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Eat & Drink like the locals: Best Won Ton Soup Anywhere!
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  • 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
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    Pho Binh: Soup and the VC
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  • Ho Chi Minh City - Ngo Toai and Pho Binh
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  • 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
    Comparison: least expensive
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    Phone: 8443775
    Address: 7 Ly Chinh Thang, District 3
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    191 Co Bac: Eat with the locals
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  • 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
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    Comments for Blatherwick about Ho Chi Minh City
    shrimp56 Mon Jan 2, 2006 03:56 UTC
     Yup -- still Saigon all right -- I'll be back later for a closer look :)
    crazy_vietgirl2 Thu Mar 17, 2005 18:36 UTC
     Oh my beautiful country....Vietnam. Hopefully I will be as lucky as you and get to visit. I'm planning a trip for next year. Thanks for visiting my Vancouver page.Oh yeah, Happy Saint Patty's Day. Cheers-Van
    tyusen Sun Jan 9, 2005 10:10 UTC
     Nice page with good tips and pics. Thanks.
    Nemorino Sun Oct 10, 2004 19:47 UTC
     I see now that I missed some important things in Saigon last time -- for instance the post office! Good tips and photos!

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