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🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh City
6 places across No Reservations
Every Place Bourdain Visited in Ho Chi Minh City
6 placesBanh Xeo 46A
Đinh Công Tráng
Tony has Vietnamese coffee and crepes, which are made with rice flour and coconut milk (banh xao), served with shrimp, pork, saffron, and bean sprouts.
Quán Ốc Chi Mập
Đường Nguyễn Thượng Hiền
Butter snails with chiles, freshwater crabs
The Lunch Lady (Nguyen Thi Thanh)
Hẻm D Chung Cư Nguyễn Ðình Chiểu
Fresh ingredients from the market, world famous for her soups
Ben Thanh Market
Le Loi Street
Breakfast in the market: Hoi An noodles, slices of pork with pork skin, pickled garlic
Cơm Niêu Sài Gòn
Tú Xương
Tony's friend Mom Gow had passed away by the time he visited. "Even the colors seem more muted now. The atmosphere different."
Buddhist temple
Tony paid respects to Mom Gow by visiting her ashes in this Buddhist temple
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