In Hanoi, there are families for many years who still keep the habit of eating Pho Thin Lo Duc every weekend morning, no one denies that this is one of the most crowded pho restaurants in Hanoi.
The beef of pho here is not dipped, but quickly stir-fried in a large pan with enough spices, fresh onions, garlic, and ginger and then put in a bowl. Therefore, not only is the meat fragrant and rich, the broth is also quite greasy with the old hot fat layer on top. There is no indulgence here, the restaurant only serves one dish for those who really want to enjoy it. Green onions are cut into long stalks, covered with green covering the whole bowl of pho, but when you mix it up, you can see that the beef is quite a lot below. This ingredient is very good for health, and is an important ingredient in creating the full flavor of the dish.
Many diners who came to the shop for the first time while looking around for a place were stopped by the staff at the door with a short sentence: "Fifty thousand a bowl, pay in advance!" Many people are quite annoyed by this attitude, because the shop looks so popular that if you just pass by, you will not recognize it. A photo of a pho serving with the listed price is also hung in the kitchen, next to the entrance.
On summer days, everyone was drenched in sweat but still slurping a delicious bowl of pho. The space is narrow, the people are crowded, the fan is not cool enough, the kitchen is right near the seats. After eating, they leave the restaurant right away, instead of sitting down to talk and rest like in many other spaces. Asking a regular customer who lives a few streets away, he said he found the old taste here, and "the miserable Hanoi-style eating culture that many people don't like, but I feel close".
Ordered iced tea to accompany the meal to cool off the heat, the waiter continued to say curtly: “No!” Therefore, once you love the bowl of pho here, the next time you come to eat, just leisurely park the car and sit by the nearby water stall, ask the staff to order a bowl of pho and enjoy it leisurely. You can order more poached eggs and stir-fries to complete the taste in the Hanoian way.
The price is more expensive than other popular pho restaurants, the service attitude has not improved much after many feedbacks from customers, the taste of some people like it or not, yet both Western and Vietnamese customers are still flocking to the restaurant. It can be said that in Hanoi, there are not too many famous and long-standing restaurants that are so attractive, those who don't like it, don't come to eat, those who like it can't go far without remembering a bowl of delicious pho. cow.
Thin Lo Duc Pho has 1 more establishment at 19B Hoang Ngoc Phach, Dong Da District, Hanoi
Opening hours: Open every day of the week from 05:30 - 21:30
Tel: +84 982 522 866
Website: https://phothinloduc.com/