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Tucked in a small alley off Tran Quang Dieu Street, Bong Den Cafe is in contrast from the noisy outside world. Guests hoping to find it have to sneak into a narrow path next to a fashion shop, step on the stair to open a wooden door and the ‘switch on’ to get into Bong [...]
The Grand Hotel Saigon, under management of Saigontourist, a fabulous venue for food and accommodation in HCMC, is preparing food programs for this Easter weekend and the forthcoming Reunification Day holidays on April 30 and May 1. For Easter Sunday, the hotel will host two buffet parties. The first will be rocked along with entertainment [...]
We were alerted to the recent opening of a small restaurant ‘The Blue Crab’ by a notice on An Phu Neighbours (the local expatriate on-line newsletter), as the address indicated that it was not too far from home we decided to make it our Saturday night venue. As it turned out the restaurant was only [...]
Sheltered in quiet alley No. 118 off the busy shopping street of Tran Quang Dieu in District 3, people should pay attention to the right side of the alley so they don’t miss Cafe Do (red) in a black building with an impressive red gate with no sign except a small bronze word Do attached [...]
After a Sunday brunch, I love hanging out with friends at Café Vuon Kieng (Bonsai Garden Café) on the riverside by Mai Linh Square. As you drive down Ha Ba Trung Street toward the river and the Tran Hung Dao statue that occupies the square, you can feel the cool Saigon river breeze blowing across [...]
If you are enthusiasts of model cars and motorbikes, then the Wheel House Cafe in District 1 is the place for you to go and admire thousands of models. Nguyen Thanh Thu decided to open the cafe to share her passion and her collection from the last six years with models priced from VND400,000 to [...]
If you are bored of drinking coffee in modern facilities, Cochin cafe, which is designed in an Indochina-style house built in 1932 in HCMC’s District 1, could bring you a new experience. The name Cochin comes from Cochinchine, which was the name of the south region during the French imperial times. Cochin in Spanish means [...]
Nestled in the same alley off Dong Khoi Street as the animated L’uisine cafe in District 1, Galleria dei Fiori Cafe attracts people for its stillness and hint of romance between hundreds of colorful flowers. Instead of turning right to get to L’uisine, people should turn left and walk to the first floor of an [...]
Many young business owners who are still in college dared to go where no one has gone before and opened the first takeaway cafés to serve Ho Chi Minh’s young urbanites. In 2008, when he was a freshman at Hoa Sen University (Ho Chi Minh), Phung Manh Viet (born in 1988) was given an assignment [...]
The US well-known street fashion, Free People, has chosen Vietnam as its destination to take “look book” photographs for its March publication. On its website, Free People described Vietnam as an interesting nation – a mix of bustling and modern cities and peaceful villages. Free People’s photographers experienced life during their long journey from [...]