Sorrento Cafe’ 91/6 Hòa Hưng District 10 ***** Last year about this time, Hai and I enjoyed an espresso coffee in Sorrento on Italy’s Amalfi coast. Stunning! Beautiful! Breathtaking! This morning Hai and I enjoyed a cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese iced coffee with milk) at the Sorrento Cafe’ here in Ho Chi Minh City. [Read on …]
Starbucks Phu Dong Thien Vuong roundabout (Nguyen Thi Nghia & Pham Hong Thai Street) District 1 ***** STARBUCKS COFFEE SAIGON I LOVE VIETNAMESE COFFEE. Cà Phê Sữa Đá (iced Vietnamese coffee with sweetened condensed milk) is my favorite. When visiting Vietnam, treating yourself to some real Vietnamese coffee should be right up there with enjoying authentic [Read on …]
‘It’s a free country… sell your shares’: Starbucks CEO blasts shareholder who told him that company’s support for gay marriage was hitting profits By Daily Mail Reporter 23 March 2013 Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz defended the coffee company’s support of gay marriage at a stockholders meeting in Seattle this week. During the business meeting, shareholder [Read on …]
I’m Your’s Cafe’ 29/27 Đoàn Thị Điểm P.1, Phú Nhuận District ***** A little bit of Berkeley in Saigon Jimmy Hendricks, David Bowie, Amy Winehouse images plastered on the walls. Colorful psychedelic lights. Guitars. “Hippie” hair. Good coffee. Fruit shakes. Young artists. Great live music. Was I transported home to Berkeley yesterday? Was I having [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 …]
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 …]
The Coffee House 29/28 ĐoànThị Điểm P.1, Phú Nhuận District ***** I love people who are passionate about something. It’s not that important what they’re passionate about, as long as they care deeply about something and their life is energized by that something. My life-long friend, Jan’s passion is understanding nature and its creeping, crawling, [Read on …]
Rau Câu Dừa Street Vendor N4A Trường Sơn Street P.15, District 10 ***** My friend John is a well-seasoned traveler. He spends at least 6 months each year traveling, scouting, and documenting cultural developments occurring throughout a dozen Asian countries. Sunday morning I invited him to come to District 10 to get a glimpse of a [Read on …]