Just 3 more hours and it’s a new year – Year of the Monkey – here in Saigon! Hai and I spent today doing what all people in Saigon, and the rest of Vietnam, must do, want to do, enjoy doing, on New Year’s Eve day each year – cleaning, visiting ancestors, shopping, and preparing [Read on …]
Wow … here we are, February 2, 2016, celebrating USA’s Ground Hog’s Day here in Vietnam. And today would have been my mom’s 89th birthday! Hai and I have been away from California for one full month already. And now back in Vietnam for nearly 3 weeks. (There were those amazing 10 days in Japan in [Read on …]
Now, I think … I hope … everyone knows that I truly love “my job” finding new Saigon street foods to share here with Eating Saigon!’s readers. However, I’ve selfishly decided to spend our first week back in Saigon not scouring the city’s streets and allies for new, yet undiscovered food wonders. But instead, to [Read on …]
Well, here we are at 40,000 feet, having just departed Osaka, Japan, on our way back to Ho Chi Minh City from Northern California. It’s been almost 11 months since Hai and I left his Saigon hometown to explore my home in Oakland, California. It was a wonderful time re-discovering the Bay Area and California [Read on …]
In recent months, readers of Eating Saigon! may have noticed a bit of a lapse in our postings of Saigon eating adventures – and perhaps wondered why? Well, the truth is we’ve continued to eat amazing Saigon street foods – we’re just doing that on the other side of the planet … let me explain. Hai [Read on …]
Bánh Canh Bột Gạo Cắt 75 Nguyễn Bỉnh Khiêm, P. Đa Kao District 1 0122 365 6973; 0904 499 298 ***** Having served her food at this street corner for over ten years, this Saigon street food vendor features a few special treats! First, Bánh Canh Bột Gạo Cắt‘s District 1 location is rather convenient to Saigon’s [Read on …]
Once in awhile Hai and I get feedback from our readers that confirms we’re doing something right here at Eating Saigon! In this case, Nia and her friends from Indonesia shared their thoughts about their recent home-cooked Saigon dinner with our family hosts, Hà and Hà. Seems they had yet another wonderful Eat With a [Read on …]
Once in awhile Hai and I get feedback from our readers that makes Eating Saigon! all worthwhile. In this case, Paul, Yuki, and Liam shared their thoughts about their home-cooked Saigon dinner with Khanh and Hoa, another wonderful Eat With a Local Saigon Family experience. We thought you might enjoy reading their review here – we certainly loved [Read on …]