Our last meal in Ho Chi Minh was at a Hue styled restaurant, Nha Hang Hue Restaurant near the Ben Tranh Market. Hue was the former capital city of the Nguyen dynasty, famous for its imperial cuisine. For VND260,000 (abour […]
Ho Chi Minh 119 – Pho 2000 Vietnamese Restaurant
This Ben Tranh adjacent pho shop is famous for one thing, serving former US President Bill Clinton beef noodle soup on his visit to Ho Chi Minh City. It was our last pho a.k.a. Vietnamese beef noodle during our 4 […]
Ho Chi Minh 118 – Cuc Gach Quan Restaurant
Last night in Ho Chi Minh, Brian took us to Cuc Gach Quan Restaurant. I wasn’t feeling all too well and had been having diarrhoea the whole afternoon but still forced myself to go out. It was raining and the […]
Ho Chi Minh 117 – Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang Quỳnh
Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang Quỳnh is the Phnom Penh style Vietnamese rice noodle with pork and shrimp, kinda different from the Vietnamese Pho that we’d been having in Ho Chi Minh. Price from VND58,000 (about RM9), we got to try […]
Ho Chi Minh 116 – Cu Chi Tunnels
Our US$5 day trip to the Cu Chi Tunnels continued after the short stop at the lacquer factory. It is definitely the ‘must-see’ place when you are in Ho Chi Minh. The tunnels of Củ Chi are an immense network […]
Ho Chi Minh 115 – Lacquer Factory
First thing on the 3rd day when we were in Ho Chi Minh, we signed up for a local tour to the famous Cu Chi Tunnel. However before reaching Cu Chi Tunnel, the bus made detour at a local Lacquer […]
Ho Chi Minh 114 – Pho Hoa Pasteur
This famous Vietnamese beef noodle shop has been around for over 40 years apparently and my friend was determined to try as many Vietnamese beef noodle as possible when we were there. So late at night we went over to […]
Ho Chi Minh 113 – Com Nieu Sai Gon Restaurant
Com Nieu Sai Gon Restaurant was recommended to me by a friend and after the rain stopped we decided to walk to restaurant about 20 minutes walk from the War Remnants Museum. The restaurant was quite empty when we were […]