It’s hard not to hit a few spots for coffee whilst in Hanoi – after all the country is famous for its coffee partly thanks to the French c...

Whenever I am travelling alone, I usually am not particular about accommodations as long as it’s clean and safe but this time I made an ex...

The staff at Bun Cha Huong Lien seems to be a little puzzled when I attempted to order from their a la carte menu as if no tourist has e...

“Customer for Pho? Please come in” I didn’t discover this "secret" pho place by accident – though I wish I did or at least cou...

One of my regrets of not spending more time in Ho Chi Minh City was not being able to try out all the wonderful street food in town - well...

I followed my friend C's recommendation to have lunch at Huong Lai, located just a couple blocks away from the Independence Palace a...

Lunch at Cuc Gach Quan is only one of the few meals I had at a proper sit-down restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City. Many people have recommende...

One of my favorite travel experiences in Ho Chi Minh City was to try the food prepared by Nguyen Thi Thanh - aka the Lunch Lady - at her s...

I know I have come to the right town to visit when everywhere I walked by, I could see those little food stalls on the roadside serving al...

I recently returned from a trip to Saigon, by myself. CX ran a special Fanfare promotion to SGN in late September so I figure it...