A corner of memory.
The old housing quarter, the hand-painted sign, brass fans still humming, and two cats minding the shop.
The hand-painted sign
The maroon board with its green top strip and cream hand-painted "Tiệm Cà phê CƯ XÁ 30" — a yellow address line, a film strip on the left. The board once wore teal; today it's maroon, but the sign-painter's hand is the same — seen once, remembered.
The green alley
Turn off Ngo Thoi Nhiem and the trees close overhead into a green vault. Low tables spill into the alley, motorbikes roll past, and 10 in the morning is the busiest hour — sitting out in the alley is the true Cư Xá 30 way.
Old things, still working
Brass and green standing fans still hum away. The blue display cabinet, old photos on yellow walls, "100" film canisters beside the purple-lit aquarium — nobody explains it, and nobody needs to.
Cats and patterned tiles
Two tabby cats cross the shop like they own it, often sprawled on the yellow-flowered gạch bông floor. Terracotta threshold, maroon shutters, the green bench with mustard balusters — the shop is a corner of the old quarter kept intact.