CHÈ KỲ ĐỒNGDessert counter · 16C Kỳ Đồng, District 3

A dessert shop on Kỳ Đồng

A striped awning, a glass counter, a pot of red-bean chè — a small dessert shop where the visit is pointing, watching, and carrying a glass to a steel table.

Style: A District 3 dessert shop under a striped awning — a glass counter of toppings, steel tables on the sidewalk, and tall glasses layered bean by bean.

Story: Chè Kỳ Đồng is a dessert shop at 16C Kỳ Đồng, District 3, where the counter does the talking: bowls of red beans, mung-bean paste and coconut milk, a pot of red-bean chè with pandan, and glasses built layer by layer. The shop's own words are “Chè ngon nhớ lâu”, and its wordmark carries EST 1981.

Menu: No published menu — ask at the counter when you arrive.

Hours: Open daily 07:30–22:00.

The counter

Inside, the working heart: a glass-fronted counter holding tubs and bowls of toppings — green jelly, black beans, red beans, mung-bean paste, coconut milk — while a woman assembles chè into clear cups. Everything visible, everything in bowls, nothing hidden.

The pot first

The pot of chè đậu đỏ, pandan bundle tied in, ladle resting — the batch made before the cup. A delivery rider collects at the kerb while the boards beside the door list the shop's offer; takeaway is part of the flow, not an afterthought.

The tall glass

Then the tall glasses: mung bean under coconut milk and black jelly, red-and-white layers, ice crushed on top, carried to low steel tables on the tiled sidewalk. The linger is short and social: a glass, a bowl, the street moving past.

Visit details

The shopfront, the counter, the pot

Bowl of chè topped with sliced almonds and crushed ice, with a spoon, on a stainless steel table; a tall glass of iced drink beside it.
Bowl of chè with sliced almonds and crushed ice on a steel table.
Storefront under a blue-and-white striped awning: the CHÈ KỲ ĐỒNG sign, 16C Kỳ Đồng, sidewalk steel tables, motorbikes at the kerb, menu boards.
Storefront under a blue-and-white striped awning: the CHÈ KỲ ĐỒNG sign, 16C Kỳ Đồng, sidewalk steel tables, motorbikes at the kerb, menu boards.
A delivery rider collecting at the sidewalk menu board, street and sidewalk tiles behind.
A delivery rider collecting at the sidewalk menu board, street and sidewalk tiles behind.
Dessert counter: a woman assembling chè cups, glass case of toppings, bowls of red beans, mung-bean paste, coconut milk.
Dessert counter: a woman assembling chè cups, glass case of toppings, bowls of red beans, mung-bean paste, coconut milk.
Pot of red-bean chè with a pandan bundle tied in, ladle resting.
Pot of red-bean chè with a pandan bundle tied in, ladle resting.
Plate of fried savoury snacks on a blue-pattern plate.
Plate of fried savoury snacks on a blue-pattern plate.
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