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 …]
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4 P’s PIZZA 8 Thu Khoa Huan, District 1 (immediately behind Bến Thành Market) +84-8-3622-0500 (Reservation Only) ***************************************************** Once in a while, Hai and I decide to leave Saigon’s streets and enjoy dinner inside a “fully-enclosed” eatery. And we recently decided to do it in real style! Not only had we convinced ourselves that we deserved an [Read on …]
Pháp Uyển Dharma Garden 17/2- 17/4 Nguyễn Huy Tưởng, P.6 Bình Thạnh District 0916 943 877 lienhe@phapuyen.com www.phapuyen.com *********************************** A unique and special treat surprised Hai and I this afternoon when we stumbled upon Pháp Uyển tucked away within some quiet Bình Thạnh District streets. Lovely is the word that comes to mind to describe our [Read on …]
Saigon Xôi Bắp Lady 24 Nguyễn Hữu Cầu District 1 ****************************************** By far, the greatest thrill of writing Eating Saigon! over the past several years has been discovering a new, truly authentic Saigon Street Food Lady. Someone who has sat on the same Saigon street or small alley for decades offering her unique culinary specialty [Read on …]
Cakes and Ale Cafe 6B Cong Truong Quoc Te (Ho Con Rua – Turtle Lake) District 3 (08) 35210367 0906.840.500 ******************************* Eating Saigon! readers may not be aware that about 95% of Eating Saigon! posts are written in Saigon cafes (not a big surprise, I’m sure). So, Yours truly has become, if not an expert on [Read on …]
We’re in the 9th day of the Tet Lunar New Year 2016 (that’s a Judeo-Christian year, by the way) and, for all practical purposes, the holiday festivities are over here in Saigon. Homes and businesses have been cleaned for the year and now begin their decline; deceased ancestors have been invited back to visit their [Read on …]
Well, Hai and I have been back in Saigon for less than a week after our extended absence and we’ve already had a dozen great eating adventures … mostly re-visiting some of our favorite Saigon street food vendors. But the experience this week that really stands out right now is our dinner with one of [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 …]