Eat Saigon

Author : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Publisher : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-21
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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My Saigon: The Local Guide to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam by Elly Thuy Nguyen Pdf

Experience real Saigon: My Saigon 2024 Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) offers bustling streets, amazing walks, too-hip-for-you cafes, rocking music clubs, luxurious salons, explosively delicious restaurants, and indoor cat zoos. Saigon is Vietnam. It’s young, practical, crowded, and a little bit brash. Most visitors to Saigon see the same boring “attractions”: boring restaurants, tourist-trap markets, and War propaganda. Saigon has so much more to experience than tourists see. My Saigon gives you the insider track: the most amazing experiences, the cultural backstories, the practical go-to tips, the best coffee, the best food (far beyond pho and banh mi), the best hangouts, the coolest stuff, and hipsters, hipsters everywhere. Details about 90-day and multi-entry electronic visas to Vietnam (new as of August, 2023). Big-picture navigation. History your tour guides aren't allowed to mention. Good hotels for cheap, without hostels, bedbugs, and weird smells. Get mobile data up and running without being scammed. The best pho in Saigon: no, it's not the one in the backpacker district. Awesome, authentic, cheap restaurants where my friends and I eat -- and Tripadvisor has no clue about. Coffee. Did someone say coffee? 1930s coffee, street coffee, "specialty" coffee, all kinds of coffee: I'll tell you where. Hang out with Vietnamese people, munch on dried squid, listen to Viet Pop (if you dare). Make cool friends, date guys or girls, whatever flag you might fly. Bust out with Saigonese slang to make your new friends laugh. Watch out for Saigon's mafia: they run the streets, and they don't announce themselves. Don't unintentionally offend people by wearing a popular tourist souvenir t-shirt. You definitely shouldn't give money to beggars and street kids. Avoiding taxi scams in Saigon is so easy, but most tourists refuse to learn. My Saigon is a guide, a love confessional, an instruction manual, and an ode to the city.

Author : Elly Thuy Nguyen
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1500577839

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Eat Saigon by Elly Thuy Nguyen Pdf

Snails fresh off the grill, bowls of fresh dumplings, late-night goat curry, rotten fish soup, and ice cream, ice cream everywhere! Did you think Vietnamese food is just pho? There's some amazing pho here in Saigon, but that's not even the beginning of good eating here! Stay away from the bland, overpriced tourist traps, and follow the trail of in-the-know, food-obsessed Saigonese people for the best Vietnamese meals ever. Come to Saigon and chow down big. This is the newly updated, 2015 edition of Eat Saigon, the insider's guide to eating like a real Saigonese local. This book guides you through twenty Saigonese food categories, and tell you where in-the-know Saigonese people find those foods. Want some grilled pork chops? Or crab and snail soup? Or durian smoothies? Or even Vietnamese microbreweries that have never seen any tourists? It's all in here. You'll be welcomed at each of these places, and even if you don't speak a word of Vietnamese, I guarantee you'll be able to make sense of things. No matter what anyone told you, $10 USD is not a reasonable price for a meal in Saigon! You're being ripped off! And your $10 meal probably has smaller portions and lower quality than my $2 meal. And no matter what any foreign travel writer told you, Ngon is not a good Vietnamese restaurant, and Pho 24 is not a good place for pho! Let me show you some much, much better alternatives. The restaurants I recommend in this book are primarily near the center of the city, easy for you to access, and serve meals costing around 50,000 dong ($2.34 USD). They're the favorites of native Saigonese people like me. You can easily reach them by walking or taking a Vinasun taxi. You'll get by without speaking any Vietnamese -- not just because the language of "hungry" is universal, but also because restaurant staff do speak some basic English, and this book includes Vietnamese phrases you might use in restaurants. The restaurants I recommend have lots of local business already, and don't need to court tourists or guidebook writers. So they don't appear in other guidebooks. In fact, almost all of the restaurants appearing on Tripadvisor or in Lonely Planet are exclusively tourist restaurants, and not only do Vietnamese people not go to them, but Vietnamese people have never even heard of them, unless they work there. So who (or whom) are you going to trust? Millions of Saigonese locals, or some foreign travel writer who just dropped out of the sky? Yes, I thought that would be your answer. Get ready for steaming hot chicken pho. And a dim sum emporium, with Cantonese opera performances every morning, and zero tourists. Oh, oh, and there's always Cambodian pork noodles... ahhhhh! Get over here already. Eat Saigon!

