Saigon River dining cruise: the Lady awaits

Indulge your appetite while soaking up views of the city along the Saigon River… The word “cruise” can conjure up images of wild boat parties on “booze cruises” with deafening karaoke, horrific dance floor moves and belligerent behaviour. Lucky for us, our evening Saigon River dining cruise was just the opposite aboard Lady Hau – … Read more

The Year in Travel

Lessons learned from travel stories in 2014 Travel never gets tiring. Or does it? Putting yourself literally “out there,” out of your comfort zone, and into the planes, trains, tuktuks and cyclos of the world is bound to lead to trouble. Here are some of my favorite travel stories from 2014 along with the lessons … Read more

Tet Buffet at Hotel Equatorial

Tet is family time. And what better way to celebrate than gather the family at the Hotel Equatorial’s Tet Buffet. It’s time once again for the hugely anticipated festive parties at Chit Chat (Hotel Equatorial, 242 Tran Binh Trong, D5; info@hcm.equatorial.com ). Chit Chat is offering buffet parties between January 10 and February 20, priced … Read more

Seeing a Man about a Dog

 Meet Wayne Capriotti, publisher of Vietnam’s first (and possibly only) online bilingual pet magazine  The inspiration for Me Thu Cung (petmagazine.vn) began several years ago when Wayne and his wife decided to add a dog to their family. They visited a handful of pet shops (very few existed in 2010) and were shocked by the … Read more

Mom, What’s for Dinner?

Sharing plates and family-style dining in a rustic garden setting In this age of complete disclosure, where just about everything imaginable is revealed through Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blogs, and good old reliable print, it’s nothing short of a miracle that a restaurant as charming as Secret Garden (Rooftop, 158 Pasteur, D1; serves lunch and dinner) … Read more