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Follow in our Oppa’s foodsteps: Vietnam

跟随我们的吃货偶吧Oppa的脚步：越南

So we have covered a lot of grounds in Vietnam following the “foodsteps” of our Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi. Not only that, Liliane and I uncovered treasures of good places we visited while in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.  In the last week or so, we have shared some of the interesting places our Oppa has been to and one we uncovered ourselves.

But in actual fact, Vietnam beckons in many ways and Ho Chi Minh has much to offer to those who have not been there before. As a roundup, here are more places we covered in our pretty short 3 days in the city. Rather than more words, I will share in photos.

What do you think? Vietnam beckons, right? It has the attention of our Oppa, who said he likes the city…and why not? Go experience it yourself!

Till our next journey in following our Oppa’s “foodsteps”…we will go back to our usual, usual!

Sights and Sounds

越南招着手

跟随着吃货偶吧Oppa 施厚君的脚步，我们在越南的旅行涵盖了许多地方。 不仅如此，莉莉安Liliane和我还发现了一些宝藏在越南胡志明市。 在过去一周左右中，分享了我们的偶吧Oppa去过的一些有趣的地方以及我们发现的一个秘密餐厅。

但实际上，越南有好多方面可以玩的，胡志明这城市也是。 作为综述，这里分享在短短的3天内我们去的更多地方。 会以照片，而不是字母来分享。

大家怎么看？ 越南是否向大家招着手？ 它引起了我们的偶吧Oppa的注意，说了他喜欢这个城市…怎么不会呢？ 请大家亲自体验吧！

直到我们下一次跟随偶吧Oppa的脚步旅行…我们将回到平常，平常的生活中！

Foodies’ paradise

Read other posts in the series on “Follow Oppa’s Foodsteps in Vietnam”. 请阅读其他“跟随偶吧的脚步 – 越南”系列中的文章。

Hello Vietnam!

Go local beef and fish cake noodles

Fox trot not

On wheel tracks

Scrumptious steak!

Secret unveiled

Credits – Many thanks! Enishi, Mentor, ParkSihooSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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Follow in our Oppa’s foodsteps: Vietnam

跟随我们的吃货偶吧Oppa的脚步：越南

If I tell you that Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi unveiled this secret place, I will be lying through my teeth. I have no idea if he even knew this restaurant existed or if he had ever been there!

Secret Garden is a place Liliane and I discovered while we were in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, following the “footsteps” of Park Sihoo-ssi. A rooftop restaurant on the 4th floor of an old, dingy residential apartment, one would never think that a gem like this can be found in this place. A best kept secret or is it? We want to share so maybe when you or our Oppa goes to Ho Chi Minh, you might want to eat at this secret place.

It is just across the road from Saigon Grill, the restaurant with the wheel! Look for a side lane with old residential buildings across the road from Saigon Grill. Venture into the lane and you will chance on the restaurant sign overhead, above the drying clothes and among all the mangled electricity wires!

And when you find it, you have to make your way up the dark and dingy staircase to 4th floor, passing by a communal wash area and tap located on the ground floor used by the residents for washing their dirty dishes and laundry and whatever that needed to be washed!

As you climb the dingy stairs with graffiti covered walls and doors and peer at corridors leading to people’s homes, your thought might be, am I in the right place? How can there be a restaurant here?

It will be a real relief to finally make it to the top and even more reassuring to be greeted by the crowing welcome from the resident rooster! Yes, one does live in this Secret Garden, in his wired cage in the middle of this ornately decorated Vietnamese garden restaurant overlooking more rather dilapidated old apartments!

The menu offered a great selection of Vietnamese dishes. As I no connoisseur of Vietnamese cuisine, I believe a refresh of the  traditional style to tease more the modern palette.

We ordered three dishes which we thought will be just nice for two without being gluttonous. We started with drinks, of the non-alcoholic kind, with a touch of Vietnam! Different concoctions using fragrant limes, lemongrass, mint and lotus!

And we ordered dishes with local produce. Wingbeans and beef stir fry. Fried Vietnamese spring rolls. Sesame prawns with sweet basil and mint. All served with tangy, spicy chilli and lime sauce! Yummy all! Though the spring rolls could have been much better with rice paper wrappers than the flour ones!

Overall, this secret place lives up to its name… Secret Garden. A secret hideout that serves tempting Vietnamese cuisine cooked with fresh seasonal produce in an ornate garden setting and boasting a real live rooster to rule the roost!

So the secret’s unveiled! Try the Secret Garden the next time you hit this city. You won’t regret!

