The sour-pho bowl with crisp shrimp cracker, peanuts, herbs, glossy me sauce
242/101 NGUYEN THIEN THUAT · BAN CO MARKET · DISTRICT 3

Phở Chua Thanh

The dry bowl tossed in glossy brown tamarind sauce — a 65+ year Lang Son specialty, hidden in the Ban Co market maze.

The dry bowl · no broth

Anatomy of the sour-pho bowl

Not soup pho — noodles tossed in tamarind sauce, then topped with all seven toppings.

Shredded chickenPulled-apart chicken
Pork offalThin-sliced pork offal
Shrimp crackerCrisp shrimp cracker
Pork cracklingCrisp-fried pork crackling
PeanutsRoasted peanuts
Pickled papayaSour pickled papaya
HerbsFresh green herbs
Verified Foody prices

Two sour-pho price tiers

Regular 35k, special 40k — per Foody's verified listing.

The regular sour-pho bowl with shrimp cracker, crackling, peanuts, herbs

Sour pho · regular

35.000

The classic bowl — noodles tossed in tamarind sauce, shredded chicken, pork offal, shrimp cracker, crackling, peanuts, pickled papaya.

The generous special sour-pho bowl with herbs, bean sprouts, meat

Sour pho · special

40.000

The bigger bowl, more toppings — the full set, a larger portion.

Pork-rib porridge · regular25.000
Pork-rib porridge · special30.000
Banh gio20.000Per a reviewer photo caption.
The story

65+ years of <em>me glaze</em>

The ba Uyen family recipe — Lang Son in the heart of Saigon, in the Ban Co market maze.

Noodles tossed in glossy tamarind sauce — the soul of Lang Son sour pho
65+ years

The ba Uyen family recipe

The family recipe of more than 65 years (ba Uyen's line) — the glossy brown me sauce no one can imitate.

The sour-pho bowl with chicken, herbs, pickles — Lang Son in the middle of Saigon
LANG SON

Lang Son in Saigon

Sour pho is a dry dish from the Lang Son highlands — noodles tossed in tamarind sauce, eaten with shrimp cracker, crackling, pickled papaya.

The sour-pho bowl at a street-side table — plain as the Ban Co market
BAN CO MARKET

The Ban Co market maze

The shop sits deep in the Ban Co market alley maze — plain, steel tables, the family cooks everything, find the right lane.

Visit

Find the right <em>alley</em>

The shop hides deep in the Ban Co market alley maze — save the address, then walk in.

Address & hours

242/101 Nguyen Thien Thuat, Ward 3, District 3, HCMC

Open 11:00–21:00 (per ShopeeFood)

Foody lists 15:00–20:30 — hours are being re-verified.

PHỞ CHUA THÀNH

Not soup pho — the dry bowl tossed in Lang Son tamarind sauce, in the Ban Co market maze.