RICE FIELD75 Hồ Tùng MậuDistrict 1090 693 86 36 ******************************************************* It’s Hai’s Birthday! Or actually, it was earlier this week. A special and fun opportunity for us to celebrate it together here in Saigon. Hai made the final decision about exactly where we should enjoy his birthday dinner celebration and more importantly what kinds of food would [Read on …]
Gà Quê 15 Ngô Tát Tố Bình Thạnh District Quán Phong Lan54 Cửu LongDistrict 100988 818 971 ********************* There we were, on an almost deserted street of Saigon at 4:30 am just outside the Saigon Zoo (already closed for the Tet holiday) doing our extremely early jog/power-walk (inspired by jetlag), when the celestial message appeared! [Read on …]
Quán Phong Lan 54 Cửu Long District 10 0988 818 971 ********************* After having lived in Saigon’s Bắc Hải district for many years – and loved it – I now have yet another wonderful reason to re-claim it as my favorite neighborhood in Ho Chi Minh City. Certainly, Bắc Hải’s major attraction is its lovely [Read on …]
Perhaps my favorite thing to do in Vietnam, besides eating amazing street food and writing about it here on Eating Saigon!, is going on a long motorbike ride with Hai and friends through the Vietnamese countryside. There’s nothing that can compare to the thrill of riding mile after mile past stunningly beautiful rice paddies; or [Read on …]
What a wonderful way to begin our second day in Rạch Giá City … … at Bún Cá Hai Tầm. In the center of Rạch Giá City is a small, simple and pleasant public square. Just a half block off that square we found our second bún cá meal of the trip. The bún cá broth was deliciously fresh and [Read on …]
Some month ago, Hai and I were invited by our friends, Duc and Thao, to join them on a mini-voyage deep into the Mekong Delta to discover the wonders of Thao’s nhà quê (hometown), Rạch Giá, visit her family, and explore the city’s surrounds. I paused for a moment and then asked the obvious question, [Read on …]
… 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 …]