Phở or bánh mì? Vietnamese food in Berlin
At Madame Ngo the phở broth simmers for about ten hours; at Saveur de Bánh Mì the baguette is baked specially. Two places for Vietnamese food in Berlin, one to sit down, one for the park.
Two dishes you can measure a Vietnamese kitchen by: phở and bánh mì. With phở it comes down to the broth, with bánh mì to the baguette. The two places here take both seriously.
Madame Ngo – Une Brasserie Hanoi on Kantstraße
Charlottenburg · VietnameseMadame Ngo une Brasserie HanoiOn the map
In a former pharmacy on Kantstraße, right by Kuchi, where he started in 1999, The Duc Ngo pays tribute to his birthplace Hanoi: half Vietnamese soup kitchen, half French brasserie, the way the two cuisines mixed in Indochina. The big phở pots stand in the window. For the broth, dozens of poultry carcasses and several whole chickens simmer for about ten hours until it runs clear.
At lunch the menu belongs to the soups; in the evening the French-influenced dishes join in, such as “Les Trois Cochons”, pork belly three ways: grilled, braised and boiled. At lunch the phở bò tái is the dish, with raw slices of steak that only the hot broth cooks.
Saveur de Bánh Mì – two sandwiches, several neighbourhoods
Mitte · VietnameseSaveur de Bánh Mì MitteOn the map
Saveur de Bánh Mì keeps its menu deliberately small: one sandwich with chicken, one vegan. The baguette is baked specially for the shops, crisp outside and airy inside, and filled to order. The Berlin brand has several shops in the city and now also sells in Hamburg and Frankfurt. The shop on Veteranenstraße is opposite Weinbergspark. In good weather, take your sandwich over to the park. Closed on Sundays.
