Ho Chi Minh City, District 4, has a market called ‘200 Market’ by people with popular but quality dishes such as tea, vermicelli or porridge, beef jerky salad…
Market 200 is a famous snacking destination of Ho Chi Minh City people. The market is located on the street that crosses Xom Chieu Street, District 4, extending from Xom Chieu church to the house number 200/48, Xom Chieu street, nearly 300 m long with more than 50 restaurants of all kinds.
From 13:30, many shops of snails, banh chung, fried chicken rice, fried rice, vermicelli, porridge, fried potatoes, tea, spring rolls, snail noodles … clear the goods, sell until about 23:00. The dishes here are rated as affordable by diners. Minh Tri (28 years old), a resident of District 4 shared, calling it Cho 200 because the market is located on 200 street, in addition, this place is also associated with a “legend” that holds 200,000 VND, you will eat all kinds of dishes from start to finish. the end of the road. “There is such a rumor because the food here is affordable, cheap and delicious. Today this saying may not be true anymore because many dishes have increased in price, but if you know how to choose, you can still enjoy it. variety of dishes with an average price of 20,000-30,000 VND”, he said.
Miss Oanh is a destination that diners should visit when coming to market 200. Pha Lau is famous for more than 20 years with a distinct flavor, cooked with sweet coconut water to produce a rich, aromatic dish without the smell of beef intestines. . In addition to the traditional cooking style, Ms. Oanh’s restaurant also has fried rice noodles. “The full meal with a towel, honeycomb, leaves, stomach, liver… in a small bowl with bread is 33,000 VND, guests can also choose to eat with instant noodles,” said Ms. Nguyen Thi Oanh. , 60 years old, said the owner.
In addition to breaking Lau, Ms. Hang’s crab soup is also an attractive destination in Cho 200 thanks to the soup that is stewed from bones and has a sweet taste. The shop is open for sale from early afternoon to more than 9pm every day. Crab soup with a variety of toppings such as crab stick, northern Thao egg, pork brain, chicken egg, shrimp… in which pork brain and Bac Thao egg are popular with diners. Every day, the shop sells 300 bowls of crab soup, the mixed portion costs 25,000 VND.
Co Ut fried cake shop sells cakes such as sweet potato, fried banana, spicy cake made from tapioca. The food is hot because the restaurant is both fried and served, 3 pans of hot oil are always red from early afternoon to 18:00 every day. The price of each meal starts from 10,000 VND.
In addition to fried cakes, the shop also sells sweet bananas with jaggery sugar with a mild aroma, sweet taste, and soft pieces of banana.
Mixed rice paper is an indispensable dish in the snack map of Ho Chi Minh City. At market 200, there are about 5 stalls of mixed rice paper with similar taste, the price for a full portion is 25,000 VND.
Visitors who like sweet dishes can try Ha Tram tea, the shop has about 20 different types of tea such as tapioca, lotus seed, lotus root, water coconut, bean soup, mixed… The ball is filled with coconut rice wrapped in flexible flour and sweet sugar water, served cold with ice. Average price is 15,000 VND/cup.
In addition to the quality, variety of dishes and value for money, many people also commented that the dining space at market 200 needs further improvement. Most restaurants have small space, not enough space if crowded. The road in the market is narrow, visitors should not take cars. Motorcyclists should park their cars at the parking lot at the end of the market, avoiding crowded cars in front of shops, causing traffic jams.
Huỳnh Nhi