Ho Chi Minh City Restaurant Tips by Blatherwick

I'm going to hate myself for this. This little gem has the best won ton soup anywhere. I can eat 3 bowls per night easily at this place. The price is only 8,000 dong for a won ton soup with egg noodles and vegetables. The family that runs the place makes the noodles during the day and opens up for 5 pm


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Theme: Soup
Comparison: least expensive
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Address: 176 Co Giang

Restaurant Name: Pho Binh

This is more than your regular run of the mill Vietnamese soup shop. This was the secret headquarters of the VC in Saigon and the place where the attack on the US embassy was planned for Tet in 1968. American soldiers used to eat here while the staff that helped them were all VC.

Ngo Toai is the owner of the shop and is one of the four people who planned the attack. He is 92 now so you have to catch him when he is not sleeping. When you meet him, he greets you warmly and will show you the upstairs room in which the VC planned and where he keeps his medals and other military mementos.

Oh yeah, the food is good too. The only thing on the menu is soup. They also operate as a small hotel and have a few rooms available.


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Theme: Soup
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Phone: 8443775
Address: 7 Ly Chinh Thang, District 3

Restaurant Name: 191 Co Bac

Lots of locals eat at this place. There is a menu in english if you don't know how to read Vietnamese. Some english is spoken here as well. Locals will sometimes ask you to have dinner with them so that they can practice their english. Just be careful if they start drinking beer as Vietnamese can drink more than you would think their bodies can hold.

Favorite Dish: Goat Breast in a wrap.

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Theme: Local
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Address: 191 Co Bac, P. Co Giang, Quan 1