Foodie Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi, if you want to follow our “foodsteps” to try this place, here’s the address:

Secret Garden
Address: 158 Pasteur, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
Phone: +84 90 990 46 21

秘密揭晓

如果我告诉你，偶吧Oppa施厚君揭开了这个秘密的地方，我是在拉妳的后腿，骗妳的。 我不知道施厚君是否知道这个地方，或者曾经去过那里！

秘密花园是莉莉安Liliane和我跟随偶吧Oppa施厚君的脚步在越南胡志明市时，发现的好地方。 这餐厅位于一栋老的住宅房子的四楼屋顶，绝不会有多少人会知道这破烂的房子会找到这样的宝石。 一个被隐藏的秘密，还是不是？ 想分享这有趣，菜肴满棒的地方，也许妳们或我们的Oppa偶吧去胡志明市时，可以尝试这个秘密的地方。

餐厅就在越南烧烤Saigon Grill餐厅，那间有轮子布置的餐厅的马路对面！ 寻找在南烧烤Saigon Grill马路对面的旧住宅楼的侧巷。 走入这侧巷，可以看到餐厅的标志在头顶，在晒着的衣服上方和在复杂的电线之间！

爬上充满了涂鸦墙壁和门的楼梯，并看到走廊旁的住宅时，妳心里可能在想着，我是在对的地方吗？这里怎么会有餐馆呢？

当妳终于到了顶楼，会放松，尤其是听到常驻公鸡的欢迎叫声！是的，一只公鸡确实住在这装饰华丽的越南花园餐厅中间的有线笼子里，俯瞰着更破旧的老住宅！

菜单列出了丰富的越南菜肴，并非是越南菜的鉴赏家的我，相信这菜肴更新了传统，以便可以挑逗更多的现代口味。

我们点了三道菜，足够两人吃。我们点了非酒精类的饮料，带着淡淡的越南风味！调料有芳香青柠，柠檬草，薄荷和莲花的不同混合物！

我们点了当地特产的菜肴。皱豆和牛肉搅拌。煎越南春卷。芝麻虾配甜罗勒和薄荷。所有食物都配有浓郁的辣椒和酸辣酱！好吃！虽然米纸皮包春卷会比面粉皮更好吃！

总的来说，这个秘密的地方正如它的名字……秘密花园。 一个秘密的藏身处，在华丽的花园环境中供应诱人的越南美食，采用新鲜的时令食材烹制而成，并拥有只活公鸡来统治这栖息地！

所以这个秘密给大家揭晓了！下次去这城市的时候，可以去试试。你绝不会后悔的！

吃货的偶吧Oppa施厚君，如果想跟随我们的脚步去品尝这家餐厅，地址是：

Secret Garden
Address: 158 Pasteur, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
Phone: +84 90 990 46 21

Read other posts in the series on “Follow Oppa’s Foodsteps in Vietnam”. 请阅读其他“跟随偶吧的脚步 – 越南”系列中的文章。

Hello Vietnam!

Go local beef and fish cake noodles

Fox trot not

On wheel tracks

Scrumptious steak!

Vietnam beckons

Credits – Many thanks! Park Sihoo Instagram, ParkSihooSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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Follow in our Oppa’s foodsteps: Vietnam

跟随我们的吃货偶吧Oppa的脚步：越南

One thing I must say about our Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi. Our man sure has a nose for steak!

Our most scrumptious meal during our Vietnam trip following in the “foodsteps” of our favorite actor must be the steak meal! It was also the easiest to find as Oppa made sure to provide us with the name of the restaurant!

El Gaucho, an Argentinian steak joint! A top class restaurant serving premium quality beef in Ho Chi Minh City! And according to the very friendly service staff, it is frequented by many famous people. So be prepared to pay top dollars for the food and the excellent service! No compromise!

We went prepared, with the pages of Enishi 2019 Volume 2 magazine where Park Sihoo-ssi shared photos taken in El Gaucho. This way we could figure out where he sat and what he ate. Thanks to the service staff, we identified the exact spot where he sat, though we didn’t ask to be seated there. We were already lucky to get seats without reservations. Even if we did ask for our Oppa’s seat, we wouldn’t have gotten it as there was already a group reservation.

So what did our beef loving Oppa eat when he was there? Porterhouse steak! The minimum portion size they serve? 800g! Close to a kilo! Whoa! Thank goodness Liliane and I agreed it will be one portion for all our meals in Vietnam, so that we can share and eat more variety! Added to our order of that ginormous steak was an essential portion of fries and our choice of mushroom sauce on the side. The bread was served with a whole bulb of baked garlic, herb butter and guacamole.

