Bún Nước Huyền38/2 Nguyễn Công HoanHẻm 38Phường 7Phú Nhuận District *********************************** Eating Saigon! turns 12 years old this week! It’s hard to believe that Hai and I have been hard at work searching out, eating and writing about the best Saigon street food in this great food city for that long. But, it’s a job [Read on …]
Why not ..? Coffee 128C Nguyễn Đình Chính Phú Nhuân District APRIL 2017 UPDATE: Sadly, we must report that the owner here has closed her cafe and relocated to Nha Trang. ***** A few month back, Hai and I had a need to ship some items back to the San Francisco Bay Area. With [Read on …]
Looking for a great hamburger in Saigon? Wanting to enjoy some authentic local Vietnamese food in Saigon? Now you can have your cake and eat it too! More exactly, you can have your chả đùm and eat it too – at Quán Cây Khế restaurant in Phú Nhuận District. Let me explain. Some may recall [Read on …]
I’m Your’s Cafe’ 29/27 Đoàn Thị Điểm P.1, Phú Nhuận District ***** A little bit of Berkeley in Saigon Jimmy Hendricks, David Bowie, Amy Winehouse images plastered on the walls. Colorful psychedelic lights. Guitars. “Hippie” hair. Good coffee. Fruit shakes. Young artists. Great live music. Was I transported home to Berkeley yesterday? Was I having [Read on …]
The Coffee House 29/28 ĐoànThị Điểm P.1, Phú Nhuận District ***** I love people who are passionate about something. It’s not that important what they’re passionate about, as long as they care deeply about something and their life is energized by that something. My life-long friend, Jan’s passion is understanding nature and its creeping, crawling, [Read on …]
The city buses in Saigon are secret treasures for visitors who want to get to know and feel (and maybe smell) Vietnam. Take a Bus to Your Next Saigon Eating Adventure That’s where the old people are. That’s where the students are. Look for these Bus-Stop Signs That’s where you can travel above (and a [Read on …]
During the many years that we have lived in Vietnam, Hai and I have searched daily for the best Places to Eat in Saigon and have uncovered some of the best Street Food available in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). See Who Are Joe and Hai? Early in 2012 we will launch “Eating Saigon” and [Read on …]