Posts Tagged ‘street food’

5 Best Local Restaurants In Saigon

30 April 2010 by

pho_vuongSouth East Asia has some of the best food the world – fresh, varied and available at every glance. Indeed, many of our customers cite the quality and range of the cuisine in both Thailand and Vietnam as one of their key reasons for visiting.

As a casual visitor it can sometimes be difficult to know where to start looking for the best food – sometimes you need a helping hand. I find this particularly true of Saigon – a sprawling metropolis with seemingly endless dining options and communication challenges with taxi drivers. Add to this the fact that most quality local restaurants outside the hotel and backpacker districts don’t have menus in English and you’ll see why many like a few tips for places to check out. (more…)

Best restaurants in asia

24 November 2009 by

We constantly get asked to reccommend our favourite restaurants to clients and this worries us as it seems to change so quickly. What suits Peter, seems to annoy Paul, in much more pronounced a way than hotels or more general hotel experiences. I am often tempted to let people chose for themselves by reading the numerous blogs and reviews out there. However, we can always make the table booking for you too…. As usual speak to us directly here.

For Vietnam in particular there are some brilliant blogs on the subject – the writer of Noodlepie has long since left but the info is still there and it is fantastic. I really like a Girl In Asia too. There are many more. (more…)

What to eat in Singapore in 24 hours?

18 June 2009 by

In my opinion Singapore is one of the finest place to eat in the world – in terms of good food per square footage I would say it is totally unbeatable.

Singapore food

Singapore food


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Historic Hue

4 June 2009 by

Our visit to Hue was short and was more a passing through in order to see some of its impressive sights, rather than a chance’to soak up the atmosphere of the ancient city.’ This was a shame. ‘It is a pretty city set on the Perfume river and’the tombs and citadel of the Nguyen dynasty comprise a UNESCO World Heritage site.

historic Hue

historic Hue

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