Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City: The group of 16 4-story buildings named Ngo Gia Tu in Ward 2, District 10 were built in 1968 and have been home to thousands of Saigoneses. It is famous for many long standing eateries serving Vietnamse traditional food, Saigon specialties and has become an attractive destination for foodies in the city. Let me share with you the best places to eat and the must-eat dishes to eat at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex.
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Bò Kho Gánh – Vietnamese stewed beef & Coconut ice cream
- Location: 029 block H, Ngo Gia Tu Apartment, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map;
- Opening hours: 6:00 – 12:00; 14:00 – 21:30
- What to eat? Stewed beef in Vietnamese style – Bò kho, Coconut ice cream
- Prices: from 35,000 VND
- Highlights: since 1975
Vietnamese stewed beef is one of the most exotic street food in Saigon thanks to the special taste and eating way. Fresh beef is cut into cubes, marinated with more than 10 spices in some hours before cooking for many hours until very tender. The stewed beef is served with rice noodles, egg noodles, clear rice noodles, or bread. Fresh herbs, bean sprouts, lime wedges, chili, fish sauce, black pepper,… are also served with the stew.
Coconut ice cream consists of a few scoops of ice cream and toppings including steamed sticky rice, coconut meat crackers, corns, crushed peanuts, shredded coconut meat. All are served in a coconut cut in half. Fresh coconut water is also served as a bonus.
Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
Che Mam Khanh Vy – Vietnamese sweet soup
- Location: 242B Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 15:00 – 23:00
- What to eat? Set of 16 Vietnamese sweet soups, flan cake, Vo steamed sticky rice served on a tray
- Prices: 13,000 VND/dessert, 265,000 VND/tray of 16 desserts
- Highlights: the sweet soup stall has been passed over 3 generations
Vietnamese sweet soup is one of the most favorite Vietnamese desserts in the country. The most important thing you should not miss is that there are tens of sweet soup recipes. At sweet soup restaurants and street food stalls, they usually offer diverse menu. At Khanh Vy street food stall, they have more than 20 desserts including: white bean sweet soup, taro sweet soup, banana sweet soup, sesame sweet soup, ba ba sweet soup, sticky rice dumpling in ginger syrup, corn sweet soup, red bean sweet soup, areca flower sweet soup, green sweet soup, steamed sticky rice with mung bean, flan cake,…
Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
Kim Anh – Sizzling cake & Grilled beef in wild betel
- Location: 020 Block H, Ngo Gia Tu apartment buildings, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 15:00 – 23:00
- What to eat? – Vietnamese pancake (sizzling cake), Grilled beef in wild betel
- Prices: 10,000 – 50,000 VND
Kim Anh is one of the most favorite places for food lovers to eat Central Vietnamese pancake in Saigon. In Mekong Delta, Ho Chi Minh City, and South Vietnam, Sizzling cakes with a diameter from 40 cm are more popular. Sizzling cake in Central Vietnam is smaller, it has a diameter of about 20 cm. The cake has a bright yellow color, crispy crust, shrimp and pork filling. Fresh leaf vegetables, herbs, sweet and sour fish sauce are must accompaniments.
Grilled beef in wild betel is a must-eat Vietnamese roll dish, the key ingredient of the food is wild betel which make it have a special smell and a unique taste. In addition, you can also try rice noodle salad with grilled pork, pork kebab, or fried roll.
Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
A Bếp – Pan bread (Bánh mì chảo)
- Location: 025 Block K, Ngo Gia Tu apartment buildings, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 5:00 – 23:30
- What to eat? – Pan bread
- Prices: 50,000 – 65,000 VND
Bánh mì chảo, which literally means pan bread, translated into English as baguette with combo pan. Beef, eggs, canned sardine, pattée, sausage, cheese, char siu, pork roll, ham are fried in a pan, then served with airy Vietnamese breads with crispy crust. The special sauce is the soul of this street food. When eating, dinners can dip pieces of bread in the sauce, and eat with the food fried in the pan. Or they can fill the bread with the food.
Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
Bánh canh cua Hạnh – Crab soup cake
- Location: Block F, Ngo Gia Tu apartment buildings, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 7:00 – 19:30
- What to eat? – Crab soup cake
- Prices: 60,000 VND
Thick cylinder rice noodles are covered with a vicious broth, and topped with various toppings which can be chosen by customers. Fillings include crab meat, crab cake (crab roll), pork rib, shrimp, pork leg, blood pudding, mushroom, quail egg. Any newcomer to Ho Chi Minh City should not miss this healthy and comfort noodle soup.
Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
Bột Chiên Xá Bấu – Fried steamed rice flour with salted daikon
- Location: Block X, Ngo Gia Tu apartment buildings, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 15:00 – 22:00
- What to eat? – Fried steamed rice flour with salted daikon or Fried macaroni with beef
- Prices: from 30,000 VND
Rice flour batter is steamed and cut into pieces which are tender and sticky. The pieces are fried in a flat pan until crispy outside, then topped with diced salted daikon, chopped green onions, pickled daikon and carrots. Besides, Fried macaroni with beef is worth trying at this long standing street food stall.
Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
Cháo Bụi – Pork congee
- Location: 005 Block I, Ngo Gia Tu apartment buildings, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 15:00 – 22:00
- What to eat? – Fried steamed rice flour with salted daikon or Fried macaroni with beef
- Prices: 20,000 – 40,000 VND
- Highlights: since 1977
Congee is topped with pig’s smal intestine, liver, pork skin, blood pudding, sometimes pork femur bone (optional), black pepper, green onions, shredded ginger. Youtiao and fish sauce dip are also served with the congee.
Cô Minh – Jiaozi and noodles
- Location: Block S, Ngo Gia Tu apartment buildings, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 7:30 – 23:30
- What to eat? – Jiaozi and noodles
- Prices: 60,000 VND
You can choose jiaozi and/or egg noodles, clear rice noodles which are served with a clear broth and toppings including shrimp, char siu pork, beef balls, fried tofu, pork skin, squids,… The crispy deep-fried jiaozi is also amazing.
Bánh mì pate nướng Kim Dung
- Location: Block I, Ngo Gia Tu apartment buildings, Su Van Hanh Street, Ward 2, District 10, Ho Chi Minh City; View on Google Map
- Opening hours: 6:00 – 21:00
- What to eat? – Vietnamese sandwich (Banh mi), Savory steamed sticky rice, Baozi
- Prices: 30,000 VND
At Kim Dung Banh Mi Shop, you can buy various Vietnamese sandwiches with different fillings: canned sardines, char siu, pork balls, omelet, ham, pork floss, chicken floss, pork roll, pattée, pickles, cucumbers, corianders,… Pattée is grilled until hot and smelling before used to fill the bread. This is one of the reasons why Kim Dung attracts many foodies.
Top 10 street foods at Ngo Gia Tu apartment complex in Ho Chi Minh City
Some great Ho Chi Minh City food tours
- Saigon Night Food Tour: classic and popular choice, great street food after dark
- Saigon Sightseeing & Food Tour: a great mix of tourist attractions and street food
- Saigon Unseen & Food Tour: a great mix of tourist attractions and street food
- The AoDai Foodie: traveling with nice female riders in Ao Dai traditional dress
- Street Food Tour with local students: budget choice, going with talented local student, more simple but impressive menu
- Walking Ho Chi Minh City food tour: the most popular choice for travelers that wouldn’t like to sit on motorbikes
- Ho Chi Minh City food tour by vintage vespa: more expensive and unique experience
- Ho Chi Minh City food tour by jeep: more expensive and unique experience on open-air jeep
- Morning Saigon Street Food Tour: exploring the city and trying amazing food that locals eat for breakfast and lunch
- Saigon Food Tour with Chef: going around and eating with a professional Vietnamese chef
Scooter Saigon Tour is one of the oldest and best food tour company in Ho Chi Minh City. Please contact Tracy Do & Bill Bui at +84938314386 (Whatsapp/iMessage/Viber/SMS) for detailed information about food tours in Ho Chi Minh City and best prices for your group.
