Three pho bowls from above — photo from Google Maps
435 LY THAI TO · DISTRICT 10 · SINCE 1954

Phở Tàu Bay (ao do)

AO DO · 435The right-hand door — the original since 1954 (ong Khang's line). This is the shop.
AO VANG · 443–445The left-hand door — other relatives. Not this shop.

Two doors side by side on Ly Thai To — look for the red shirt, no. 435.

The xe lua bowl · beef five ways

Beef five ways

The 70,000đ xe lua bowl — five beef styles in one giant bowl.

RareThin-sliced rare beef
Well-doneThick-cut well-done beef
BrisketTender brisket
Fatty brisketRich fatty brisket
TendonSpringy tendon
The shop price board

Two dishes two prices

Regular 60k, xe lua 70k — per the shop price board, quoted in press.

Beef pho bowl with chopsticks — photo from Google Maps

Regular bowl

60.000

The classic Northern bowl — pick one of the five meat styles: rare, well-done, brisket, fatty brisket, tendon.

Two pho bowls — photo from Google Maps

Xe lua bowl

70.000

The "giant train" bowl — piled high with noodles, all five beef styles, green onions. One bowl fills you till noon.

The story

The original <em>since 1954</em>

Northern pho on Ly Thai To — the red-shirt door, no. 435.

Shop front, 435 Ly Thai To — photo from Google Maps
1954

The original since 1954

Northern pho on Ly Thai To since 1954 — one of the oldest pho shops in Saigon.

Beef pho bowl with chopsticks — photo from Google Maps
AO DO · 435

The red shirt

The original at no. 435, ong Khang's line — staff in red shirts with the gold logo, the shop's unmistakable sign.

Two pho bowls — photo from Google Maps
435 · 443–445

Two doors, side by side

The family split in two: the red-shirt door (435, this shop) and the yellow-shirt door (443–445, other relatives), side by side on Ly Thai To.

Visit

Mornings <em>only</em>

Mornings 4:00–12:00 daily — gone by midday, no evening service.

Address & hours

435 Ly Thai To, Ward 9, District 10, HCMC

Mornings 4:00–12:00 daily

PHỞ TÀU BAY

The original 1954 shop — the red-shirt door at 435 Ly Thai To.