Restaurant Review: Việt Kitchen

The recently-opened Viêt Kitchen elevates Vietnamese cuisine to the nth level In a city obsessed with buffets, the recently opened Việt Kitchen has decidedly raised the standard. The sleek restaurant is housed on the ground floor of the Renaissance Riverside Hotel Saigon (8-15 Ton Duc Thang, D1), and is a testament to good design, fresh … Read more

BoatHouse Restaurant

Through all the fads, eggs and pancakes remain the definitive American breakfast dish As with everything in this fast-paced world, the average American breakfast has evolved over time. One hundred and ten years ago, that kale-and-almond-butter smoothie you’re clutching in your Soul Cycle-sweaty claw would be replaced with a filigreed silver table fork, perhaps spearing a … Read more

Restaurant Review: La Fiesta

What is it that pushes a breakfast burrito beyond hangover helper and into the realm of mid-morning revelation? Find out There are some rewards for being a late-riser, and one of them is breakfast at La Fiesta (33 Dang Thi Nhu, D1). The much-loved restaurant dishes up Tex-Mex comfort food starting at 11am with a … Read more

Restaurant Review: Zen Rooftop Bar

There are few better ways to enjoy Saigon than from above, cocktail in hand, with live music in the back It is rare that all the best parts of an evening out come together in just one place, but they do at Zen Rooftop Bar (Level 10, 3-5 Suong Nguyet Anh, D1, Fusion Suites Sai … Read more

Restaurant Review: Miyama Café

Flavors of traditional and modern Japan converge at newly opened Miyama Café Our visit was welcomed by a soft “irasshaimase” as we approached Miyama Café inside the Takashimaya Saigon Center mall (L3-01, 65 Le Loi, D1). We settled in soft fabric seats, at a table of pale cedar wood, soothed by the minimalist Nordic-style interior. … Read more