Last night I spent several hours at the Berru Turkish and Coffee Restaurant in District 2. I took some photos of the kitchen. I do warn people, you will be hungry looking at the photos. In the picture are the doner kebab on the spit, iskender and kofte. All of the food is halal, of course. … [Read more...] about Halal Kitchen and Doner
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Turkish Baklava in Saigon
For those of you that like Turkish baklava, the Berru Turkish and Coffee Restaurant in District 2 has them on the menu. Nice and sweet, you can even order with some ice cream. Even better … [Read more...] about Turkish Baklava in Saigon
SaigonNezumi’s Best Halal Restaurants in Saigon (2011)
Edit: I forgot to mention Halal@Saigon. I will do a review of this restaurant later. In 2011, I created one of the first halal travel sites for Vietnam under the name GoHalalPlanet. I visited over 35 restaurants that identified themselves as being halal. Most of my original reviews for these restaurants were posted here at SaigonNezumi. Since SaigonNezumi gets many … [Read more...] about SaigonNezumi’s Best Halal Restaurants in Saigon (2011)
New Turkish Halal Restaurant – Berru Turkish Coffee & Restaurant
Edit 1: new address -> Sc3-1 My Khang, Nguyen Luong Bang, District 7, HCMC Finally, Vietnam's first authentic halal Turkish restaurant has opened up in Saigon's District 2. Berru Turkish Coffee & Restaurant is run by the Turkish chef from the Horizon International Bilingual School, where I worked at IT Director last year, and his family. If you love kebabs, Turkish … [Read more...] about New Turkish Halal Restaurant – Berru Turkish Coffee & Restaurant
Yeni Hayatlar (New Lives) STV – 2001
I forgot I had this video online. I was on STV's Yeni Hayatlar back in 2001 which was broadcasted in the Turkish speaking world for a couple years. I wrote about this experience about 3 years ago in this blog. In short, the video is about how I became a Muslim in Kazakhstan back in 1999 when I was a Peace Corps volunteer. Below is the video but it is in Turkish. Get some … [Read more...] about Yeni Hayatlar (New Lives) STV – 2001