From our great-grandparents’ first restaurant in Hà Nội to the heart of Regensburg’s old town. This is our story.
Our family has been cooking for guests for more than 80 years. It all began in Hà Nội, where our great-grandparents opened their first restaurant. Ever since, we have passed on not only recipes but also the joy of welcoming guests like friends.
In 2001 our parents Ha and Tien opened HA TIEN on Kohlenmarkt: just 20 seats, cooking mostly for pick-up and delivery. The little restaurant became our second home: this is where we grew up. In 2017 Duc took over HA TIEN, and today he runs it together with his wife Ngoc Anh.
And our parents? They are still involved in all three restaurants and keep an eye on everything. Dad blends the spices and cooks the sauces every day. And he makes the phở to our grandmother’s recipe. The broth simmers for at least three hours.
Today we brothers carry the legacy forward, each with a restaurant of his own.
Hành trình Milestones
Our great-grandparents open their first restaurant, the beginning of more than 80 years of family hospitality.
Ha and Tien open HA TIEN in Regensburg. The name combines their two first names. Just 20 seats, with the focus on pick-up and delivery. For the family, the little restaurant becomes a second home: this is where the sons spend their childhood and youth, and for many guests it is part of everyday life for 25 years.
Our older brother opens the Mood Bar on Am Wiedfang: drinks with a view of the Danube. He runs it until 2023.
Duc takes over HA TIEN from his parents and today runs it together with his wife Ngoc Anh. Ha and Tien stay on board: to this day, Dad blends the spices and cooks the sauces every day.
In the middle of lockdown we keep going: pick-up through the window, with distance, masks and a great deal of solidarity.
After Covid, evenings changed: less partying, less alcohol. We turn the Mood Bar into a restaurant: Cô Hà, named after our mother and run by our younger brother. In the same year, the Regensburg Chamber of Commerce (IHK) certifies HA TIEN and Cô Hà as training companies.
The building on Kohlenmarkt is sold and the new owner has other plans. We miss the place very much. Just 350 metres away, the next chapter begins: the historic half-timbered house on the corner of Drei-Mohren-Straße and Ludwigstraße, with around 100 seats, a bar and a terrace out front. And in October, after several trips through South Korea, our older brother opens SEOUL180, Korean BBQ in the heart of the old town.
Around 8,500 km as the crow flies between Hà Nội and Regensburg · more than 80 years · one family
What began with our parents Ha and Tien is carried on today by the three of us brothers, each with a restaurant of his own.
Where the Mood Bar stood until 2023, our younger brother now cooks Vietnamese food, named after our mother, on two floors, with a summer terrace right on the Danube.
After several trips through South Korea, our older brother is bringing Korean BBQ to Regensburg: grilled right at the table, shared together. Opening mid-October 2026.
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