This chicken has been plucked and boiled ready for serving with traditional Vietnamese food. It was delicious. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Chicken
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Quiet Market during Tet
This is one of the few times when you will see the market quiet. :-) … [Read more...] about Quiet Market during Tet
Vietnamese Communist Flag
During all holidays, Tet in this instance, all homes and businesses are required to fly the Vietnamese Communist Flag. Foreigners are no exemptions. In my past house, the local People's Committee asked me to purchase a flag from them and they later put it on my house. I flew it until somebody stole it after a soccer match. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Communist Flag
Year of the Snake Tet Traffic Jam
Normally the Tet holiday means the streets of Saigon are deserted. Not anymore, capitalism has made Tet another Western commercialized holiday with heavy holiday traffic. … [Read more...] about Year of the Snake Tet Traffic Jam
Santa Cafe in Pham Ngu Lao – Saigon
A very famous restaurant in Saigon with some of the best foods for backpackers. Santa Cafe is always packed most of the night with some of the best banana shakes I ever tasted in the city. … [Read more...] about Santa Cafe in Pham Ngu Lao – Saigon