La’ Maison Cafe and Gallery – small arts house

If you are an art enthusiast, need a pretty and cozy space to freely explore the arts, take photos and play piano, La’ Maison Cafe and Gallery should be your rendezvous. Located at 163 Nguyen Dinh Chinh in Phu Nhuan District, it is a striking white house that you can’t miss. Inside it has white [...]
Skewers Restaurant

This restaurant has consistently attracted positive reviews for its food and the night we visited we had to agree that the simple, unpretentious food, is the defining quality of what they serve, reflecting the mixes, smells and flavors of the Mediterranean. The menu introduces dishes with the pungent, earthy flavors of garlic, onion, eggplant and [...]
Hoang Cafe – a wild cottage in town
Coffee shop promotes Vietnam to Japanese

A Vietnamese coffee shop was inaugurated in Toranomon district, Tokyo on November 5 to popularise Vietnam and its images. The shop is jointly operated by the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, the Japan Tourist Bureau (JTB) and Travel Cafe company. Addressing the inauguration, JTB President Toru Ikuta said the shop will serve as a comfortable [...]
Confessions of a Gastronomic Man

Dubbed by the New York Times as the Indiana Jones of Gastronomy, Richard Sterling has spent a lot of time scouting the world as a travel, food and lifestyle journalist. He first came to Vietnam in 1991 on an assignment for an American food magazine and promptly fell in love with the local cuisine. He has written [...]
Savory beef delights at Le Steak de Saigon
Halloween celebrations in town

Halloween, a Western festival, is coming in nearly two weeks. People taking part in special events held for the festival by many hotels, resorts and restaurants of Saigontourist Holding Company in HCMC will experience strange feelings and enjoy more of the chance. Majestic Hotel Saigon (1 Dong Khoi St., Dist. 1, HCMC. Tel: 08.38295517) M-Bar, situated [...]
Dalat harbours illicit coffee shop sex trade
West Lake cafe proves vintage audiophile’s dream

Nhac Xua (or Old music) Café at No. 46 Yen Hoa Street, Hanoi is an ideal place for those who love the sound from old music machines. Nguyen Duy Binh is turning on a reel-to-reel tape recorder playing old songs Located beside West Lake, the café looks more like a shop selling second-hand electrical products. The 15-square-metre front [...]




