Posts Tagged ‘ dishes ’

Sunrise and Sunset 

January 8, 2012
Sunrise and Sunset 

  Aiko, a Japanese customer, enjoys her favorite Japanese authentic breakfast at Azumaya Restaurant. Photo: Tina Pham To try something new for breakfast last week, I took my friend Aiko’s suggestion to experience the authentic Japanese breakfast offered by Azumaya Restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. At the early hour of 6 a.m., we saw [...]

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When in Hue 

December 5, 2011
When in Hue 

CÆ¡m hến (mussel cooked rice) is among the most popular dishes in Hue Many tourists choose Hue just to taste its wide range of sophisticated food. Indeed, taking package tourists to expensive Hue restaurants is an essential component of many tours to the central region city. But that’s not the best way to know the [...]

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The other fish in the sea 

November 29, 2011
The other fish in the sea 

  Quan Bui restaurant at 8 Nguyen Van Nguyen Street, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City serves fish dishes. Pescetarian can easily find tasty dishes in town. “Vegetarian – that’s an old Indian word meaning lousy hunter.” This line from Andy Rooney is on the wall of one of my favorite Ho Chi Minh City [...]

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Ghostly Ho Chi Minh City 

October 29, 2011
Ghostly Ho Chi Minh City 

  The southern hub offers a devilish Halloween chock full o’ tricks and treats aplenty Many restaurants and hotels in Ho Chi Minh City are rolling up their sleeves to prepare ghostly dishes for Halloween night October means Halloween season in Western countries. It is a time for howling faces carved into pumpkins and children [...]

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Nostalgia in the kitchen 

October 22, 2011
Nostalgia in the kitchen 

  Evoking a bygone age, the once ubiquitous clay cooking pot brings out the full flavor of food The Chinese restaurant Dynasty in the New World Saigon Hotel offers ten tantalizing dishes cooked in the clay pot way from October 17 to November 13 Back when Vietnam was mostly an agrarian society, a clay pot [...]

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New Saturday Brunch at Square One 

October 14, 2011
New Saturday Brunch at Square One 

Saturday Brunch at the Park Hyatt Saigon’s Square One. Last week I went back to Square One at the Park Hyatt Saigon to try out the restaurant’s new Saturday Brunch. Square One is popular for its varied menu of contemporary Vietnamese (mainly Southern dishes), French and other food. It’s dining in luxury amid a décor [...]

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Portuguese restaurant opens in southern metro 

September 20, 2011
Portuguese restaurant opens in southern metro 

  Cod fish Brás style and chicken barbecued at Lisboa café Lisboa café, the first Portuguese restaurant in Vietnam, opened its doors in Ho Chi Minh City last week. After many years living in Vietnam, Pedro Castelo, a Portuguese man, married a Hanoian woman. Upon settling down in HCMC, Castelo opened a Portuguese restaurant on [...]

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Asian flavors during September at Mövenpick Hotel Saigon 

September 3, 2011
Asian flavors during September at Mövenpick Hotel Saigon 

Mövenpick Hotel Saigon has authentic Thai food promotion during September During September, Mövenpick Hotel Saigon has a promotion especially for Asian cuisine lovers. There is a clam hotpot promotion, Chinese dim sum, Hong Kong noodle and Thai food promotion at various food and beverage outlets of the hotel. Throughout the month, Iki Japanese Restaurant is [...]

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A taste of Italy 

August 13, 2011
A taste of Italy 

  Where to find authentic Italian dishes in Ho Chi Minh City Fresh pasta can be combined with many sauces or fillings such as tomatoes, mushrooms, vegetables, pork meat, beef and seafood In many countries in Western Europe, pasta is served as a main dish, starter, soup or even dessert in daily meals. The high [...]

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Vegetarian festival 

August 6, 2011
Vegetarian festival 

  Vietnamese show their respect to mothers in the Vu Lan festival by wearing roses and going vegetarian The Vu Lan festival allegedly dates back to an Indian sutra which was translated into Chinese in the Third Century. The sutra told the story of a pair of Buddhist disciples who enlisted the help of Buddhist [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...