Find Saigon Restaurants and Street Food Vendors Serving These General Kinds of Vietnamese Food
About 9 o’clock last night, I met Hai in front of Saigon’s California Wow health club. My usual first question as we get on the motobike, “How was your workout?” His usual first question, “Where do you want to eat?” More often than not, we him-n-haw and debate and suggest and reject where we should [Read on …]
Đông Hoa Xuân 49 No Trang Long Binh Thanh District ***** First, my legal “potential conflict-of-interest” disclaimer 🙂 Đông Hoa Xuân is Hai’s restaurant. Therefore, you might think I would be pre-disposed to give him a great review. And you might be right. BUT, the truth is in the eating! I speak from my tastebuds, when [Read on …]
CLOSED as of January 2015 Usually, I go to try go to sample some new street food or a new eatery with a completely open mind. That’s my job – to be objective when sharing my experience about a Saigon restaurant or street food eating adventure. But, I must confess, last week I went to [Read on …]
M O F Japanese Sweets UNDER CONSTRUCTION 30 Le Loi Blvd District 1 HCMC (08) 38 277 898 B3 Floor Vincom Shopping Mall District 1 HCMC (08) 39 369 779 View MOF Japanese Sweets! in a larger map
When people ask me what is my favorite food in Vietnam, I always pause for a moment. Not because I have any doubt about the answer. That is very clear to me. But because I am instantly transfixed back to a tiny shop in a narrow alley in the Ancient Quarter of Hanoi, with its [Read on …]
Once in awhile, Hai and I decide it’s time for a change and want to try some “foreign” food. So, we venture into Saigon’s tourist district where more upscale restaurants offer a variety of non-Vietnamese foods to suit the taste of international travelers and Vietnam’s emerging middle class. One of our favorite’s is Lac Thai [Read on …]
Phở Thanh Bình 18B Nguyen Thi Minh Khai District 3 ***** After a long search and some steep (and delicious) competition, Hai and I have agreed that Phở Thanh Bình is among our favorite spots for Phở Bò in Saigon. (Hai’s been loving the phở here since he was in high school!) Not quite “on the street”, [Read on …]
When the French left Vietnam in 1954, they left behind incredibly delicious baguettes and some of the best coffee in the world. Vietnamese coffee is like no other. Strong, bitter, typically served with sweetened condensed milk. A real jolt of flavor! Vietnam is now one of the world’s largest exporters of coffee and Saigon and [Read on …]