It’s January 2023, Hai & I just returned to Vietnam after a 3 years absence due to Covid-19, and we’re just in time for the arrival of The Year of the Cat! It’s Time to Celebrate! We made plans with our friends, Carole & Alan from Berkeley, to rendezvous in Saigon to enjoy the Lunar New [Read on …]
When our friends, Carol & Alan, from Berkeley, California told us that they would be in Saigon for a few days while we were here, we asked ourselves – What could we do to give them a wonderful introduction to Saigon – and especially to Saigon’s great street food?? The answer came easily. Let’s introduce [Read on …]
Fruit Cups and Sinh Tố … These are a few of my favorite things! In recent posts, I mentioned that this was Hai and my very first visit to Quy Nhơn. We really loved this wonderful city by the sea! Excellent seafood! Beautiful beaches! No crowds! And refreshing sea breezes, at [Read on …]
Could we ever find this street food vendor again? Probably not. Could we tell you how to get here? Sorry to say, “No.” But, it was such a great experience, we have to share the fun and deliciousness of a random street food encounter in Nhơn Lý, Vietnam! So there we were, 20 minutes out [Read on …]
That would be the Southeast Asia Sea (as Vietnamese prefer to call it) or the South China Sea (as the Chinese Government would insist). And that table would be Hai and my dinner table this week at Nhà Bè A Tư restaurant in the tiny seafront village of Nhơn Hải. Half the fun was getting there [Read on …]
Due to the pandemic, it’s been … Three years away from family in Vietnam! Three years away from all 11 sibling!! Three years away from Saigon’s amazing street food! But, now we’re back! Clearly, it’s family reunion time! (and it’s time to eat . . .) But where should we go for our first [Read on …]
Well, it’s been nearly three years since Hai and I set foot in Vietnam, jumped on a motorbike, put chopstick to phở, mi, mien or bún, and thereafter, put pen to paper to share the joy right here on Eating Saigon! But, the nightmare of Covid has now subsided, borders have re-opened, Vietnam has begun to [Read on …]
Today Eating Saigon! hit the airways in Germany with our Eating Saigon! street food tour. WATCH THE ORIGINAL GERMAN LANGUAGE TV SHOW Presented in German language (English subtitles, if used, are a bit non-sensical). The Eating Saigon! segments here are at: 18:06 to 23:21 and 27:20 to 31:12. WATCH THE PRIMARY VIDEO AS FILMED IN [Read on …]