Tag: Food and Coffee

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…

Which is stronger, sticky rice or a motorcycle? Well, when I tried to turn left, I learned the hard way. I just turned right there after. PM me if you want to learn the…

Mugicha, a barley tea, is the main stay in Japanese homes served cold in summer. As a kid, I hated mugicha. Now I drink 6-8 tcups of mugicha per day here in Saigon. I…

At a popular coffee shop. I am wondering why the fan is faced against the window. I really needed it. The waitress eventually turned it towards me.

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…

Four the last four years, one of my main staples for dinner was grechka, buckwheat barley. It was an inexpensive protein easily bought in Kazakhstan and China. When I…

I had these dishes last night. Oh it was so good. Vietnamese fish

As everyone may know, I spend a fair amount of time at Babas Kitchen when I am in Saigon. It continues to be rated one of the best Indian restaurants in Saigon, let…

There is a new halal restaurant in Saigon, Vietnam, now catering to the halal travelers community, particularly those from Malaysia. It is called Kampung Pandan and is…

Sadly, this was the last coffee shop I visited in Saigon three weeks from today. I miss sitting the long hours chatting and working on various IT projects back in…

I love Saigon. It is about 35 C and now I am sitting on the street drinking a cafe sua da. It will be hard to return to Kazakhstan. :-) Posted from WordPress for Android

Today I finally visited The Daun restaurant. It is a halal restaurant catering to Muslim tourists visiting Saigon. Most of the customers are Malaysian tour groups so the…