Author : Au Nguyen
Publisher : Au Nguyen
Page : 477 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Travel
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Saigon City Guide by Au Nguyen Pdf

An ultimate guidebook to traveling in Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) with up-to-date reviews of the best places to stay, eat, sights, cultural information, maps, transport tips and some of the city's best kept secrets - all the essentials to get to the heart of Saigon. This travel guide is a result of the rich experience and in-depth research by a Vietnamese American author who had lived in Saigon for 24 years before he moved to the United States. So you will walk away informed and amazed by practical and honest advice. Some of the exclusive features include: + Full-color, easy-to-read maps of the whole districts instead of small areas, making it easier to navigate + Insightful reviews of the city's best local eateries that have never been covered + Highlights of where to eat, drink, stay, and have fun, so that you can tailor your trip to your own personal needs and interests + Comprehensive introduction of the Vietnamese cuisine, featuring 60 popular dishes and popular local eateries specializing in those dishes. + Visual contents of all attractions, restaurants, bars, and hotels for lively illustration + Coverage of Phu My Hung, Saigon’s upscale residential area, offering you a pleasant escape from the frantic pace of downtown + Quarterly updates if necessary, giving you the latest experience Saigon has to offer

Author : Michael Murphy
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-02
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581575811

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Eat Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Unique Food Culture of the Crescent City (Up-Dat-ed Edition) by Michael Murphy Pdf

Completely revised and updated with brand-new restaurants, Eat Dat New Orleans is the ultimate guide to America's best food city When Mario Batali was asked his favorite food city, he responded, “New Orleans, hands down.” No city has as many signature dishes, from gumbo and beignets to pralines and po' boys, from muffuletta and Oysters Rockefeller to king cake and red beans and rice (every Monday night), all of which draw nearly 9 million hungry tourists to the city each year. In this fully revised and updated new edition, Eat Dat New Orleans celebrates both New Orleans’s food and its people. It highlights nearly 250 eating spots—sno-cone stands and food carts as well as famous restaurants—and spins tales of the city’s food lore, such as the controversial history of gumbo and the Shakespearean drama of restaurateur Owen Brennan and his heirs. Both first-time visitors and seasoned travelers will be helped by a series of appendices that list restaurants by cuisine, culinary classes and tours, food festivals, and indispensable “best of” lists chosen by an A-list of the city’s food writers and media personalities, including Poppy Tooker, Lolis Eric Elie, Ian McNulty, Sara Roahen, Marcelle Bienvenu, Amy C. Sins, and Liz Williams.

Author : Ron Steinman
Publisher : KCM Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781939961037

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A Saigon Journal: Inside Television's First War by Ron Steinman Pdf

A Saigon Journal, Inside Television’s First War, recounts Ron Steinman’s tenure as bureau chief for NBC News in Saigon. It is an intimate and deeply personal recounting of many of the Vietnam War’s most difficult and harrowing days. These include the huge American buildup of troops, the famous hill battles in the Central Highlands, heavy fighting along the DMZ, the siege of Khe Sanh, riots against the government in the streets, Buddhist monks burning themselves to death in protest of the government and the Tet Offensive, the centerpiece of the book, when Hanoi attempted to take over South Vietnam but failed. The book also recounts the personal story of Steinman’s romance with Josephine Tu Ngoc Suong, his future wife, and her near fatal accidental shooting. During this period television news learned to cover the war with correspondents and camera crews working alongside the troops, giving people at home an intimate view of what war was really like. Dubbed the living room war, people at home watched it unfold on TV over dinner and in their living rooms, something, until then that had not been possible.

