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 …]
It’s a rare night when Hai and I ride past the amazing foods on Saigon’s small streets and alleys in Binh Thanh or District 10 and ride into Saigon’s District 1 tourist center in order to enjoy some “real” Vietnamese food. What? Sounds counter-intuitive I know. But … There is one place whose food is [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 …]
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 …]
Pháp Hoa UPDATE – January 2018: Relocated to new address: 198 Nguyễn Cư Trinh , P. NCT, Q.1 0902 979 078 ********************************** It was the 1st day of the month. It was the 10th day of the month. (I know, how Dickens!) Actually, it was really both. It just depends upon which calendar your god [Read on …]
Sorrento Cafe’ 91/6 Hòa Hưng District 10 ***** Last year about this time, Hai and I enjoyed an espresso coffee in Sorrento on Italy’s Amalfi coast. Stunning! Beautiful! Breathtaking! This morning Hai and I enjoyed a cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese iced coffee with milk) at the Sorrento Cafe’ here in Ho Chi Minh City. [Read on …]