PRON is a noodle house in Randburg serving northern Chinese small dishes — some hot, some cold — made fresh daily on the premises. The menu includes various dumplings, either steamed or pan-fried as potstickers. The kitchen uses spring onion, coriander, garlic, chilli, and Sichuan peppercorns, giving the dishes strong yet refreshing flavours.

The restaurant is closed on Sundays. The owner, Emma Chen, previously ran a Chinese restaurant in Johannesburg for twenty-six years before opening PRON to focus on the food she grew up with in northern China, where noodles and bread are staples rather than rice.

The name stands for People’s Republic of Noodles, and the dishes reflect the casual eateries Chen frequented as a child, where small plates were the norm. The noodles are made fresh each day, and the dumplings are prepared in-house, either steamed or pan-fried to order.