Eat like the Pig,drink like an immortal, worry about tomorrow later.
Lao Tru is named after the hungriest pig in Journey to the West — and lives up to the name: Texas-style smoked meats, 25+ craft-beer lines, and dish names as playful as the legend.
Texas smoked BBQ · 25+ craft beers · ~250 seats
Why is it called Lao Tru?
Zhu Bajie — the hungriest of the pilgrims in Journey to the West. Naming the house after him is a promise: here, eating and drinking is the most serious business.
So the house hangs a neon “In Tru we trust” on the brick arches, paints a glowing pink pig in the courtyard, and names dishes after a whole story universe: Flaming Demon King, Kungfu Somersault, “best-under-heaven” pork jowl.
And stepping in is stepping into a party — around 250 seats, long communal tables, a football projector, an MC, karaoke. Eating politely here would waste the name.
Dish names as playful as Journey to the West
Behind the playful names is real Texas-style smoked BBQ: Texas beef ribs marinated for hours in a secret sauce, crackling pork belly, half-kilo T-bone. Plus 25+ craft-beer lines — Zhu Bajie without a drink wouldn’t be Zhu Bajie.
Served still flaming — the demon king descends on a hot stone plate.
A tumbling hotpot tray: shrimp, mussels, rolled pork belly — one somersault and it arrives.
Self-crowned best under heaven — taste it before you argue.
Plump, snappy, a little spicy — even better with an ice-cold beer.
The dish names are the house’s joke — but the kitchen is serious. “25+ craft-beer lines” is the house’s own claim; individual tap names are unverified, so they aren’t listed here.
The price board — no jokes
Eight price-verified dishes from the restaurant’s menu photo (01/2026). Nothing added, nothing padded.
Listed prices per the restaurant’s menu photo (01/2026); no tax/service-charge policy published.
Follow the pink pig here
68 Pham Ngoc Thach, Xuan Hoa, District 3 — the later the night, the merrier.
68 Pham Ngoc Thach, Xuan Hoa (Vo Thi Sau Ward), District 3, HCMC
on the Pham Ngoc Thach food strip, near Turtle Lake
15:00 – 24:00
Monday–Sunday · the later the night, the merrier