For the past 30 years, the popular dishes of Guangdong (China) originated by Mr. Ngau and his wife have always received the love of the people living in the Cholon area (District 6).
At 12 o’clock, Mr. Ngau (73 years old) started to arrange the first pieces of radish flour cake neatly on the glass case. In front of his shop at the intersection of Pham Phu Thu – Pham Van Chi (District 6), a few customers had built cars before waiting to buy them.
For decades, Ngau’s famous sticky rice cake (also known as amnesty) and the famous beetroot cake of Mr. Ngau’s family have become familiar snacks for people in the area. “Soft smooth, soft rice cake”, “fragrant sticky sticky rice, rich rice bran” are the compliments that customers often give to this restaurant. “People often tell me that we went to eat around Cholon and still couldn’t find a shop that had better cakes and sticky rice than my house made. After hearing that, I am glad that because of that, I sold out every few hours every day, so it has been like this for decades ”, Mr. Ngau added bread on the shelf while boasting. Zing . Mr. Ngau – owner of a famous bakery and rice cake shop in District 6 (Ho Chi Minh City). Cantonese delicacies at affordable prices Mr. Ngoi’s real name is Luong Tu, but not everyone knows it because everyone is used to calling him “uncle Ngầu”. “Sometimes people call ‘Cool Uncle’, ‘Cool old man’ is too familiar, I personally like to address this name because it is good,” the shop owner said happily. Xoi Xai Bao, radish flour cake is a dish associated with Chinese families, especially Cantonese (China). From the desire to do something of their own, he and his wife decided to sell the family’s traditional and familiar dishes. At first, Mr. and Mrs. Ngau got up early every day to prepare ingredients and open the goods in the morning. Later, when he was older, his health somewhat decreased, he and his wife switched to selling from noon to have enough time to steam the cakes and cook sticky rice. The famous radish and sticky rice cake with the famous newspaper of Mr. Ngau’s family. Talk with Zing , the boss said, it takes a lot of effort to steam a slice of delicious radish flour. It is necessary to choose standard rice flour, delicious dry shrimp, not crumbs, especially white radish must be chosen carefully to not be bitter. Soy sauce is cooked together according to a separate recipe, divided into small bags for convenience when selling. The highlight of the sticky rice dish is chopped salted radish, so the preparation process is equally elaborate. “All the main stages are done by my grandmother, I just clean and sell. She is skillful and careful, so that we always ensure the quality of the food “, Mr. Ngau shared. Over the years, Mr. Ngau and his wife have borrowed premises from relatives for sale. The shop sells mainly to bring home, so the layout is quite simple: outside, there is a cake cabinet, inside there is a small table and some chairs to serve people who want to eat on the spot. At around 13:00, his wife brought two new cakes. Mr. Ngầu started to cut the cake, slowly but neatly worked, rolled up the straight lines to divide the cake into diamond-shaped pieces. Ivory white cake, topped with chopped radish, minced meat and dried shrimp. Mr. Ngầu is always meticulous in the way of cutting and arranging the cake so that it is beautiful. After cutting in half, he arranged each piece in turn to be arranged on a glass cabinet to look as beautiful as possible because “customers first ‘eat’ with their eyes, they will enjoy more neatly arranged.” After finishing arranging the cakes, he divided the sticky rice into the bags for convenient sale for customers to take away. The price for each piece of cake is 12,000 VND, sticky rice on the spot costs 10,000 VND / plate, each box brings twice the amount of food, so he sells 20,000 VND. Food is associated with many generations Many people living in Cholon have boasted of being the guts of this restaurant for many years. “I was fed by my grandmother when a piece of cake cost 5,000 VND. Up to now, the price is a bit higher but the taste is still the same. I sell at noon, so it’s a bit difficult to buy because I’m busy working, so I invite my lover over here on weekends because they both love to eat bread dough ”, Phuong Linh (24 years old, a real estate businessman) said. Buying 10 pieces of cake and 5 servings of sticky rice once, Mrs. Cam Le (48 years old), a patrons of the restaurant for many years, excitedly said: “The children loved to eat Mr. Ngau’s dough cake, although many places sell it still asking mom to come here to buy It’s not a compliment, it’s hard to find a place that the whole family is very satisfied! “. Customers come to buy ready to wait for the new cakes to come out. “I am not Chinese, but my parents taught me how to eat Chinese food since I was a child, and my family lived in Cholon area, so the delicious restaurants I know by heart. Mr. Ngau’s radish cake biscuits are very flattering and flattering, especially he also sells taro radish cake, loves it very much! ”, My Han (20 years old, 3rd year student of University of Economics, City .HCM) humorous story. “I always ‘lure’ my grandparents to give them a job so that later on I can do my own business because every day I have to stop by to buy ‘money’,” she added. When asked about plans to trade and care for the elderly in the future, Mr. Ngau said he also wanted to transfer the profession to his children, but most of his children were married and moved to overseas. “When we are old, we do not pay much attention to interest, mainly want to work on our own, meet and chat with guests every day. That is why many restaurants want to order a large quantity separately that I do not receive. “If I sell more days, I am happy that day. Over the past few decades, maintaining the restaurant and making Chinese cuisine more popular is what my wife and I are proud of ”, shared Mr. Ngau. Mr. Ngau’s restaurant is located at the intersection of Pham Phu Thu – Pham Van Chi (District 6).
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