Vietnam’s classic noodle soup
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 …]
Phở Hương Bình 148 Võ Thị Sá District 3 ***** My exploration of the world of phở in Saigon may be never-ending. Recommendations and advice from Eating Saigon! readers continue to pour in and reveal new eating phởpportunities. (Sorry, thought that could work :-Đ) In any case, friends at one of my favorite District 10 [Read on …]
The Best Phở in Saigon (Part 2) hint: Maybe Not Here :-/ After my treatise earlier this week about searching for the best phở in Saigon, I received several recommendations from friends and readers for other Saigon phở venues. Ối trời ơi – my work is never done! 🙂 Coincidently, one recommendation came in just as I [Read on …]
Phở Lệ 303 – 305 Võ Văn Tần District 3 Phỡ Thanh Bình 18B Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai District 3 Phơ Hữu 58 Cửu Long Bac Hai neighborhood P.15, District 10 ***** UPDATE (SEPT 2014): Click here for our latest Best Phở in Saigon listing. Inevitably, anyone who eats, cooks, or travels in Vietnam, or writes [Read on …]
Phơ Hữu 58 Cửu Long Bac Hai neighborhood P.15, District 10 ***** I’m always mystified by folk who go to live in foreign “third-world/developing” countries for extended periods of time – either for work or retirement or school – and proceed to surround themselves with expat friends, go to western restaurants, and gather at sports [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 …]