As Hai and I spend a couple of months visiting good friends and family in California and other areas of the USA, Saigon’s excellent street food is never far from our minds. In fact, not a single day goes by without the plea from Hai: I want Phở So, I thought I’d share a few [Read on …]
Foods of Vietnam
Find Saigon’s Restaurants and Street Food Vendors Serving These Vietnam Dishes
Phở Phú-Vương #1 333E Lê Văn Sỹ (corner of Hem 333) Tân Bình District Phở Phú-Vương #2 120 Nguyễn Thái Bình Q. 1 ****************** The horizon has turned jet black. The continuous rumble of thunder is growing louder. The dragonflies are swarming at the edge of my 4th-floor balcony. I’ve unplugged my laptop, just in [Read on …]
First, thank you, thank you Linh and Noel. The Ghirardelli chocolates are wonderful! In fact, I’m savoring one now as I think about the fun lunch we shared together today at Hai’s Dong Hoa Xuan restaurant. Getting to meet and enjoy time together with readers like you (and, of course, the chocolates themselves 🙂 ) [Read on …]
Just about a year ago now, Hai and I enjoyed a very nice meal at Bánh Khọt Co Ba Vũng Tàu. Take a peek at our Bánh Khọt Co Ba Vũng Tàu blog at that time. Yummy bánh khọt and great bánh xeo! We’ve been back several times since then and always enjoyed a good [Read on …]
A reader recently wrote me to ask where she could enjoy some great soft shell crab in Saigon during her upcoming visit here? Great question! Mmnnn … Let’s see, I recall Hai made perhaps the world’s best soft shell crab in tamarind sauce for me for my last birthday. But, of course, that was a [Read on …]
The Saigon Cháo Lady 285/137 CMT8 District 10 ***** As everyone in Vietnam knows, when your tummy is a bit under the weather, or you have any kind of cold or flu symptoms, it’s time for some good CHÁO. Yesterday, I was feeling a bit out of sorts, so ….. cháo it was! Luckily, one [Read on …]
This week was bò kho week here at Eating Saigon! Yes, it was also the 38th anniversary of the Communist Party victory over South Vietnam. Yes, it was time for May Day celebrations around the globe. Yes, it was the week I was to learn much about visiting a local hospital here in [Read on …]
Bánh Canh Cua 87 87 Tran Khac Chan (across the street from Hem 94) District 1 ***** As Eating Saigon! readers well know, Saigon is filled with small local eateries, where, if you know where to look, you can find some of the best food on the planet. Perhaps it’s being simmered on the street [Read on …]