Chao Long Thang Mo

Best in town!

For this being the only chao place in Vietnam central was odd to me! It felt like a sauna inside the restaurant, thank god we ordered to go. I would die eating a hot bowl of chao inside a sauna. My husband loves pork innards, so we Unilocaled this place. Our chao tasted burnt! So it was very hard to enjoy the pork innards. If they burnt it, they should’ve known not to serve it to customers. Maybe better luck next time.

The only place that sell Chao Long in town. This place make the best chao long, and very good service. The waitress are very friendly and they even remember your face if you been here more than one time. I use to order the $ 50 big cup for 10 people. It super!

They are inconsistent, sometimes the congee is good, sometimes the soup has no taste.

I am not a fan of rice soup, I hate it when I was a child, I can only eat innards rice porridge, beef ball rice soup, dried squid and shrimp rice soup. It had been so long since I have an authentic innard rice soup, I only can get it when I went back Vietnam, and finally I found this place, the taste is just the same. I am so glad to finally have a bowl of rice soup in winter time or when I have a cold without my mom besides me.
An advice for you is if you like thick rice soup, this place is not the place for you, it is very watery, and it is supposed to be that way, Vietnam also have different type of rice porridge, and we also have thick Cháo, but innard rice porridge need to cook with minimum amount of rice, while beef ball is in the middle, and other type of rice soups is usually thick. I just can’t imagine the thick innard rice soup, it will be so weird and it will be in the list of the rice soups that I hate, since all of the rice porridge that I have like are watery.

I love it. That’s what I am looking for. I used to eat innards rice porridge in Viet Nam and fell in love with it. Their porridge isn’t not wonderful like in VN but it’s still great.
Hubby cannot eat intestines, innards and stuff so we order small plain bowl for him, big bowl for me, 2 «gio chao quay». My bowl is hugeeee, wow, it’s just cost 6.45 bucks. Innards, Intestines, blood sausage, pig’s tongue and kidney were clean and taste delicious. Porridge is watery not too soupy like Chinese style which I like best. It was seasoned with herbs, sliced fried onion, just add some sprout, pepper, chili pepper, lemon… you have a perfect «chao long”(Vietnamese’s name) very authentic!!!
My hubby is kind of not like it bc it was too hot for him so he cannot taste anything. His tongue was burn. Well, eating hot bowl congee in hot weather is a little bit uncomfortable, we should have it when winter coming!!!
This place is small but it seems clean enough for me. Small table and chair, small kitchen. I think there are just 2 people work there, one is Waiter and also cashier, another one is chef and cleaning. Service was acceptable, he is happy to serve us and answer our questions. Don’t expect a good service if you go to small Vietnamese place like that.
Guess what, our meal cost only 10 bucks total, so cheap, so great!!!
They have just «chao long» and «banh canh hue» (Northern Central Vietnam udon) on menu. You can order extra mixed innards or one kind of innards for to go.
I will try banh canh Hue next time, it looks yummy. Love it, will come back !!!

This place is a total hole in the wall place located on Bellaire Blvd tucked away in a little run down plaza. The chao long is delicious! It reminds me of my mom’s homemade chao long. I really enjoyed it and it’s so good on a cold day. The only con is that the place is super tiny and you have to sit like right next to each other, there’s only ¾ tables. Overall, I would definitely come back! My dads favorite chao long place :)

Went on a Weds night around 7:30pm to be closing at 8:30pm. My sister wanted chao long to ease her unhappy tummy (ulcer). We ordered a large bowl each which came out piping hot and they came with assortments of fresh herb, bean sprouts and a dish of extra «long» for you dip in 2 choices of sauce. The chao long was very authentic, thin broth, not thick/​starchy. We’ll be back for sure. They also sell large pots of chao long for parties.

I crave for this every now and then.

It’s better than edible. I’m not sure if I was spoiled and raised on thicker Chao and this is straight up Vietnamese style (because they too poor so it has to be really really watery and minimal rice). but the flavor is good and hits the spot when mom ain’t around and you’re sick.

I finally went!
As homemade and wholesome as it’s going to get. Seasoning was on point, and the soup itself was fresh – no leftover from the night before (lol). Now the sausage in the porridge — where can I buy some!!! It was amazing! Because of some the herbs I tasted in it, it’s gotta be home-​made. I saw Banh Canh Hue, Northern-​Central Vietnamese udon, on their menu. I will be coming back to try that. Haven’t had good banh canh Hue since my Grandma.
P.S.
Don’t come here for atmosphere or conversation, the restaurant is bare minimum with tables and chairs. It’s family own. When I went, the cashier was also the waiter.

I liked it! I am not Vietnamese so this place would have never caught my eye because no way from the store front would I ever guess what the store is, but my Vietnamese friend told me today that it is rice porridge. So we gave it a try. It was really good! Similar to the Cantonese congee or some Taiwanese rice soups.
The menu selection is very limited, pretty much four things on the menu only. After they know what they are selling: chao long! So there you go! Definitely will return.

Mam Nem: Extremely good
I have to borrow a quote from Giang N «…very authentic Vietnamese porridge with blood sausage, intestines, and stuff. It pretty soothes my homesickness». Simply amazing… Must order this.

Very authentic vietnamese chao long. All the intestines are very clean and doesn’t have any kind of smell. They taste so good with the mam ruoc. It’s a must try place if you’re at houston and is carving for chao. It’s a must stop place plus it’s very cheap and the owners are super nice.

Probably the only place that serves Vietnamese chao long. Seems like they have new owners now because things changed a bit like the recipe, service, and the condiments.
Long is clean tasting which is a plus. I know originally they made their own blood sausage because I used to see them make it in the back when I would walk up to pay my tab which is cash only restaurant. Definitely still good but now I have to ask for mam gung and mam nem since they don’t offer it to me like they did before.
Prices did go up ever since the new owners took over but its still affordable. Portions seem a bit smaller. Hard to complain since there is nobody else to compete with so I still get my chao long fix. If I wanted chao ga then I would go to Café Window or Hong Kong Food Street for the Chinese Congee.
They also added banh canh hue to their menu which I’m not too sure if it’s good or not though it does look good when I see others order it.

This is a very authentic Vietnamese porridge with blood sausage, intestines, and stuff. It pretty soothes my homesickness: D

I’ve been here with a couple friends and we all loved the porridge. It’s quite authentic Vietnamese. The porridge is very flavorful and they are very generous with the intestines/​innards. We definitely will be back for more!

if you like vietnamese style rice porridge, you’ll love this place. it’s very authentic. so authentic, you’ll need to bring someone who speaks vietnamese here. the menu is entirely in vietnamese.
we got the chao long (rice porridge with innards). innards of what? i have no idea! pig probably. they were pretty generous with the innards. i saw lots of blood sausage, intestines, and kidney in my bowl. vietnamese rice porridge is definitely thinner and more soupy than chinese congee. i’ve decided that i like the chinese version better. so if you feel like cheap soup but not phở, go to hong kong street food. they make amazing congee!
prices are ridiculous. a small bowl (which is pretty big) goes for $ 4.25 and a large (pretty big) goes for $ 5.25. how do they pay their rent? every thing here is super cheap, and of course, CASH ONLY!
they have other stuff here besides the chao. i can’t read vietnamese really well, so i couldn’t figure it out except it was lots of innards.