Daughter-in-law inherits mother-in-law's business, sold in 3 hours

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One day in the middle of the week, I woke up very early, rode my motorbike from home to the vermicelli noodle shop of Ms. Pham Thi Luong (54 years old) located modestly in a small alley in Ben Van Don (District 4). There was a reason for waking up early, because many times I came here to eat at 8:30 and received the announcement "No more vermicelli noodles, my dear!" along with a lovely smile from the owner. So, I left hungry!

The shop opens at 6am.

The restaurant is small, with only a few tables and a simple notice board placed in front: "Selling Bun Suong". When I arrived, it was around 7 o'clock, and the tables were already full of customers. Many people did not have a place to sit, so they borrowed a higher stainless steel table from a nearby cafe to eat, and ordered more drinks.

It varies! Some days it's sold out by 8:00 or 8:30. Some days it's sold out by 9:00, and sometimes it's sold out by 10:00.

Ms. Pham Thi Luong, Owner

At this time, her family members are “breathlessly” working to serve customers. Before that, she had to wake up at 2am to prepare the ingredients, especially cooking them in order to sell them on time.

When customers order, the owner will ask which type of dish they want, the special bowl, ribs or ham. With a full bowl, the owner quickly takes some rice noodles and boils them in a separate pot and puts them in the bowl, then adds ingredients such as ham, pork, pork, shrimp, pig's blood, dried squid...

A bowl of vermicelli with a harmonious combination of many ingredients.

All are soaked in rich broth, Mrs. Luong also did not forget to add some onions on top for fragrance. The noodle dish is served with a plate of raw vegetables or boiled vegetables depending on the customer's request. A bowl of special noodles at the restaurant costs about 50,000 VND.

“The most special thing about my bowl of noodles is the suong, which is prepared according to a secret recipe passed down by my mother. Many customers often order another bowl of suong to enjoy. Many people pay me several taels of gold to show them how to make it exactly the way I sell it, but even if I die, I won’t say anything because it’s my family’s bread and butter,” she laughed.

Having eaten bun suong at this restaurant since she was a toddler, Ms. Tram Anh (42 years old) often comes here to enjoy the taste of her childhood. “When I lived here, I ate here every day. Since I moved to District 10, I have come here every other week as a habit. I have eaten at many places, but I have never found a taste like here,” the customer commented.

She inherited the restaurant from her mother-in-law.

During more than 30 years of selling, Ms. Luong has many acquaintances and many new customers, but each customer is warmly welcomed by the owner. The owner excitedly said: “I always remember a couple with a child on Doan Van Bo Street (District 4), who ate at my restaurant for 13 consecutive days. Every time they come, they count the number of days they eat here. I also jokingly ask if they don't get tired of eating here because they keep eating like that. It's been a long time since I've eaten here, so they must be bored too!”

The whole family sells together

Until now, Mrs. Luong still does not know when her family's vermicelli stall started selling, because since she became a daughter-in-law, she has been helping her mother-in-law sell. "I only know that it has been around since my mother-in-law's mother-in-law, and I am the third generation. I got married at the age of 19, and after 2 years, I helped my mother take over the stall because her health was poor, and yet it has been selling until now," the owner recalls.

When she first took over the restaurant, many regular customers were hesitant, asking where her mother-in-law was because they were afraid that her daughter-in-law's food wouldn't be as good as her mother's. Gradually, everyone found the taste the same as before, so they continued to come back, and the number of customers was still as high as when her mother-in-law ran the restaurant.

Many people are regular customers of the restaurant.

“Thanks to my mother’s recipe, I can cook deliciously like now. But it was not easy to learn, especially the way to make the dish. It was just minced shrimp, rolled in flour and then cooked, but it was very difficult. At first, I kept making mistakes, and the dish became soft and mushy. That day, I considered my capital gone!” However, the owner still persevered and cooked it skillfully as she does now.

Currently, the restaurant has no staff, only the couple and their daughter cook and serve customers. Each family member has a job, the husband does the shopping, sets up the stall, the wife cooks, the daughter serves customers and helps her mother with the odd jobs.

[CLIP]: 3-generation Bun Suong restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City sells in 3 hours.

The owner is determined to inherit and develop her mother's restaurant until she no longer has the strength.

“I started selling with my mother when I was in 7th grade. Now I am 30 years old, more than ten years. Doing this is fun because I get to be close to my parents, meet customers and earn money to take care of my life. I think I will try to inherit my mother's noodle shop,” said Nguyen Luong Ngoc (Mrs. Luong's daughter).

The happiness of Mrs. Luong’s whole family is to gather together to cook traditional bowls of vermicelli noodles to serve customers. She said that she will sell until she can no longer sell because this vermicelli shop is the passion and trust that her mother-in-law and customers have placed in her…

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