We wolfed down this giant, medium flame boiled Porterhouse steak! Done just right, so tender that it melts in your mouth, while still retaining its succulent juices and yummy meat taste! Even though we ordered the mushroom sauce, the beef was already so good with just a sprinkle of salt and pepper. So we put the delicious mushroom sauce to good use as dipping sauce for our chips! And the bread? We couldn’t finish it despite the yummy baked garlic and other spreads.

At the end of the meal, the service staff served us some dessert liquor but it was way too lethal for our taste! Thanks but no thanks!

Did our Oppa give a good recommendation? You bet! We had one fantastic, scrumptious meal!

If you want to try this restaurant when you are in Ho Chi Minh, here’s the address:

El Gaucho
Address: 74/1 Hai Bà Trưng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
Phone: +84 28 3827 2090

美味的牛排！

必须说关于我们的偶吧Oppa施厚君的一件事。 我们的男神对牛排肯定的挺牛的！

跟随我们的偶吧Oppa的脚步到越南旅行时，那行程最美味的一餐必须是牛排餐了！这也是最容易找到的地方，因为偶吧Oppa提供了餐厅的名字！ 

El Gaucho，阿根廷牛排餐厅！在胡志明市是供应优质牛排的一流的餐厅！据非常友善的服务员介绍，很多名人都经常光顾这家餐馆。所以去这家餐厅得要准备好花点钱品尝最佳牛排和优质的服务！不可妥协哦！

带着在2019年缘Enishi 杂志的第2期里，施厚君介绍El Gaucho的页面，我们想对比，弄清楚他坐在哪里以及他吃了些什么。 感谢服务员，我们确定了他的座位，但没有要求坐在那里因为我们已经算很幸运能够在没有订位下可以找到座位了。 即使我们要求偶吧Oppa的座位，也不会得到，因为已经有公司团体预订了。

那么我们爱吃牛肉的偶吧Oppa在哪吃了什么？波特豪斯Porterhouse 牛排！他们最小的份量？  800克！ 接近一公斤！ 哇！ 谢天谢地莉莉安Liliane和我同意在我们的越南旅程，用餐时只点一份，这样可以点不同的菜肴，多尝试越南的风味！ 除了巨大牛排之外，我们也加了不可少的薯条，和蘑菇酱，放一边。 餐馆提供面包配烤大蒜，香草黄油和鳄梨酱。

我们狼吞虎咽地吃下哪巨大的五成熟波特豪斯牛排！做得恰好，如此柔嫩得在嘴里融化，仍保留其多汁和美味的肉味！虽然点了蘑菇酱，但牛肉只撒上一点盐和胡椒粉就已经特香特好吃。所以我们将薯片沾在美味的蘑菇酱里！好吃！还有面包？尽管烤大蒜和其的酱料非常美味，但太饱了，都吃不下了。

用餐结束后，服务员给我们品尝一些甜酒，但哪酒精太烈，太致命了！谢谢，但拒谢了！

偶吧Oppa是否给了个好的推荐？ 的确！ 那顿是真正的美味的一餐！

如果想跟随偶吧Oppa施厚君在胡志明市尝试这家餐厅，地址是：

El Gaucho
Address: 74/1 Hai Bà Trưng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam
Phone: +84 28 3827 2090

Read other posts in the series on “Follow Oppa’s Foodsteps in Vietnam”. 请阅读其他“跟随偶吧的脚步 – 越南”系列中的文章。

Hello Vietnam!

Go local beef and fish cake noodles

Fox trot not

On wheel tracks

Secret unveiled

Vietnam beckons

Credits – Many thanks! Park Sihoo Instagram, Enishi, Mentor, ParkSihooSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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Follow in our Oppa’s foodsteps: Vietnam

跟随我们的吃货偶吧Oppa的脚步：越南

Follow the wheel tracks, those of Park Sihoo-ssi’s that is!

Easier said than done, mind you! We have been trying to find this restaurant that our favorite actor went to in Vietnam but couldn’t, even when we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City. We had almost given up when by sheer luck, it popped up on Liliane’s phone when she was searching for places within the vicinity of our hotel!

Yes! We found it! We found the wheel tracks that brought us to the 7th floor rooftop terrace restaurant at….the Saigon Grill!

Exactly like the photo Park Sihoo-ssi posted on his Instagram, there was that one wheel and the most breathtaking view of Ho Chi Minh City. The skyline became especially brilliant when the sky grows dark as the few key skyscrapers the city boasts of light up in the night. Being trigger happy like our man, we took many shots.

The restaurant offers an extensive menu. Food, food, food and booze, booze, booze! As Park Sihoo-ssi had no recommendation on food, we ordered what we fancied and Vietnamese dishes were it!

