Bánh Căn in Saigon Some Eating Saigon! readers might recall that a few months ago, Hai and I joined his family for a very fun three-day excursion to Nha Trang, a very wonderful beach resort along the south-central coast of Vietnam. You might also recall (and not be very surprised) that our adventure there included [Read on …]
Tourist safety in Vietnam’s famed bay questioned By TRAN VAN MINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam—HANOI, Vietnam (AP)—By the time Michael Chai spotted the other boat bearing down on his craft, it was too late to shout a warning to the captain, and the vessels collided. Within a few seconds, he and 17 other Taiwanese tourists [Read on …]
Highlands Coffee Mom always told me, “If you can’t say something NICE about somebody, then don’t say anything at all.” So, concerning Highlands Coffee in Saigon, ….. silence ….. ……. more silence ……. ………. a lot more silence ………. Okay, sorry mom, I can’t resist. Just one short comment. So, there [Read on …]
Suspect battered by officers at Ho Chi Minh City police station Last Updated: Sunday, September 23, 2012 05:15:00 Several police officers in Ho Chi Minh City face possible action for assaulting a man in custody so badly that he had to be hospitalized. Lieutenant Nguyen Hoai Viet visited the family of Nguyen Huu Phuoc, 22, [Read on …]
Vietnam gets a Moody’s downgrade on weak banks, stuttering economy By The Associated Press | September 28, 2012 HANOI, Vietnam – Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Vietnam’s credit rating, citing weaknesses in its banks and a stuttering economy. The downgrade to B2 from B1 for government bonds issued in local or foreign currency announced Friday means the [Read on …]
KUMHO ASIANA PLAZA 39 Le Duan St. District 1 ***** CONFESSION TIME It has been more than seven months now that I have been eating, writing about eating, and taking photos of eating – all about Saigon Street Food. And, it is with that history here at Eating Saigon! that I have tried to establish [Read on …]
Vietnam’s Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Bánh Trung Thu (“Moon Cakes”) Are Mid-Autumn Moon Festival “Moon Cakes” Vietnam’s Christmas “Fruit Cakes”? I think maybe so. Everyone gets one (or many) Bánh Trung Thu as gifts for the holiday. And so many are never unboxed. Instead, special friends pass them along as special holiday gifts to other special friends? Now, certainly [Read on …]
Hội An Street Food Tour (Part 2) There’s not a lot to do in Hội An. Well, at least not after having visited Hội An several times in the past and already having enjoyed the local tour to Cham ruins and explored a trip to a nearby tragic-war-event-turned-tourist-attraction. But, what there is always plenty of to [Read on …]