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 …]
Without doubt Bac Hai is my favorite neighborhood in Saigon. For me personally, Bac Hai has it all! It sits within a minute’s walk from Le Thi Rieng Park. It’s filled with scores of cafes where you can enjoy your morning coffee. It sits beside a sports complex with perhaps Saigon’s best Olympic-size swimming [Read on …]
CLOSED as of January 2015 Usually, I go to try go to sample some new street food or a new eatery with a completely open mind. That’s my job – to be objective when sharing my experience about a Saigon restaurant or street food eating adventure. But, I must confess, last week I went to [Read on …]
Recently, our friends, Janelle and Ashley from Oakland California, e-mailed me to let me know they would be visiting Vietnam for the first time (oh yes, and also to get married! Wow!) Besides their wedding planning in northern Vietnam, I asked them to try to plan some time to see a little bit of the [Read on …]
Luckily for me, Mì Quảng Hoi An sits directly across Đồng Nai street from my favorite swimming pool. And on my walk back home from my almost daily swim. So, I’m a frequent lunch visitor here … and occasionally show up for a late evening snack too. There’s absolutely nothing fancy here. Your basic small street [Read on …]