The traditional prawn and papaya, mung bean sprouts, mint and sweet basil leaves salad, with its tangy, sweet and spicy hot dressing, topped with crispy fried shallots was absolutely sensational. All our senses came alive as the flavours of sweet, sour, salty, spicy and bitter burst into our mouths with every bite! 

The stir fried baby squids looked great in the photo in the menu, but turned out an anticlimax.  Too few squids in an overwhelmingly vegetable laden dish. Vegetables with baby squids would have made it more palatable!

And the last dish we had was the crab and seafood soup. This was a thick soup with small bits of crab meat, some seafood and egg flower. The taste was not too bad, much like those we have back home in Hong Kong and Singapore at wedding banquets.

And Liliane absolutely loved her fresh coconut drink served in its original shell. She even tried a small bottle of Vietnamese beer, Bia Saigon Special! Me? I was content with my bottle of cold mineral water, a respite from the heat! Cheers!

Oh, one thing about Saigon Grill…we think this place just might be Korean owned, or partly, as the crowd was mainly Koreans. Korean men primarily, possibly hanging out after a working week and spending a Friday night out bonding!

Have 한극어Hanguel will get you around! Maybe that’s the reason why this restaurant came under Oppa Park Sihoo-ssi’s radar? Remember, Oppa, have English will travel, K!

If you want to get to Saigon Grill, here’s the address:

Saigon Grill

Address: 91 Pasteur, Rooftop Terrace, Saigon Royal Building, Bến Nghé, District 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Tel: +84 91 662 26 62

跟随轮迹

沿着轮子轨道或者更确切地说是施厚君的轮迹！

说起来容易，做起来难！一直试图找这家我们最喜欢的演员去过，在越南的餐厅，但就算到达胡志明市时，我们都没找着。几乎都放弃的时候，突然这轮子就出现在Liliane莉莉安的手机屏幕上。当时她正在网上搜索我们酒店附近有什么地方可以去的！多幸运啊！

是的! 我们找到了！我们发现了轮迹，跟随着轮迹把我们带到了越南烧烤餐厅Saigon Grill到7楼屋顶的哪家餐厅！

就像施厚君在他的Instagram上发布的照片​​一样，这里摆着一个大轮子，还有令人感叹的美丽胡志明市的景色。当天空变得黑暗时，天际线变得特别明亮，因为城市的几座关键的摩天大楼的灯把夜晚点亮了。像我们的男神一样喜欢拍照的我们，手指也痒痒的，拍了好多张。

餐厅提供丰富的菜单。吃，吃，吃和喝，喝，喝的！因为施厚君没有食品的建议，所以我们选择了我们喜欢吃的，当然必须是本地越南菜啦！

传统的虾和青木瓜，豆芽，薄荷和甜罗勒叶沙拉配上浓郁，甜辣的酱料，铺在新鲜的当地蔬菜上，非常够味！每一口的甜，酸，咸，辛辣和苦涩的味道，把我们所有的感官都给活跃起来！

炒鱿鱼蔬菜在菜单的照片里看起来很棒，但结果让我们失望。鱿鱼太少了，整盘都是蔬菜。如果称蔬菜炒鱿鱼，就更正确了！

吃的最后一道菜是螃蟹和海鲜汤。这是一个浓汤，里面有蟹肉，海鲜和鸡蛋花。味道还好，就像在香港和新加坡的婚礼宴会上的汤羹一样。

莉莉安绝对喜欢她的新鲜椰子饮料，也尝试了一小瓶越南啤酒，Bia Saigon Special！ 我？在闷热的天气下，有一瓶冷矿泉水我就满足了！ 干杯!

哦，我们认为这家越南烧烤餐厅Saigon Grill可能是韩国人开的，或韩国人有部分股份，因为来的客户主要是韩国人…大多数是韩国男人。可能是工作一周后，在星期五晚上大伙儿一起聚聚培养关系呗！

这里韩语한극어行得通！也许就是这样，所以偶吧Oppa施厚君会光顾这家餐厅？记住哦，偶吧Oppa，英语可以让你环游世界，OK？

如果想跟随偶吧Oppa品尝这家餐厅，地址是：

Saigon Grill

Address: 91 Pasteur, Rooftop Terrace, Saigon Royal Building, Bến Nghé, District 1, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

Tel: +84 91 662 26 62

Read other posts in the series on “Follow Oppa’s Foodsteps in Vietnam”. 请阅读其他“跟随偶吧的脚步 – 越南”系列中的文章。

Hello Vietnam!

Go local beef and fish cake noodles

Fox trot not

Scrumptious steak!

Secret unveiled

Vietnam beckons

Credits – Many thanks! Park Sihoo Instagram, ParkSihooSsi.com, ParkSihooHongKong.com

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