The 65+ year me glaze

Pho Chua Thanh — the ba Uyen family's dry-pho shop, carrying Lang Son's specialty into the heart of Saigon, hidden in the Ban Co market maze.

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.

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.

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.

“Not soup pho — a dry bowl tossed in tamarind sauce.”The soul of the sour-pho bowl