Tag: Food and Coffee

I got invited by Hadi, the owner of Warung and Halal Saigon, last week to try his fish head curry dish. It was good, the spice was just right. I am gonna get fat from…

A great coffee shop with a peaceful ambiance. Goto The Fig if you feel you want to escape the hectic life of Saigon. I love the strong Buddhist tones of this place…

I visited this beef place last night in the Tan Phu Districts towards the outskirts of Saigon. The food there was really great and I really enjoyed the beef. Yes, it may…

Being part Japanese I got to have my Japanese food occasionally. I went to Shabu Shabu, at the new Vincom, with my friends this week and had a great hot pot with…

This is new to me. My friends starting telling me that they are watching movies at Bitexco. It has been awhile since I was there so I was curious. A friend and I watched…

I kid you not, this is by far the biggest cafe sua da (ice coffee with milk) in Saigon. I got it yesterday at Warung, the new halal Malaysian restaurant on 47 Nguyen An…

My friend, who is part owner of Halal Saigon, just opened a new halal Malaysian restaurant catering to the Malaysian tourists. The prices are considerably lower then…

A long term favorite for Thai food is Golden Elephant located in District 1 (on Hai Ba Trung street just down the road from Mai Linh Taxi's main office). It was one of…

It is Liberation Day, Fall to Saigon to many others, today in Saigon (HCMC). I never attended the parade, I never will. Parking was going crazy at the Saigon Zoo and…

I visited my friend, Quynh Anh, at Vuvuzela Beer Club today. It is one of the newest beer houses in Saigon only open for about a month. Vuvuzela has some decent chicken…

Al Frescos is by far my favorite place for lunch. Tony and I meet several times a week here now. The staff is great here. The food is great and will never disappoint…

Well, after reviewing this post, I realized that the picture I took was from Yamaneko, a great Okinawan cuisine restaurant, not from Tokyo Deli. Yamaneko is probably one…

I got caught in a freak rainstorm yesterday and ended up at Saigon Pho on Tran Quoc Thao in District 3 last night. Wifi was surpisenly fast but the service sucked. Maybe…

Thanks to Lee, my friend who helped me find Ha Lan last weekend, I can now add a new quiet coffee shop to my list of places to spend a couple hours in each week here in…

My friend, Lee, introduced me to a great restaurant with some awesome greasy burgers. It is run by Vietnamese who lived in Europe and learned how to make "real"…

A new halal restaurant, Ali Baba Restaurant, is opening up near the Tan Son Nhat Airport offering halal doner kebabs. It will open tomorrow, February 22nd. Opening deals…

I have been spending several lunches per week at at Eleven Cafe, 29 Le Anh Xuan in District 1 (Opposite of the New World Hotel). The coffee and food is really good there…

Earlier this month I attended a wedding in Cu Chi. One of the ] dishes served was steamed shrimp which were still alive when I took the below photo. Many people would be…

Just visited a new halal restaurant in Saigon today. Banana Leaf @Saigon is owned by the former owner of Halal@Saigon offering Malaysian, Singaporean and Vietnamese…

Finally tried the BK near the New World Hotel. I was never a whopper fan having actually worked at BK when I was in high school. Last night, the whopper with cheese was…