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When I was in Saigon, one day I met up with Kyle LeDotNet (http://youtube.com/kyleledotnet), a local vlogger and blogger, for a day of cruising around and eating. We started at one of the most famous restaurants in the city, Bánh Xèo 46A to eat the Vietnamese crepe known as banh xeo. The southern Vietnamese version, as I’m told, is large than other versions around the country, and we ordered their specialities – a huge savory crepe, packed full of pork belly and shrimp and bean sprouts, then folded over and served with a pile of fresh leafy vegetables and Vietnamese sweet fish sauce to dip. It was my first tiem to eat Vietnamese banh xeo, and it was pretty tasty.
After the banh xeo, continuing on our Saigon food tour adventures, we then caught a taxi to Bánh Cuốn Hải Nam, a restaurant in the city known for serving Vietnamese banh cuon – like thin rice pancakes filled with a savory filling and rolled, and again, served with the signature sweet Vietnamese fish sauce. I’m a huge lover of banh cuon, and I loved them even before going to Saigon this trip, so I really enjoyed these. The outer wrapping was soft and silly, and the filling was meaty and salty, and you can’t forget about that sweet salty fish sauce, to which I added some chili as well – it was delicious.
After two quick meals we headed to a Saigon restaurant called Bình Xuyên 2, sort of an entretainment restaurant in the city – like a full amusement restaurant. People come to this type of restaurant to relax, to spend time with the family, and to feast, and that was the reason we came. The first dish we ordered was a deep fried giant gourami fish (cá tai tượng chiên xù), covered in its own scales and topped with peanuts and shallots. The fish was served along with Vietnamese rice paper, rice vermicelli noodles, and lots of herbs and fresh vegetables, and finally a fermented fish dipping sauce. The combination was incredibly good – it was easily my favorite dish of this Saigon food tour. Next we also ordered a flaming hot pan of pig intestines (dồi trường), seasoned with lime juice and tossed with herbs and vegetables. Again it was delicious and served on a huge flaming hot platter. Our final dish of the meal at Bình Xuyên 2 restaurant was cơm cháy, kind of a burnt rice. It was good and smokey and crispy all at the same time.
After our delicious early dinner, we continued on to walk around an area of Saigon known as Phu My Hung, and then proceeded on to Notre Dame cathedral in the heart of the city to experience the snacking culture around there. I had eaten it already a couple of times, but while at Notre Dame, I had a snack called banh trang trung, a piece of Vietnamese rice paper, topped with meat and a quail egg, then roasted over fire.
Our final stop was at Kem Nhãn Chú Tám, a legendary Saigon ice cream street where the two shops, right next to each other, fight for business – it was an intense and quite an enjoyable ice cream food adventures.
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HO CHI MINH CITY. NOT saigon.
I visited Saigon two years ago and stayed at pullman center. I was fall in love with this city deeply. Now I'm missing the delicious food that I had had then. I hope I had a second chance to visit it again soon.
Mark wiens doesnt aging lol
Mark Wiens , hope you come to Yulin town . Yulin town has famous dog meat . Sure you will have a very good time .
Oi them mon viet man qua chuc an ngon
Thank you very much for the video Mark.
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Please do not talk with mouth full, it’s very rude
I could live with the prices
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Wo that's looms great lol
Let's go I'm so hungry lol???
Every thing you eat, you pull that stupid face.
hello mark just wondering how much would it cost (you paid) to the blogger? ty
Great video, food in Saigon is tasty, right? Thanks for make video about my city. Hope you come here again and enjoy amazing things
Love the look you have on your face when you eat something delicious. Makes me laugh everytime!
Enjoying your Thai and Vietnameses food tours. I am from Vietnam but have not been back there in years.
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Love watching your videos Mark. Keep up the good work man.
nice video. hope to catch up for some food next time I am at HCMC
Former Saigon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_CHReWRF1o
At first you were a hobbyist and now you are a business man of advertisement .The difference between this and that, You were natural in your taste and
today you cheats that the food is delicious
Thanks, you have an expressive face. How do you keep thin with the amount of food you eat?
Banh Xeo Ok, dont eat Banh Dap!…
Oh my gosh!! When he shoved the rest of the roll in his mouth, and made that face that took the cake!!
His reaction to eating every time is so gay !! Dont lean your head to the side so much like a woman !!
Was in Saigon long time ago food is the best