PHỞ LAI48/24 Mê LinhP.19Bình Thạnh District09 3327 9773 ************************************** Our favorite Bình Thạnh neighborhood, where Hai and I have been staying each time we’ve returned to Saigon for the past many years, is changing at an extreme pace – just like all of Saigon. Not so many years ago, when we first stayed at the [Read on …]
While Hai and I returned to Vietnam just a few days ago at the end of the Year of the Dog, the new year has just arrived and it’s now The Year of the Pig! We celebrated the Year of the Pig at last night’s dinner appropriately, with braised pork shoulder (thịt kho trứng); and then [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 …]
BonBon Residence 2 2C15 Trường Sa P.19 Bìng Thạnh District +84 98 944 40 80 ******************************* Who knew giraffes could gallop? I mean, I’ve seen these impressive creatures strolling across beautiful grasslands on a South Africa safari … and even saw them standing on their tippy-toes, stretching to reach those delectable leaves atop tall trees. [Read on …]
CƠM TẤM 43 43 Nguyễn Văn Lạc Bình Thạnh District 0120 855 0155 *********************** A simple, classic Saigon street eatery – that’s what Hai and I were looking for this morning as we left our apartment beside “our” canal (the Thi Nghe Canal in Bình Thạnh District). And happily, we quickly found it … Cơm Tấm 43 [Read on …]
BOSGAURUS Saigon Pearl 92 Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Q. Bình Thạnh +84 901426877 **************************** So, it might seem that Eating Saigon!, in addition to revealing some of the best street food eating adventures in Saigon, devotes an inordinate amount of time and space discussing coffee and cafes. But, there’s a very good reason – “When in [Read on …]
The Coffee House 14B1 Ngô Tất Tố, Phường 19 Bình Thạnh District 02871 087 088 www.thecoffeehouse.com ********************** OK, so I was ready to strangle someone at my apartment house. Today’s plan was to relax, enjoy my jet-lag in the quiet air-conditioned comfort of our new apartment here in Saigon; update some Eating Saigon! posts; and [Read on …]
Chiều Cháo Lòng 26 Huỳnh Mẫn Đạt Bình Thạnh District 0934 324557 ******************************* One of my favorite memories from my years living in Hanoi (already 10 years ago now), is a small cháo lòng eatery just a few blocks from my apartment there. On a chilly Hanoi winter morning, there was nothing better for breakfast than [Read on …]