saigon today: Old and new on the street

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Old and new on the street

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: Is his photo near the Caravelle Hotel?; 18 November 2009 at 12:22 pm
vietnam720 said...: It's beside the Sheraton Hotel.

Good one Simon! If only there's a PS bike to contrast with the bicycle and also a street-side ca phe sua da to contrast the Gloria Jeans :-) But I like the old alley street vs the 5-star hotel :-); 18 November 2009 at 12:57 pm
Anthony Trinh said...: Great picture and totally represents how Saigon can be described.

On one side of the street you can have Gucci or Louis Vuitton, and then on the other side you can have your street vendors wearing the traditional hats selling food off their bicycles... Nice.; 18 November 2009 at 1:07 pm
Anonymous said...: It was extremely interesting for me to read this article. Thank you for it. I like such topics and everything that is connected to them. I would like to read more on that blog soon.; 19 November 2009 at 4:59 am
Anonymous said...: There was a jewel sitting in the middle of the right block on this narrow street pre-1975. It was a French bakery run by the same people operating Brodard café around the corner. They made the most tasty cakes and pastries in Sai Gon back them. But what I remember most was their jelly donuts, the best I've ever had. The donuts were huge, the size of dessert plate, but soft and airy, with luscious strawberry jelly in the middle. I've eaten a lot of donuts here in America, but none of them holds a candle to the stuff this bakery made. Too bad it's gone.; 22 November 2009 at 9:43 am
simon kutcher said...: Thanks for the great story Anon.; 22 November 2009 at 11:04 am

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