Dinner at Royal Saigon ...

... this restaurant was highly recommended by one of the other tourists on our XO Tour, a man from China who had visited Vietnam multiple times. It was fairly disappointing - while this vermicelli bowl featured some tender Australian beef, and the fried garlic chips were a nice addition, it wasn't that different from a version we could find back home. The noodles were a bit thicker than the vermicelli we normally get, which was a nice twist.

Art of Broth

October 11th 2016
Geo: 10.7592, 106.662Ramen is the gold standard of Asian soup noodles for us, but we've always held a soft spot in our hearts for the venerable Vietnamese bowl of pho. These two versions of soup noodles can't be any more different - pho noodles are typically rice-based and not wheat-based, and ramen toppings are seemingly more varied and complex. Ramen doesn't make use of the fresh ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more

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