MINH’S KITCHEN RESTAURANT

A family home that also happens to serve food, or a restaurant that feels like a family home – the line is genuinely blurry at Minh’s Kitchen. The cooking is the kind you’d get if your Vietnamese host family actually liked you: fresh spring rolls, grilled fish in banana leaf, oysters when they have them, and bánh mì that people mention unprompted.

Trip Trung for a long conversation if you have the afternoon free. The family runs everything, which means service moves at a family pace – not slow exactly, but not a production line either. Factor in 45-60 minutes if the place is busy.

There’s a small pack of dogs on site. This is either a pro or a con depending on who you are, but based on the volume of reviews mentioning them, it seems to be doing more good than harm.