Quán Phong Lan 54 Cửu Long District 10 0988 818 971 ********************* After having lived in Saigon’s Bắc Hải district for many years – and loved it – I now have yet another wonderful reason to re-claim it as my favorite neighborhood in Ho Chi Minh City. Certainly, Bắc Hải’s major attraction is its lovely [Read on …]
One of this week’s highlights for Hai and I was taking a group of new friends on a mini street food tour here in Saigon. We did have some concerns about the tolerance levels of the relative newcomers to the Saigon street food scene. Was “dining” in a small dark alley ok? Just how much [Read on …]
Sorrento Cafe’ 91/6 Hòa Hưng District 10 ***** Last year about this time, Hai and I enjoyed an espresso coffee in Sorrento on Italy’s Amalfi coast. Stunning! Beautiful! Breathtaking! This morning Hai and I enjoyed a cà phê sữa đá (Vietnamese iced coffee with milk) at the Sorrento Cafe’ here in Ho Chi Minh City. [Read on …]
Hai’s nephew, Thai, invited Hai and I to join him and his girlfriend, Phuong Anh, (she was very beautiful & spoke English well 🙂 ) to enjoy some bánh cuốn for dinner last evening. Now I always enjoy bánh cuốn. But, typically I view bánh cuốn as a small breakfast or evening snack – not [Read on …]
Our Return to Eating Saigon! We’re Back!! After an amazing 6 weeks traveling around the Golden State, introducing Hai to California during his first-ever trip to the USA, we just returned to Saigon this week. What better way to put living in Saigon back into perspective than to slide down the snowy slopes of Lake Tahoe, [Read on …]
Bánh Sầu Riêng Durio Le Thi Rieng Park Cach Mang Thang Tam District 10 The other night, my landlady’s daughter, Ngoc, and her boyfriend, Vinh, called to invite Hai and I to join them for a late evening treat. What a nice surprise! Yes, sounds fun. Meet you downstairs in 20 minutes. The other night, [Read on …]
Bánh Đập in Bạc Hải Three young girls, a couple of plastic chairs, a tiny stove blazing with red-hot coals, and some great central-Vietnam recipes. And lucky for Hai and I, all within walking distance from our apartment. But last night we chose drive to Bánh Đập on our motorbike … lazy? Maybe. Some months ago [Read on …]
Quán Ốc Quang Anh Does anyone know how many different kinds of ốc ̣(snails & related shellfish) there are in the world? How about, just in Vietnam? Sorry, I don’t know either … well, except I know there’s a WHOLE LOT! Hai and my recent stop at Quán Ốc Quang Anh for dinner made that clear. A [Read on …]