Author : Michael Murphy
Publisher : The Countryman Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781581576603

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Eat Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Unique Food Culture of the Crescent City by Michael Murphy Pdf

An entertaining guidebook celebrating the food and people of New Orleans, highlighting nearly 250 eating spots, from sno-cone stands and food carts to famous restaurants. When Mario Batali was asked his favorite food city, he responded, “New Orleans, hands down.” No city has as many signature dishes, from gumbo and beignets to pralines and po boys, from muffuletta and Oysters Rockefeller to king cake and red beans and rice (every Monday night), all of which draw nearly 9 million hungry tourists to the city each year. Eat Dat New Orleans is a guidebook that celebrates both New Orleans’s food and its people. It highlights nearly 250 eating spots—sno-cone stands and food carts as well as famous restaurants—and spins tales of the city’s food lore, such as the controversial history of gumbo and the Shakespearean drama of restaurateur Owen Brennan and his heirs. Both first-time visitors and seasoned travelers will be helped by a series of appendixes that list restaurants by cuisine, culinary classes and tours, food festivals, and indispensable “best of” lists chosen by an A-list of the city’s food writers and media personalities, including Poppy Tooker, Lolis Eric Elie, Ian McNulty, Sara Roahen, Marcelle Bienvenu, Amy C. Sins, and Liz Williams.

Author : Scott Rutherford
Publisher : Langenscheidt Publishing Group
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2002-12
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9812349847

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Vietnam by Scott Rutherford Pdf

Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective.Inside every Insight Guide you'll find:.Evocative, full-colour photography on every page.Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout.A brief introduction including a historical timeline.Lively essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people.Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing .Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest.A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children

Author : Andrew Lam
Publisher : Heyday.ORIM
Page : 159 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781597144964

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East Eats West by Andrew Lam Pdf

“Includes some of Lam’s most memorable writings, about cuisine, self-esteem, sex and kung fu, all seen from a two-hemisphere perspective.” —SFGate East Eats West shines new light on the bridges and crossroads where two global regions meld into one worldwide “immigrant nation.” In this new nation, with its amalgamation of divergent ideas, tastes, and styles, today’s bold fusion becomes tomorrow’s classic. But while the space between East and West continues to shrink in this age of globalization, some cultural gaps remain. In this collection of twenty-one personal essays, Andrew Lam, the award-winning author of Perfume Dreams, continues to explore the Vietnamese diaspora, this time concentrating not only on how the East and West have changed but how they are changing each other. Lively and engaging, East Eats West searches for meaning in nebulous territory charted by very few. Part memoir, part meditation, and part cultural anthropology, East Eats West is about thriving in the West with one foot still in the East. “In these lovely, wise, probing essays, Andrew Lam not only illuminates the crucial twenty-first-century issues of immigration and cultural identity but the greater, enduring issues of what it means to be human . . . a compelling book.” —Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize–winning author “Andrew Lam is an expert time-traveler, collapsing childhood and adulthood; years of war and peace; and the evolution of language in his own life, time, and mind. To read Andrew’s work is a joy and a profound journey.” —Farai Chideya, author of The Episodic Career “One of the best American essayists of his generation.” —Wayne Karlin, author of A Wolf by the Ears

Author : Chi P. Pham
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-06-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780429582127

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Literature and Nation-Building in Vietnam by Chi P. Pham Pdf

