Ho Chi Minh :: The Food

 Salam Jumaat. Semoga hari ini lebih baik dari semalam :)

Hari ini, saya nak bercerita pasal makanan. to be specific, the food in Vietnam :) #FoodFriday, kekdahnya..

I don't know about you, but I can't live without food :P I love food.. eating is one of my many hobbies ;) hah!

we know it's not hard to find Halal food in Saigon, it's just that the price can be a lil' bit 'hard' on our pockets :D therefore, we brought along lots of instant noodles & nasi impit to go with serunding kelapa, sambal bilis & black pepper beef. plenty enough for 2-3 meals!

 we had breakfast at the hotel, so dah selamat di situ. lucky us, there's one very friendly hotel staff who's able to speak Bahasa, who upon seeing us, immediately shown us the food fit for Muslims. even though there's not much to choose from, it was filling enough to last until late afternoon, so we were able to skip lunch.

being said that, we still HAVE TO try the local delicacies!

coincidentally, just before we went out to have late lunch/early dinner on the second day, there's this fellow Malaysian next to our room was kind enough to introduce us to a restaurant not far from our hotel. According to him, the price was reasonable & the food was quite delicious.

introducing.. The Daun restaurant, a kind of newly operated (2 months at the time), multi-storey restaurant, own by a Malay Singaporean.

we had white rice with fried flower with beef, kerabu taugeh, siakap tiga rasa & seafood tomyam, while kaklong had Pho (Vietnamese Beef Noodle) which is one of the must try food in Saigon.

and a cup of hot Vietnamese coffee to finish off the dinner

the food was indeed delicious! so delicious that we made another visit to the restaurant the next day, before going back to KL!

this time around, I had the Bun Bo (Vietnamese Spicy Beef Noodle), mee goreng mamak for papa & adik, mama had nasi goreng pattaya, & kaklong ordered a pasta dish. oh, and we ordered the  fried flower with beef again! ratah gitu je pon sodap :)

so, for those going to Saigon, now you have another option for Halal food. I highly recommend it! it is not far from Cho Ben Thanh (about 10 mins walk). here's the address:
305, Ly Tu Trong Street, Ben Thanh Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Satu yang saya perasan, locals here love to eat Baguette/french bread. we saw hawkers selling it everywhere we went to! even at the hotel, they serve it for breakfast. tho, I'm not really sure how they eat it :D but I had my baguette with butter, pb & jams ;)

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ingat tak, I've mentioned about Trung Nguyen Coffee?

It is quite famous among my colleagues, most of the time they'll bought it for souvenir. I've tried this many times & I like it very much! apparently, it is the no.1 coffee in Vietnam.

but most importantly, it is certified Halal :)

you can actually find it in many places, especially in Ben Thanh market. jangan tak tau, kedai kain pun ada jual ni! it is THAT famous! but fyi, here in this shop you'll have more selection & you can have the coffee freshly ground for you!

the cuppuchino is to die for :x very creamy, & not too sweet. bau dia, semerbak! oh, tak boleh jadi ni.. dah terbayang-bayang kesedapannya! tak pe, petang ni jugak saya bancuh. sekarang tak bleh la, nak pegi lunch :D byee..