh Bún
The second sister: the same tomato broth, thick noodles, herbs — ordered after the bún riêu.
The <em>Thanh Hai</em> tomato kitchen
An alley noodle quán at 12 Ky Dong — the bright-red tomato pot, two sister bowls ladled from it.
The red sign in the alley
Thanh Hai sits at 12 Ky Dong — look for the hand-painted red sign in the alley; the tomato broth smell leads the way.
The gently bubbling tomatoes
The tomato broth pot stays bubbling through service — its bright-red color is the signature of bún riêu and canh bún.
Bún riêu first, canh bún second
Two bowls ladled from one pot: red crab-roe bún riêu first, thick-noodle canh bún second — sisters of one house.
12, <em>Ky Dong</em>
The quán is at 12 Ky Dong, District 3 — look for the hand-painted red sign in the alley. Opening hours: being updated.
Address & hours
12 Ky Dong, District 3, HCMC
Opening hours: being updated.
Look for the hand-painted red sign in the Ky Dong alley — the tomato broth smell leads the way.