It’s a rare night when Hai and I ride past the amazing foods on Saigon’s small streets and alleys in Binh Thanh or District 10 and ride into Saigon’s District 1 tourist center in order to enjoy some “real” Vietnamese food. What? Sounds counter-intuitive I know. But … There is one place whose food is [Read on …]
A reader recently wrote me to ask where she could enjoy some great soft shell crab in Saigon during her upcoming visit here? Great question! Mmnnn … Let’s see, I recall Hai made perhaps the world’s best soft shell crab in tamarind sauce for me for my last birthday. But, of course, that was a [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 …]
Last night I dined in Saigon with President George W. Bush. Well, more precisely, I dined in a District 3 restaurant, beneath a photo of President Bush. And it’s difficult to tell from the photo whether he was actually President Bush at the time the photo was taken, or perhaps Texas Governor Bush, or even [Read on …]
‘It’s a free country… sell your shares’: Starbucks CEO blasts shareholder who told him that company’s support for gay marriage was hitting profits By Daily Mail Reporter 23 March 2013 Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz defended the coffee company’s support of gay marriage at a stockholders meeting in Seattle this week. During the business meeting, shareholder [Read on …]
Saigon’s closest seaside resort town, Vũng Tàu, is just a 1 1/2 hour hydrofoil ferry ride from District 1. Ferries depart from the Saigon River dock at the end of Nguyen Hue Street in District 1 at least a half-dozen times each day. The small coastal city is a popular weekend getaway for many of [Read on …]
Cafe A & B Where Hem Só 20 (off Trần Não Street) meets the Saigon River District 2 Quán Thu Hiền 1B Trần Não Street District 2 ***** This past Sunday was NOT “just another Sunday” … One of my favorite Vietnamese lunches! A breezy afternoon coffee alongside the Saigon River. A surprise visit by chanting Buddhist monks (on [Read on …]
Desperately Seeking Sushi Of course, it goes without saying (that’s why I’m saying it), that the best food in Saigon is Vietnamese food. So, if you’re a tourists or just a short-term visitor, my strong advice is to eat only Vietnamese food. And better yet, make most of that Saigon street food. However, for those [Read on …]