Ca Kho

Fish steak in a spicy carmelized sauce in a clay pot

Jan 312020
 
Rice Field

RICE FIELD75 Hồ Tùng MậuDistrict 1090 693 86 36 ******************************************************* It’s Hai’s Birthday!   Or actually, it was earlier this week.  A special and fun opportunity for us to celebrate it together here in Saigon.  Hai made the final decision about exactly where we should enjoy his birthday dinner celebration and more importantly what kinds of food would [Read on …]

 January 31, 2020
Feb 112017
 
Still the Best Eating in Saigon!

A wonderful unsolicited review of Hai’s Cá Kho Tộ at Đông Hoa Xuân Restaurant by calvingodfrey on Instagram!   After years of wondering, myself and @nomadicnotes went out to Dong Hoa Xuan to test claims from Eating Saigon that they served the best caramelized catfish in town. They did! Was one of those meals that made me fall in [Read on …]

 February 11, 2017
May 242015
 
Guest Post - "Still the best food we've come across"

Once in awhile Hai and I get feedback from an Eating Saigon! follower that makes our blogging all worthwhile. In this case, John from Wellington, New Zealand, shared his thoughts about Hai’s restaurant in a Tripadvisor review on April 23, 2015. We thought you might enjoy reading John’s review here – we certainly loved it! [Read on …]

 May 24, 2015
Apr 072015
 
An Bàng Beach Village Restaurant

An Bàng Beach Village Restaurant 6B An Bàng Cam An, Hội An ***** I love Saigon. But, sometimes it’s nice to spread your toes at the beach! And that’s just what we did when our good friend, Pat from San Diego, came to visit Hai and I in Saigon a few weeks ago. Some years back, [Read on …]

 April 7, 2015
Jul 082014
 
Tripadvisor Winner

Ối trời ơi!  Hai is a winner! CONGRATULATIONS! His Đông Hoa Xuân Restaurant in Saigon just won Tripadvisor’s Certificate of Excellence!       * * *  Read more about Hai’s place here * * *  

 July 8, 2014
Jun 162013
 
Chili & Chocolates

First, thank you, thank you Linh and Noel.  The Ghirardelli chocolates are wonderful!  In fact, I’m savoring one now as I think about the fun lunch we shared together today at Hai’s Dong Hoa Xuan restaurant. Getting to meet and enjoy time together with readers like you (and, of course, the chocolates themselves 🙂 ) [Read on …]

 June 16, 2013
May 162012
 
Saigon Street Food Countdown

Just twelve more meals here in northern California before I return to Ho Chi Minh City to once again savor amazing Saigon Street Food! That’s three meals each day for the next 4 days before I board Cathay Pacific’s midnight flight from San Francisco to Saigon. But who’s counting? That would be ME! Now, don’t [Read on …]

 May 16, 2012
Feb 132012
 
If you have just one meal in Saigon - EAT HERE !

Đông Hoa Xuân 49 No Trang Long Binh Thanh District ***** First, my legal  “potential conflict-of-interest” disclaimer 🙂  Đông Hoa Xuân is Hai’s restaurant.  Therefore, you might think I would be pre-disposed to give him a great review. And you might be right. BUT, the truth is in the eating! I speak from my tastebuds, when [Read on …]

 February 13, 2012