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What do you do when you're dining alone in a strange city on the first night? Well, live it up of course and go to the best restaurant in town!
Thanks to the helpful Caravelle hotel staff, I found a lovely place to enjoy my first dinner in town. All these within a block of where I was staying...
What I liked about the place :
1) The ambience was softly romantic. Too bad I was alone! Decorated french-styled, this two storeyed restaurant had soft candle-lights and soothing tunes from traditional instuments.
2)Very attentive service from English-speaking waiters. I guess those fellas took pity on this lone diner and gave extra attention to me.
1)Steamed spring rolls
2)Spicy seafood soup
3)Delicious desserts and coffee.
TIP:The beef pho was only so-so and paled in comparison to the cheaper one I had at Pho Hoa.
Back to what I was saying, I especially love the lovely spring rolls as they were decorated very artistically. More importantly, they taste heavenly! I found whole chunks of lovely big prawns inside, yum....
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I've deliberately put this picture here so that you can see in contrast the styles in which the spring roll is served. This yummy roll was taken at Lemongrass, a fine-dining establishment whereas the previous one was served street-style. Anyway, the one at lemongrass cost me less than US$4. Cheap and good !
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Haha, you're definitely in luck if you're reading this. In my sneaky ol' bpacker style, I've autopsied the roll at Lemongrass and figured out what makes it so good. Here's what I found out and since I've tried this at home. Let me assure you it's bloody good.
Leomongrass Rice Paper Rolls
Ingredients
1)Rice Paper
2)Asian Lettuce.Wash and seperate leaves
3)Tiger Prawns, boiled, de-shelled and sliced into two. Save water after boiling
4)Roasted peanuts, ground
5)Hoisin Sauce
6)Peanut Butter
7)Garlic Chilli Sauce ( optional)
8) A plate of lukewarm water
9)Finest grade Vermicelli, boiled in prawn water ( see #3 )
10) Carrots and Cucumber, sliced jullienne
11) Fermented Fish Sauce
12) Asian mint , spring onion or basil
Begin sadistically by boiling the prawns alive and filleting them. If this horrible to you or if you're living somewhere near the Arctic circle make do with with the small boiled ones. Of course, don't be daft and sliced the small buggers for gdness' sake. Use them whole. Save the briny prawn water after this and boil your vermicelli.
While your noodles are cookin', slice your carrots and cucumber into toothpicks and make your magically delicious sauce. Here's how..mix hoisin sauce together with a dash of garlicky chilli sauce and stinky fish sauce. Of course, the sauce will stink to high heavens but that is what makes the sauce gd! After that, sprinkle the ground peanuts on the sauce.
Now, your noodles should be ready. Drain it really dry.
Now for the real thing! Dip the rice paper quickly unto the lukewarm water. After that, put 3 chunky slices of prawn on the paper and slap a lettuce leaf on it. Pluck some vermicelli, mint, basil leaves carrot and cucumber and put it on top of the leaf. Fold the papery sides next and the bottom. Roll the thing like a scroll next till it's tight. There you go. Voila!
To eat, dunk it in the fish sauce and bite into the juicy goodness. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 4 Nguyen ThiepPhone: (84-8) 822 0496Directions: District 1
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We were walking around the area near our hotel, looking for food, and we found this nice little restaurant.
After tasting the steamed spring rolls at Sinh Cafe, we wanted more..and we were delighted to see that this restaurant served a different version - instead of prawns or pork / chicken, the filling was grilled beef. Our verdict? Good! We also ordered two other main courses, but this dish was simply the best.
The spring roll with grilled beef filling! Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 4 Nguyen ThiepPhone: (84-8) 822 0496Directions: District 1
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A lovely small three-story restaurant on a street with several good ones including Pho 24 [see next tip] It is considered upscale and touristy, but serves some of the best food in the city.
The grilled beef salad with mango [pictured] was rather nice :) Leave a Comment
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A great little restaurant, tucked away in a side street but very findable
Food is Vietnamese and of good quality.
I had 2 fish dishes ther the Deep fried fish and the claypot fish stew. Both very good.
Claypot Fish Stew - very fresh fish Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: 4 Nguyen ThiepPhone: (84-8) 822 0496Directions: District 1
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Food was wonderful and cheap! Service was real nice and it was only 2 blocks from our hotel, the Majestic. We liked it so much, we returned to this restaurant twice. Although they indicate that they accept credit cards, they prefer that you pay in cash. This way, the restaurant does not have to pay any commission to the credit card companies. Help them out, the prices are low enough so you can throw down some of that cash money.
spring rolls with shrimp, clay pot fish in a dark brown sauce, chicken curry and of course hot steamed white rice. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageAddress: Near the Saigon RiverOther Contact: LEMONGRASS4 Nguyen ThiepDistri
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This was actually much better than I had expected - most of the time when one spends some extra cash on dinner you can get the same thing, better quality, for much cheaper on the street. I have to admit though this place was through and through very good.
We had chao tom, grilled pork ribs, goi cuon and one other dish - all were excellent. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: 4 Nguyen ThiepPhone: (84-8) 822 0496Directions: District 1
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Classic Saigon restaurant. casual dining, great food. Very pleasant setting with professional service. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: US$11-20 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: 4 Nguyen ThiepPhone: (84-8) 822 0496Directions: District 1
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Go and eat here just for the bragging right. Seems to be popular with travel guides/books. but nothing really unique, it is just like any vietnamese restaurant in your own city. The food are expensive compared to other local restaurant. Theme: LocalPrice: US$41 and up » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: 4 Nguyen ThiepPhone: (84-8) 822 0496Directions: Walking distance from the main Bong Sen hotel and Caravelle hotel.
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This is a place that is closely located in the center of town and easy to get to, but if you want real authentic Vietnamese food, then this is not the place. There is minimal atmosphere with the exception of someone playing live music. The food is not particularly memorable. I went with a big group and therefore ordered quite a bit of different dishes on the menu. There are 1 or 2 tasty items like the beef salad roll, but overall you can go to places like Wrap and Roll and get the same or better and much cheaper. You know it is a tourist restaurant when you go in and pretty much all the patrons are not local. I was really disappointed at the steam clams that was overcooked and drowned in a creamy white sauce. Expensive prices too. Give this a miss. Leave a Comment Theme: OtherPrice: US$21-30 » Currency ConverterComparison: more expensive than averageAddress: 4 Nguyen ThiepPhone: (84-8) 822 0496Directions: District 1
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