Coffee
CAFÉ TARTINE SAIGON27 Trần Quang LongBình Thạnh District ***************************************************** It’s very very wonderful when a reader of your food blog contacts you to tell you they love your street food blog and that they are currently eating their way through your “Where to eat Saigon Street food” recommendations. How cool is that! But then, those [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 …]
Oasis Cafe303 Lê Văn SĩPhú Nhuận District028 3991 1991****************************************** Fish with your coffee? That’s what you’ll get at Saigon’s Oasis Cafe. Actually, the coffee and fish are served up separately at this Vietnamese, European, Disneyland establishment. The cafe sua da is presented in a traditional ice-filled glass, while schools of koi fish are free to swim through the flooded cafe floor [Read on …]
Fly Cupcake Garden 25B Tú Xương District 3 (08) 3932 2299 133 Hai Bà Trưng District 1 (08) 3822 9038 ********************************** So we all know very well that Vietnamese cuisine is probably the best/most delicious on the planet. Particularly those of us who have spent some quality time enjoying our meals sitting on small plastic stools in [Read on …]
BOSGAURUS Saigon Pearl 92 Nguyễn Hữu Cảnh Q. Bình Thạnh +84 901426877 **************************** So, it might seem that Eating Saigon!, in addition to revealing some of the best street food eating adventures in Saigon, devotes an inordinate amount of time and space discussing coffee and cafes. But, there’s a very good reason – “When in [Read on …]
The Coffee House 14B1 Ngô Tất Tố, Phường 19 Bình Thạnh District 02871 087 088 www.thecoffeehouse.com ********************** OK, so I was ready to strangle someone at my apartment house. Today’s plan was to relax, enjoy my jet-lag in the quiet air-conditioned comfort of our new apartment here in Saigon; update some Eating Saigon! posts; and [Read on …]
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 …]
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 …]