Food, neighbourhoods, and things worth knowing before you arrive. Written by Spring.
The woman on my corner sells out before 8am. No sign, no name, five years of eating there. Here's where I actually go, and how to find your own.
Grab, Google Maps, and how to cross a street full of motorbikes. What navigation in Saigon actually looks like, from someone who lives here.
By six in the morning the best herbs are already gone. Ba Chieu is not on any tour itinerary I know of. That is not an accident.
Ben Thanh is the first place everyone goes in Saigon. After ten years of guiding, I still don't take anyone there.
One street over from District 1 and the city slows down. Here's what District 3 looks like at six thirty in the morning.
Three days is enough to understand how this city eats. Not all of it. But enough to stop ordering from photo menus.
I eat street food every day. Not because it's my job. Because it's the best food in the city.
Every vegan who comes on my tour says the same thing afterwards. They didn't expect it to be this good.
Skip the tourist traps. I'll show you where Saigon locals actually eat.
