Hello city-lovers! Whether you call it Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon, blogger Liz Ledden shows us the best of this Vietnamese hub.Want to see your city on IT? Copy and paste our list of fill-in-the-blank questions into an e-mail, fill in your answers, and send your responses to IntelligentTravel@ngs.org. And if you're still waiting for us to feature yours, fear not! We're going to keep posting as long as we keep getting them (please include photos and links!).
Ho Chi Minh City is My City
The first place I take a visitor from out of town is Quan An Ngonto to sample the 'best of' Vietnamese street food. The owners gathered the best food vendors and installed them around a courtyard on the grounds of a French colonial villa. The restaurant is heaving with locals and in-the-know tourists every day and night, and the food is fresh, tasty and really cheap (try the lemongrass clams!).
When I crave banh mi I always go to Banh Mi Bistro for their delicious take on the chicken baguette.
To escape the non-stop stream of motorbikes on the chaotic streets I head to La Fenetre Soleil for a ginger juice. Up a dingy stairwell on a central, busy corner, La Fenetre Soleil is a cool cafe with a vintage French feel - think floorboards, a chandelier, high ceiling, mismatched furniture strewn with cushions and large French style windows looking out to the street below.
If I want to drink cocktails in funky surroundings I go to Q Bar or Amber Room.
For complete quiet, I can hide away inside the Hindu temple on Ton That Thiep Street - it's nearly always deserted, is adorned with colourful patterned tiles and feels like a real oasis of calm.
Continue reading I Heart My City: Liz's Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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