The name
Khai Tâm
The name suggests an open heart — fitting for a small, gentle vegetarian shop cooking home-style food in an apartment block.
The shop is unmistakable from outside: the black signboard with 'Ẩm thực chay Khai Tâm' in gold script, address and phone printed in gold beneath it, a dark-red awning carrying the same name, green shutters on either side. Inside: yellow wooden tables, wall fans, an altar shelf with plants, and lotus paintings.
The kitchen cooks vegetarian versions of traditional dishes: noodle soups, fried noodles, fried rice and spring rolls. The standing signboard lists four noodle soups — bánh canh, bún Huế, mì Quảng, hủ tiếu. The shop's blue menu book prints three prices: claypot fried rice 39,000₫, Quảng noodle 40,000₫, curry 45,000₫.
A small, tidy shop, right for a budget vegetarian meal in the heart of District 3. Order on the phone number printed in the menu book: 0931 417 442.
