Ối trời ơi! Hai is a winner! CONGRATULATIONS! His Đông Hoa Xuân Restaurant in Saigon just won Tripadvisor’s Certificate of Excellence! * * * Read more about Hai’s place here * * *
Jul 082014
July 8, 2014
Rice Dishes
Apr 232013
Pháp Hoa UPDATE – January 2018: Relocated to new address: 198 Nguyễn Cư Trinh , P. NCT, Q.1 0902 979 078 ********************************** It was the 1st day of the month. It was the 10th day of the month. (I know, how Dickens!) Actually, it was really both. It just depends upon which calendar your god [Read on …]
April 23, 2013
Mar 132013
Cafe A & B Where Hem Só 20 (off Trần Não Street) meets the Saigon River District 2 Quán Thu Hiền 1B Trần Não Street District 2 ***** This past Sunday was NOT “just another Sunday” … One of my favorite Vietnamese lunches! A breezy afternoon coffee alongside the Saigon River. A surprise visit by chanting Buddhist monks (on [Read on …]
March 13, 2013
Nov 262012
“Rice of help” for those in need Tuoi Tre October 23, 2012 A restaurant sells lunch for loss, in the center of Ho Chi Minh City. A day’s menu includes rice, chicken with a ginger sauce, fried vegetables with meat, vegetable soup with ground meat, a piece of papaya for dessert, free drinking [Read on …]
November 26, 2012
Nov 192012
Phở Hà 17 – 19 Hải Triều Street District 1 [see relocation note/warning below] ***** There’s a place in Saigon where you can stand in the middle of the street, spread your arms wide and touch (well almost) Saigon’s tallest, U.S.A.-architect-designed skyscaper with one hand; and a traditional Hanoi street food eatery with the other. [Read on …]
November 19, 2012
Aug 172012
Sometimes there’s not a lot to say. And that’s okay – because there’s not a need to say a lot. That’s the case when sharing our most recent vegetarian street food experience in Saigon’s District 3. One evening last week, Hai and I just wanted a quick bite on our way home. Zipping down [Read on …]
August 17, 2012
Jul 262012
… plus fun in the mud What could be better than a surprise 4-day trip to Nha Trang? Last Wednesday evening at 10 p.m., Hai announced to me that he was closing his restaurant “tomorrow”! We would be joining his family for a 4-day trip to Nha Trang. The plan was for all interested family [Read on …]
July 26, 2012
Mar 112012
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 …]
March 11, 2012