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22 October 2010

HO CHI MINH ESCAPADE - DAY 2 LUNCH/SIGHTSEEING/DINNER

After a tour in Chu Chi Tunnels, our coach took us back to Saigon and stopped in the front of War Museum. As soon as we alighted from the coach, we had lunch at a nearby restaurant (only 1 food photo taken cos' we were extremely hungry and tired).

Our order was quick as it was after lunch hour. Baked cheese clams and snake fish soup was our favourite and goes well with a plate of rice. We paid VND350,000 for the lunch including 2 fruit drinks and 1 mineral water.

(fm l to r), baked cheese clams, fresh rice rolls and fermented prawns

Feeling energized after lunch, we proceeded to visit War Remnants Museum which is located 5 mins walk from the restaurant. We did not enter the museum and other historical building since we are able to snap photos from outside.


Reunification Palace (Presidential Palace)


Notre Dame Cathedral


Notre Dame Catheral Post OfficeThe Saigon Opera House

To wrap up the night, we had Mexican dinner in Amigo Restaurant at Nguyen Hue, District 1 @ VND485,100

Complimentary salad (top) and appetizer (below)

We had two rounds of salad and the appetizer made up of fried nugget with a bed of fresh salad was tantalizing.

Lobster Bisque - VND90,000Our bowl of lobster soup came with crispy pastry skin. Thick and flavorful.


Beef Tend Burritos - VND240,000Combination of pan fried rice with multi colour capsicums + a doze of stewed vegetables + slices of black pepper beef meat enveloped the pastry skin

Vincent Wings - VND80,000The chicken wings was not freshed and lack of taste maybe due to the seasoning ingredients.

As usual on the way back to our hotel, we passed by few pubs and could not resist by getting ourselves a bottle of beer at USD1 .

16 October 2010

HO CHI MINH ESCAPADE- DAY 1 (CHO KIM BIEN MARKET)

From Ben Thanh Market, we went to Cho Kim Bien Market in a taxi within 45 minutes.

This is a wholesale market famous for textiles, toys, electrical appliances, handphones and etc.



This market does not attract us at all to shop or roam, thus we left early to have early dinner.











OUR DINNER
Special Phnom Penh Rice Noodles (VND35,000)
superb...the rice noodles was fresh topped with slices of pork liver, meat, fish ball and garnished with lots of fried garlic and spring onion







Fresh Rolling Rice Paper with Meat (VND30,000)
similar as 'chee cheong fun' in Malaysia but served with assorted type of sausages and garnised with fried onions and coriander leaves.

Chinese Rolling Meat (VND40,000)
also known as 'dim sum'..generous amount of minced pork stuffed inside a silky dough skin

On the way walking back to our hotel, we stopped at a small stall and had a plate of fried spicy snails (VND30,000) and a bottle of beer (USD1).



cheers for making it to Saigon.....

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