Hand-shredded bì, since 1963
Com tam So 1 sits 20m deep in alley 150 Nguyen Trai, District 1 — ba Lan's shop, second generation, up from 2:30 AM to hand-shred the bì every day. Lean-pork bì, crab-meat chả from the house recipe, savory fish sauce. Three dishes at 35–45 thousand; open only about 6 months a year.
Half past six to one in the afternoon
Open daily 06:30–13:00 — when the rice runs out the shop closes, usually before closing time.
The best bì in Saigon?
Diners call this the best bì in Saigon — hand-shredded lean-pork bì, light on toasted rice powder.
Hand-shredded bì
She shreds the bì by hand every day — light on toasted rice powder, generous with lean pork, never greasy.
Savory fish sauce
The fish sauce is cooked down — savory, not cloyingly sweet, no funk — pour it over and mix the rice.
Crab-meat chả
The chả follows the shop's own recipe, with crab meat for a gentle sweetness.
Scallion oil
Scallion oil drizzled over the rice — proper old-Saigon broken rice.
Three dishes, three prices
Prices as recorded by monngonsaigon.vn, Oct 2026.
Inside alley 150
The hand-painted sign, morning diners, and the bì chả plates — photos: ghiensaigon.com, a Foody reviewer.
Alley 150 Nguyen Trai
District 1 · open daily 06:30–13:00 · sells about 6 months a year.
ADDRESS
150/1 Nguyen Trai St, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City
06:30–13:00 daily · 20m into alley 150, on the left