Honey-grilled spare ribs, sweet smoke.
Com Tam Ghien at 208 Nguyen Thuong Hien, Ward 4, District 3 — a neighborhood com tam shop on the Nguyen Thuong Hien food street, known for honey-grilled spare ribs and its cha cua topping. Heavy on takeout, prices soft around 40–65k.
Four dishes, four published prices
Prices from the shop's own webreview.vn product pages: braised pork 42k, rib & egg 49k, dill fish cakes 42k, spare ribs + Chinese sausage 60k.
Spare ribs + Chinese sausage
The shop's signature: honey-grilled spare ribs with Chinese sausage — Ghien's best-value plate.
Rib & egg broken rice
Grilled ribs, fried egg, scallion oil — the shop's classic plate.
Braised-pork broken rice
Caramel-braised pork in coconut water, hot chewy broken rice.
Dill fish-cake rice
Crispy fried dill fish cakes — the only fish dish on the menu.
Prices from Com Tam Ghien's own webreview.vn product pages: braised-pork broken rice 42k, rib-&-egg broken rice 49k, dill fish-cake rice 42k, spare ribs + Chinese sausage 60k. Prices may change — confirm at the shop.
The honey spare ribs
Thick, richly marinated spare ribs grilled over charcoal, then glazed with honey — lightly caramelized, glossy, smoky-sweet: Ghien's signature. Add a 10k cha cua topping for the full plate.
Honey smoke — a glossy honey glaze over charcoal-grilled spare ribs. No photos of the shop could be found, so Ghien sells on smell, not on pictures.
Two sources, two schedules
webreview.vn lists 07:00–23:00; a YouTube review lists 6:30–21:00. The sources disagree — confirm with the shop before heading over.
Find Ghien
On the Nguyen Thuong Hien food street, District 3 — heavy takeout traffic, so visit outside peak hours.
Address & hours
208 Nguyen Thuong Hien, Ward 4, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City
07:00–23:00 per webreview.vn · a YouTube review lists 6:30–21:00