After breakfast, we took a stroll to the Ton That Dam Street Market. Rather quiet as it was a Monday morning -
Live seafood for sale
Stall selling all sorts of liquor
Something we don't get in M'sia!
Locals having breakfast at a roadside stall
Mother hen and her chicks
Elyssa was scared at first! Realised she had never seen a real chicken before
Elyssa was scared at first! Realised she had never seen a real chicken before
It was a pretty hot day so we stopped by at a supermarket to get some sunblock. Found a nice bookstore for Elyssa to enjoy some reading. (she was wearing her New Dress No 2. I just love all her new dresses!)
Less than 2 hours after our breakfast, we stopped to eat again! Finally spotted Pho 2000 which is supposed to be a chain comparable to Pho 24 (and where they proudly displayed that Bill Clinton ate there before). I wanted to try Pho 2000 to compare with Pho 24.
Comparison : Clearer soup base, bigger chunks of meat with softer "slurpable" noodles.
Verdict : Taste wise, Pho 2000 was better BUT I discovered I got really, really thirsty after that. Must be more MSG. So, Pho 24 is still the winner for me!
Beef noodles and fried spring roll at Pho 2000
After our meal, we took a cab to Cholon, the Chinatown of HCM to visit a cluster of pagodas there. We were slightly disappointed that their "pagodas" were actually more like typical chinese temples!
Snapped some photos anyway, since we were already there. Elyssa hated it cos it was dark and smoky ;)
The last "pagoda" that we went to - Giac Lam Pagoda was more like a pagoda we expected. This was had a really huge compound with lots of statues, a tall stupa, a big prayer hall and chanting monks.
Before leaving Cholon, we had iced coffee at Trung Nguyen a popular local coffee chain. It was really nice and aromatic! Forgot to take photo though.After taking a cab back to the city, we decided to have an early dinner (since we booked tickets to watch the Water Puppet show at 8pm) at Lemongrass. It was our second visit and again, the food was fabulous.
Lemongrass Fried Rice and Crabmeat Fried Glass noodles in claypot
Spicy and sour Fish Soup
This was absolutely delicious!
Cosy ambiance at Lemongrass
(our dinner bill was approx RM40 )
After our yummy dinner, we walked back to the hotel. Hubby went for a swim while Elyssa and I enjoyed snacks by the poolside.
Elyssa enjoying her pink guava
Happy girl posing for mummy
View of the Saigon river from the poolside
Daddy in action
Looking down at the Saigon river
Around 7+pm, we went for the Water Puppet show. We booked the tickets from the hotel the night before which turned out to be a good idea cos we got really good seats on the 5th row of the hall. (too near the stage is no good either cos I think the people on the 1st row get a little wet)
The show itself was in Vietnamese though! Got a little boring in the middle but overall it was interesting and I still rate it as a "must-see" for first timers.
Photos from the Water Puppet show
3 musicians on each side of the stage
Just outside the hall
We finished off Day 3 with pizza, sandwich and milkshake at the comfortable Ciao Cafe -
- End of Day 3 -
4 comments:
I realized u guys like pizza don't you?
Ha ha.... actually, we like to eat LOTS of things :)
Those are called pink guava meh? 'Jambu air' = 'water guava' :)
I've seen some packaging of pink guava juice where it shows a guava (jambu batu) but pink in colour, but then again I've not seen a real pink guava
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