Food and Drink

This was my lunch last week.

This is where I study Japanese with my Japanese teacher once a week. Great location to study.

A long time favorite of Expats closed a week ago in Bui Vien. Mumtaz was one of my favorite Indian restaurants until Babas Kitchen opened. No word if they're located…

Had this good salad from Insalata. I chose the salad with tuna fish so not entirely vegetarian. It was good and timely delivered. You can order from their website…

Had some veggie miso soup with seaweed and tofu. Really great evening meal. Easy to make as well.

Decided to get my iodine intake from furikake, a popular Japanese seasoning put on top of rice. I got this furikake in Saigon.

The veggie pizza from Vittoria is my goto pizza now.

Two very important supplements you will need if you are eating a predominantly vegetarian / plant-based diet. B12 is crucial if you do not eat meats. I finally found the…

I had this for lunch near my house today. Only costs about 40,000 VND ($1.80 USD) here in Saigon. I am mostly plant based eater now.

Really miss this. Yakisoba is one of my favorite Japanese noodles. Too expensive to import from the US. Maybe a friend will hang carry some for me.

Being part Japanese, I always need a small link to Japan in my home. Normally I eat Japanese food a couple times of weeks. I am learning to make more Japanese food at…

This is an article long time in the making. I have spent over a year watching Tam, a friend and fellow University of Washington grad, plan and set up Vietcetera as both…

I have now been on a mostly plant-based diet for roughly 6 weeks now. One key meal that helps me transition to this healthier diet is Japanese curry rice. Being mixed…

My bike outside a Tan Phu vegetables market.

I decided to take a motorcycle ride to Thao Dien today. Stopping at Babas Kitchen in Thao Dien was a perfect excuse. It just a good quiet place to relax and have a nice…

Today I tried the Vegetable Navrathana Korma at Babas Kitchen in District 1. It was pretty good though I have a preference for the more spicier vegetable curry. I had…

District 4 has a nice vegetarian restaurant run by Vietnamese nuns called Com Chay Huong Sen. Huong Sen offers a variety of Vegetarian Vietnamese food. An average meal…

I have switched to a mostly vegetarian diet. My goal is to be a vegan in one year. I am testing many vegetarian restaurants in the city. Today I tried Healthy Farm at 42…

A couple times a week I like to get some banh mi from a street vendor near H1 on Hoang Dieu Street in District 4. Since this is my first morning back from the US, I…

Last week I visited the Berru Turkish Restaurant in District 7. It is hard to believe that it has been over two years since I last visited Berru. Mr. Cem, the owner, is…