Find Saigon’s Restaurants and Street Food Vendors Serving These Vietnam Dishes
Phố Ốc 271 Nguyễn Duy Trinh District 2 (08) 3743 7277 ***** During my first months living in Saigon (many years ago), my good friend Tan offered me a place to stay in his District 2 apartment. Quite a ways outside of Saigon’s tourist center, life there was far less hectic, the street traffic almost [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 …]
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 …]
More Saigon Street Food? No, this week’s focus on Saigon’s “western” food As you may have noticed if you’re a regular reader of Eating Saigon!, I’m passionate about Saigon street food and discovering new places to eat in Saigon – in secret little alleys or out on the corners of busy Saigon streets. But, you [Read on …]
Well – imagine my surprise when I received an onslaught of mail from Eating Saigon!‘s readers telling me my recent blog about Annam Gourmet Market was incomplete! Such passion in my readers – I love it! In response, I’ve spent today doing some research to assess the state of affairs on shopping for western food [Read on …]
A “Western Moment” in Saigon … … skipping Saigon Street Food for a day Even the most committed (obsessed) Saigon “Street-Foodie” occasionally has a weak moment and longs for some western food treats – or at least a meal at a restaurant that has a comfortable chair with back support! Yesterday, I had that “western [Read on …]
Eating with Saigon’s Transgender On Monday night, Hai and I headed off for dinner to a small neighborhood eatery alongside one of Saigon’s main “canals”. Now, to be clear, that would NOT be “canals” in the sense of Venice, Italy, fed by open seawater. But, much more like the “canals” of Bangkok, fed by the [Read on …]
There’s not single hot steamy Saigon night that goes by that I don’t think about ice cream. Now I don’t always act upon those thoughts, but I must admit that a large scoop of creamy chocolate-chip ice cream is often on my mind. In fact, I have actually planned my ice cream consumption up [Read on …]