This book analyzes why Indians have been made invisible in Vietnamese society and historiography. It argues that their invisibilization originates in the formulaic metaphor Vietnamese nation-makers have used to portray Indians in their quest for national sovereignty and socialism. The book presents a complex view on colonial legacies in Vietnam which suggests that Vietnamese nation-makers associate Indians with colonialism and capitalism, ultimately viewed as "non-socialist" and "non-hegemonic" state structures. Furthermore, the book demonstrates how Vietnamese nation-makers achieve the overriding socialist and independent goal of historically differing Indians from Vietnamese nationalisms whilst simultaneously making them invisible. In addition to primary Vietnamese texts which demonstrate the performativity of language and the Vietnamese traditional belief in writing as a sharp weapon for national and class struggles, the author utilizes interviews with Indians and Vietnamese authorities in charge of managing the Indian population. Bringing to the surface the ways through which Vietnamese intellectuals have invisibilized the Indians for the sake of the visibility of national hegemony and prosperity, this book will be of interest to scholars of Southeast Asian Studies and South Asian Studies, Vietnam Studies, including nation-building, literature, and language.

Author : Andrew X. Pham
Publisher : Crown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307409348

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The Eaves of Heaven by Andrew X. Pham Pdf

From Andrew X. Pham, the award-winning author of Catfish and Mandala, a son’s searing memoir of his Vietnamese father’s experiences over the course of three wars. The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed Andrew Pham’s debut, Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam, for evoking “the full sadness of the human condition . . . marveling at spiritual resilience amid irreconcilable facts.” The New York Times Book Review called it, simply, “remarkable.” Now, in The Eaves of Heaven, Pham gives voice to his father’s unique experience in an unforgettable story of war and remembrance. Once wealthy landowners, Thong Van Pham’s family was shattered by the tumultuous events of the twentieth century: the festering French occupation of Indochina, the Japanese invasion during World War II, and the Vietnam War. Told in dazzling chapters that alternate between events in the past and those closer to the present, The Eaves of Heaven brilliantly re-creates the trials of everyday life in Vietnam as endured by one man, from the fall of Hanoi and the collapse of French colonialism to the frenzied evacuation of Saigon. Pham offers a rare portal into a lost world as he chronicles Thong Van Pham’s heartbreaks, triumphs, and bizarre reversals of fortune, whether as a South Vietnamese soldier pinned down by enemy fire, a prisoner of the North Vietnamese under brutal interrogation, or a refugee desperately trying to escape Vietnam after the last American helicopter has abandoned Saigon. This is the story of a man caught in the maelstrom of twentieth-century politics, a gripping memoir told with the urgency of a wartime dispatch by a writer of surpassing talent.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1268 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Philippines
ISBN : NYPL:33433034026199

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Elihu Root Collection of United States Documents Relating to the Philippine Islands by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Philippines
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1260 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Philippines
ISBN : UOM:39015016698493

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Revenue for the Philippine Islands by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Philippines Pdf

Author : George V. Higgins
Publisher : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307947338

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Kennedy for the Defense by George V. Higgins Pdf

A masterwork of crime and black comedy, George V. Higgins is in his element as he spell-bindingly recounts lawyer Jerry Kennedy’s more fragrant cases. Keen to take some time off, Jerry Kennedy plans a short holiday en famille at Green Harbor, his eclectic clients don’t get the memo however. His drive-by clientele, the car thieves, pimps, drug dealers and boatyard mechanics are diverse in all respects but one, persistence. Matters come to a head when a midnight intruder breaks into Kennedy’s home, knife drawn and determination blaring in his eyes. In deciphering the imposter’s intentions, Jerry’s qualities of honesty, responsibility and downright hard work are seriously put to the test. Brimming with a bevy of bimbos, bent cops and bad actors, Kennedy for the Defense shows us the Boston crooks-and-cops world through an attorney’s eyes.

Author : Robert Brown
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385494893

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The Countries of the World. Being a Popular Description of the Various Continents, Islands, Rivers, Seas, and Peoples of the Globe by Robert Brown Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Author : Robert Brown
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555004370

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The countries of the world by Robert Brown Pdf