Binh Duong.

Located in Bung, just 25 km north east of Saigon, the original roadside restaurant has been famous for more than half a century at this location. 'Bi' is the core of its dishes. It's a mixture of fine minced pork, pork rind, and roasted rice powder. Bi is then combined with other foods to make up delicious dishes.

Rolled with herbs in rice paper, it's 'bi cuon'. Just use your fingers to dip the tip of the roll first in the fish sauce mix and enjoy one of the most popular entres of Southern Vietnam.

Combined with 'banh beo' (soft rice cake) and mung bean paste , it's 'banh beo bi' eaten out of a plate.

Combined with 'bung' (soft rice noodle) and minced herbs, it's 'bi bung' eaten out of a bowl. Of course all of the above dishes have to go with 'nuoc mam' or fish sauce. Not just plain nuoc mam but it's a mixture of nuoc mam, water, sugar, lime juice, garlic paste, hot chili. This nuoc mam mixture, along with the bi, are the two best kept recipes that set this restaurant above the rest.
The lady who started the restaurant passed away a long time ago. She first made a living by selling this food at a stall inside Bung town market. Around 1948, she opened a roadside restaurant right at a curve of the Saigon-Thu Dau Mot highway and business picked up very good.
Now there are two My Lien restaurants instead of one. They are run by the two daughters aged around sixty and something, both restaurants are only a stone throw apart, both have the same menu and both serve the best bi you can find in Vietnam.

My Lien 1 Restaurant
Thu Dau Mot Road
An Thanh (Bung), Binh Duong
Phone: (065) 082-7144

My Lien 2 Restaurant
Thu Dau Mot Road
An Thanh (Bung), Binh Duong
Phone: (065) 082-7078