DIY food tour of Saigon.

We don’t have anything planned for today, so a bit of a slow start this morning and then coffee and breakfast just down the street.

We found a nice coffee shop and we looked over the busiest little corner food stop. We figured it had to be good, it was a barbecue sizzling plate of meat and eggs, served with a baguette.
We shared a table with a couple of students who were enjoying the 4 day weekend for National Day. Luckily because they were able to help us figure out how and what to order. When the bill came it the end it was for everything at our table. It was fine with us we were happy to pay it but they were horrified and even after we tried to insist we would love to shout them they had a big discussion and no they wouldn’t have it.
“It so nice you wanted to talk to us.” We thought it was great they wanted to talk to us.

Next stop was the War Remnant Museum. It’s Sunday and in the middle of a 4 day weekend so it is super busy everywhere and museum was no exception. It’s mostly a photographic museum, incredibly sad and confronting photos. So many tragic stories.

We needed something uplifting after that so we got a motorbike grab to the pink church. It’s a Catholic Church not open on a Sunday which is weird and not really pink but a salmon colour. It’s a popular photo stop and there was plenty of photo shoots going on. It really is a pretty church and we had a coffee while we watched the crowd come and go.

Graham noticed lots of people and cars going down the alley beside our coffee shop so we wandered down there to have a look. There was a restaurant making something like a big chunky omelette filled with pork, scrimp and been sprouts. So that was lunch sorted.

We’re staying at the Fine Arts Museum Hotel so we thought we should pay it a visit. Massive old building with so many rooms of some very interesting art.
This. evening we heading over to Bui Vien Walking St. it’s the nightlife street in Saigon, full of bars and restaurants and plenty of loud music. We found a nice rooftop bar to have a cocktail and a beer, but decided the seafood market would be more our thing for dinner.

The grab transport is amazing in Vietnam. You just dial on up, bike or car or bus on your phone and they are there in a couple of minutes. He dropped us off at Seafood St and we ate our way up and down the street with a variety of barbecue sticks, octopus, finishing off with Garlic Lobster.Läs mer