{"id":559060,"date":"2025-11-09T09:18:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/559060\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T09:18:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T09:18:17","slug":"this-new-vietnamese-restaurant-serves-noodle-soup-that-was-made-famous-by-anthony-bourdain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/559060\/","title":{"rendered":"This New Vietnamese Restaurant Serves Noodle Soup That Was Made Famous By Anthony Bourdain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CoThanh-82-noodle-soups-wide-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"an array of noodle soups and dishes from a vietnamese resstaurant\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCredit: C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh<\/p>\n<p>    Save<\/p>\n<p>Fans of Anthony Bourdain will no doubt recognise the name of <strong>\u2018The Lunch Lady\u2019<\/strong>. The late cook, whose real name is Nguy\u1ec5n Th\u1ecb Thanh, <strong>gained international fame for her street-side noodle soups after appearing on Anthony Bourdain\u2019s No Reservations: Vietnam.<\/strong> And short of travelling all the way to Vietnam, it was previously extremely difficult to try out the <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/famous-film-locations-visit-london\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/famous-film-locations-visit-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_0\" data-category=\"click_internal\">TV-famous<\/a> recipes \u2013 until now.<\/p>\n<p>Now, unfortunately, The Lunch Lady hasn\u2019t actually opened a restaurant in <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-things-to-do-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_1\" data-category=\"click_internal\">London<\/a>. She sadly passed away earlier this year, at the age of 58. Instead, <strong>one of her mentees, Brian Woo, opened a location of his C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh eateries right here in London this <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-london-november\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/things-to-do-london-november\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_2\" data-category=\"click_internal\">November<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CoThanh-9.jpg\" alt=\"a bowl of beef noodle soup with bright green toppings and garnishes\" width=\"801\" height=\"1200\"  \/>Credit: C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh <\/p>\n<p><strong>C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh is a love letter of sorts to The Lunch Lady and her recipes<\/strong>. The eateries bring her recipes \u201cout of the heart of District 1 [in Vietnam], with the mission to provide authentic <a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-vietnamese-restaurants\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/london-vietnamese-restaurants\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_3\" data-category=\"click_internal\">Vietnamese dishes<\/a> to celebrate the marvel of flavors [sic] the cuisine has to offer.\u201d What started as a restaurant in Hong Kong, providing a taste of the famed dishes from Vietnam, has now landed all the way over here in London. And we couldn\u2019t be happier about it, frankly.<\/p>\n<p> On the menu at C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh <\/p>\n<p>While the original location was famous for serving just one dish at a time, from a revolving selection of local Vietnamese noodle soups, <strong>C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh is offering up a comprehensive menu of Vietnamese delights<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re currently settling into their new location, so the full menu isn\u2019t yet available. <strong>They\u2019re promising an impressive array of b\u00e1nh m\u00ec and ph\u1edf to round out the menu when they\u2019re operating at full capacity<\/strong>. But there\u2019s still plenty to choose from.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338729\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CoThanh-food.jpg\" alt=\"an array of vietnamese food dishes\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\"  \/>Credit: C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh <\/p>\n<p><strong>The stars of the menu are the b\u00fan dishes<\/strong>, a selection of meals made from vermicelli-style noodles (as opposed to the wide, flat noodles used for ph\u1edf). Among these are the world-famous noodle soup dishes such as B\u00fan b\u00f2 Hu\u1ebf, which features beef and pork bone broth and a variety of toppings.<\/p>\n<p>For the side, you can also order from the likes of spring rolls, summer rolls, beef in betel leaf, chicken wings, and more. Wash it all down with a special cocktail, such as the Calamansi Sour, or a super-strong Vietnamese coffee, and you\u2019ll be rolling your way home. Oh, and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-coffee-shops-london\/\" rel=\"follow noopener\" target=\"_self\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/secretldn.com\/best-coffee-shops-london\/\" data-action=\"text_cta_4\" data-category=\"click_internal\">coffee<\/a> fans definitely won\u2019t want to miss the C\u00e0 Ph\u00ea Tiramisu (Vietnamese dark roast coffee tiramisu) if they somehow still have room for dessert!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-338731\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/CoThanh-17-banh-mi-and-ca-phe.jpg\" alt=\"a banh mi next to an iced vietnamese coffee\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\"  \/>Credit: C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccd Find C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh at 16 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 8QH. The nearest stations are Leicester Square and Covent Garden.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more and book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cothanhrestaurant.com\/london\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"shortcode-outbound-link\" data-has-ga=\"true\" data-ga-type=\"click\" data-label=\"https:\/\/www.cothanhrestaurant.com\/london\" data-action=\"text_cta_5\" data-category=\"click_non_sales\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Credit: C\u00f4 Th\u00e0nh Save Fans of Anthony Bourdain will no doubt recognise the name of \u2018The Lunch Lady\u2019.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559061,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,126363,4884,257,127837,178383,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-559060","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-food-porn","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-london","13":"tag-other-asian-food","14":"tag-soup","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115518998038081748","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}