Juliet’s Garden 97/5 Le Quang Dinh Ward 14 Binh Thanh District UPDATE – February, 2023: CLOSED AND GONE 🙁 ******************************** Things are changing quickly here’ in Saigon. Leave the country for a short while to explore another part of the world … and when you return, streets may be turned into pedestrian walkways, subway stations may [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 …]
Lado Cafe (“Place of Passion”) 97/5 Le Quang Dinh, Ward 14 Binh Thanh District 08 2977630 A NEW NAME FOR THIS CAFE! ***** This lovely Saigon cafe is one of my favorite places in Ho Chi Minh City to stay cool and relax with a cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese iced coffee with milk) on a [Read on …]
Once in a while Hai and we get a note from an Eating Saigon! reader that reminds us just how much fun it is to discover Saigon’s hidden eateries for the very first time. Lucile and her mom from France recently became true Saigon food adventurers, as they literally ate their way through our blog! [Read on …]
It turns out that Hai is not the only amazing cook in his 11-sibling family. In fact, I often suggest in the late evening after our visits to the gym, “Let’s go visit chị ba (Sister #3)”. What I actually mean is, Let’s go have some really yummy bún riêu.” Hai never disagrees … off to Binh [Read on …]
Bún Mắm Cô Ba 55/9 Phan Huy Ích Street – P.14 Gò Vấp District ***** My good friend, Rick (also originally from the California Bay Area), lives in the Gò Vấp district of Saigon. That’s an area of town that Hai and I don’t get to visit often enough. So, Rick, where’s your favorite place [Read on …]
Just one more week and Hai and I will travel back to Vietnam. Saigon to be exact. Before we head back to Vietnam however, we feel obliged to let you know exactly what we’ve been up to recently. First, you might recall our blog post of a few months back about Hai and my amazing visit to [Read on …]
The following is a Guest Post submitted to Eating Saigon! by James Clark of Nomadic Notes. Thank you, James! *************************************************** Bún Thịt Nướng in District 1 Whenever I am returning to a city I’ve been before I think about what my first meal back will be. Sometimes this is an easy decision and I will [Read on …]