Find Saigon Restaurants and Street Food Vendors Serving These General Kinds of Vietnamese Food
I’m not sure exactly why, but it seems that food always costs a bit more in Districts 5, & 11, the “Chinese” areas of Saigon. Of course, by western standards, its not expensive at all, but by Saigon standards, I’d say it is. But once in a while, I just feel like eating something different [Read on …]
The Lunch Lady Lô C1 Chung Cư 1A1B, Nguyễn Đình Chiểu District 1 ***** Literally for years, I’ve been reading about The Lunch Lady whenever I would read backpacker online discussions about Saigon Street Food. For reasons I can’t really explain, even after living in Saigon for over 4 years, I simply never quite got it [Read on …]
Quan Ốc Hương 70 436 / 70 Tran Van Dang District 3 ************************************* I can’t believe it’s already been 6 years since I first tried eating hột vịt lộn. I remember the place and time very well. My friend Thang and I were only on the first day of what would be a 7-day motorbike [Read on …]
Phơ Hữu 58 Cửu Long Bac Hai neighborhood P.15, District 10 ***** I’m always mystified by folk who go to live in foreign “third-world/developing” countries for extended periods of time – either for work or retirement or school – and proceed to surround themselves with expat friends, go to western restaurants, and gather at sports [Read on …]
Without doubt Bac Hai is my favorite neighborhood in Saigon. For me personally, Bac Hai has it all! It sits within a minute’s walk from Le Thi Rieng Park. It’s filled with scores of cafes where you can enjoy your morning coffee. It sits beside a sports complex with perhaps Saigon’s best Olympic-size swimming [Read on …]
Last night the Saigon sky offered a beautiful celestial trio – the moon, Venus, and Jupiter – all within reaching distance from one another. In the city lights, all other heavenly objects were obscured and these three bright bodies had the entire sky to themselves. A balmy breeze and celestial show! What a great way [Read on …]
It’s true! I think Mì Vịt Tiềm serves Saigon Street Food at its best. Tonight, the weather in Saigon was beautiful. After a heavy rainstorm this morning, the air was clear and clean. A few stars were bright, even in the city’s lights. And a steady, balmy breeze made it clear that we had to [Read on …]
During the two years that I lived in Hanoi, I would get up early once each week to walk 1 kilometer to indulge my 2nd favorite breakfast treat – Cháo Lòng Gà (rice porridge with chicken “innards” (that would be liver, heart, kidney, etc). In the winter months, the weather was cool – sometimes bone-chilling misty [Read on …]