The 80-year-old bread shop in the capital, the price is up to 120,000 VND / piece

Referring to bread, we often immediately think of sausages, sausages, pate, eggs. But Nguyen Sinh Bread uses cold meat with a very French style. Mr. Nguyen Hai Long (the current owner of the Nguyen Sinh bakery) said that the first shop was founded by Mr. Nguyen Van Mieu (his grandfather Long) during the French colonial period.

Previously, he worked for the French company Michaux, which was trained by this company in how to make French dishes since 1938. After leaving his job, Mieu opened Nguyen Sinh restaurant in 1942.

At that time, Nguyen Sinh was one of the first restaurants owned by Vietnamese people. After many times of changing locations, the restaurant is now on Ly Quoc Su street (Hoan Kiem, Hanoi) and has an additional branch in Doi Can. After 80 years, the taste of basic bread remains the same. Mr. Long just learned and modified a bit to suit the tastes of modern customers.

A part of bread here includes a variety of accompanying dishes such as foie gras pate, bacon, sausage, ham, … served with a little sour food including papaya, salted carrots and the restaurant’s signature fresh mayonaise. .

At Nguyen Sinh, the most impressive dish is the foie gras pate with a unique flavor that is not mixed with any other restaurant. The seemingly easy quick dishes of cold meat sandwiches, in fact, have to go through very elaborate preparation steps. When slicing cold meat, ham, and sausage, it must be skillful, not too thin, not too thick. A piece of pate must have just enough fat and meat to feel all the flavor of cold meat when eaten.

Bread here is usually left outside. When eating, guests themselves tear the bread to eat with or sandwich any meat they want. The price of a full set of cold meat sandwiches is 120,000 VND. Depending on your preferences, people can also choose to eat cakes with pate, ham or sausages .., prices range from 50,000 – 90,000 VND.

Hoang Duc Vi (Ba Dinh), a regular customer of Nguyen Sinh Bread, shared: “If given the opportunity, everyone must try foie gras pate, they will definitely remember it forever because of the fragrant pate. , greasy, like melting in the mouth. Every time my friends come to Hanoi to play, I recommend trying bread here.”

In addition to bread, the restaurant also sells many other dishes such as steak, soup, spaghetti… Mr. Nguyen Hai Long shared: “Over the years, we also explore and create more new dishes for customers to enjoy. more choices when coming to Nguyen Sinh. However, traditional dishes such as ham sandwiches or liver pate are still the most popular with customers.”