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 type of quaff that is known to give people heart palpitations a few sips in. It’s those robusta beans. They
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 little helpers, we have been busy designing, printing and sewing up some new creations for the men in our lives. Vintage
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 of my favourites, the aging yet still stylish Catinat Building, located on the corner of Saigon’s most well-known street, Dong
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 the makings of a good mystery novel – we have the main character (the artist), the setting (a wall on
