The story

One floor up from Anan

One address, 89 Ton That Dam, holds two venues: Anan at street level, and Nhau Nhau — Peter Cuong Franklin's bar — upstairs, with its own listing and its own personality.

Inside Nhau Nhau — the retro second-floor room

Chapter 01

Its own room upstairs

Nhau Nhau is not a corner of the restaurant below — it is its own venue on the second floor, with a retro room, its own counter and its own crowd. Dinner, Anan-style, is downstairs; for nhậu, head up.

The phở at Nhau Nhau

Chapter 02

Franklin's phở idea

Peter Cuong Franklin built his name renewing Vietnamese food without losing its roots. At Nhau Nhau he takes phở — the most iconic dish — and asks: what would a bar built around it look like?

Food served right at the Nhau Nhau bar

Chapter 03

Eating and drinking, unseparated

At Nhau Nhau the food is not a side note to the drinks: they arrive together, at the same counter. It is how Saigon has always nhậu'd — and part of why the bar is listed on 50 Best Discovery.