Elixir of the Vietnamese Gods – cà phê sữa đá
Vietnamese drip coffee - if you have tried it, you know this is not a brew for the faint-hearted. Cà phê sữa đá (the totally addictive one with condensed milk on ice) and ca phe den (black coffee) is the
Gifts for Him (& the Women Rejoiced!)
Gifts for men – who doesn’t find it a challenge? Two upcoming holiday bazaars in Ho Chi Minh City inspired us to make things a little easier this festive season for the women folk out there. And so like Santa’s
Escaping the Chaos – the Catinat Building
One of the ways that I take time out from the often chaotic hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City it to spend time exploring some of its older buildings. A little while back, I was wandering through one
The Mosaic Wall that Suddenly Disappeared
I am trying to unravel the story behind a beautiful hand-painted mosaic wall in Ho Chi Minh City. It seemed as though one moment it was there and then, with a blink of the eye, it was gone. It has
Featured Product: Travel/Make-Up Pouches
Multi-purpose, fully lined and machine-washable, these lovely pouches are your perfect traveling accessory. Available in two sizes, small and large, our travel pouches feature a range of prints across our current three Collections - Indochine B&W, Indochine Colour and Propaganda.
Places We Love: The Old Compass Café, Saigon
Venture down any of the small hems/alleys in Vietnam’s major cities and you never know what you will find. One of my favourite local cafes is hidden down one such laneway, just off Pasteur Street in the heart of downtown
Featured postcard: Rue Catinat, Saigon
The postcard that launched a lovely little business: Cochinchine: Saigon, Rue Catinat pres du theatre. An evocative image taken by French photographer, Poujade de Ladaveze, at the turn of the 20th century. I sourced this image back in 2009 from a
Shout out to a Very Ngon retailer: Collective Memory
We love our small, independently owned and operated retailers. They are the unsung heroes of the retail world, not only for us at Very Ngon Homewares, but for so many of the world’s makers, shakers and creators who make a
A bird cage & shadows in Hoi An
I love this image which I snapped a few years ago while visiting the ancient township of Hoi An in central Vietnam. The simple beauty of the cage, the unintended beauty of the crumbling painted wall, the soft shadows cast
Too beautiful to use? Frame it
If like many of our customers you think our printed tea towels are just too beautiful to use (thank you – we’ll take that compliment), consider doing what others before you have done – frame it! I have seen our
