Saigon tourist info for travelors
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 …]
Less than twelve months ago, Hai and I purchased the 1.5 acre parcel of land on a beautiful hilltop on the Cam Lập Peninsula overlooking the Southeast Asia Sea. Well, now that I think about it, only Hai’s name is on the “red paper” (Vietnam’s deed of ownership document). Oh well, congratulations Hai! In any [Read on …]
It is perhaps the greatest adventure you can embark upon in Vietnam today. And April just might be the best month to do it! So, that’s what we did! After enjoying Tet holiday with Hai’s family in Saigon, taking a short excursion into the Mekong Delta towns of Vĩnh Long (Hai’s family roots) and Bến [Read on …]
BonBon Residence 2 2C15 Trường Sa P.19 Bìng Thạnh District +84 98 944 40 80 ******************************* Who knew giraffes could gallop? I mean, I’ve seen these impressive creatures strolling across beautiful grasslands on a South Africa safari … and even saw them standing on their tippy-toes, stretching to reach those delectable leaves atop tall trees. [Read on …]
OMG! We’ve just discovered the Comptche of Vietnam! (For those who don’t know, Comptche is a tiny bucolic town of 600 people in 25 square miles nestled in the redwood covered hills of Mendocino County, in Northern California – where Hai and I have our USA “countryside home.”) And now, here we were in the [Read on …]
So, we’ve all pondered those rhetorical questions, “What would you want to do if the doctor told you that you only had a few days left on the planet and you could do anything you wanted? How would you want to spend your last 72 hours?” Well, for me that’s an easy one. Easy because [Read on …]
BonBon Residence 2C8 Trường Sa Street P. 19, Bình Thạnh District **************************************** Let’s get this out of the way right up front. I hate the name BonBon Residence. Sounds like an assisted-living home for expired frozen treats. And, I want to be clear that Eating Saigon! is not in the business of reviewing the Saigon hotel/housing [Read on …]
Once in awhile Hai and I get feedback from our readers that makes us feel great about what we’re doing here at Eating Saigon! In this case, Justin and his friends from Michigan, USA shared their thoughts about their recent home-cooked Saigon dinner with our family hosts, Hà and Hà. Seems they had a wonderful Eat With [Read on …]