Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Last time I was in HCMC a few years ago, my friend took me to a restaurant which he tells me specializes in/renown for serving RIVER fish etc.

Some of the fishes were a bit too bony for my taste but the other foods - sourced I guess also from rivers, were very nice. This still a good place to go to? Too bad I no longer have the name/address etc.

SEAJ

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

im assuimg you are based in HK, so i will post this , last time i was in hk, a friend of mine, took me to a places specialising in seafood searving fish from teh SEA...etc etc..is this still a good place to go?...hwo easy is it asnwer that question
now given that hcmc has 15 or so districts a population of 9-10mill, with restaurantcs catering to you millionaires and places catering to common folk ect etc there are probably at least 20 places that is famous for seafood...teh specialisation mught be a certain type of fish, or it could be that its is wild river fish etc ewtc...just as my hypothical question in HK, you question is far far to broad and open..was its a style of cooking teh fish like lau ca keo, or was it specilaise in fish farmed in sapa, or was it another type like salmon etc etc

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

im pretty sure u got the worng place...

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haha...to each his own...we witnessed 2 fights among the gals there last when we went there twice...have not been back since more than a year ago...one mummy brought 6 gals to a work in local sinkie ktv last year end...many of us received msg...i did not bother to go any...:)

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Well given that the 20 girls who we got a line up from don't speak Chinese or English and (not that this is very believable) tell me they dislike singies as there are a few groups that frequent this place...they are a terrible choice to bring to singapore...plus from what i have seen of u guys u are creatures of routine go same places unless someone else intro...unlikely u go anywhere else than the places at far end of tbt

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Hmmmm.... perhaps I didn't ask the correct question - or that I really don't know about the wide variety of restaurants and different kinds of cooking in HCMC.

Even in Hong Kong, I'm pretty sure that there is NO restaurants that specializes in serving RIVER/FRESH WATER fish. Seafood restaurants - dime a dozen, but none that I know of which specializes in river fish.

You mean there are THAT many restaurants in HCMC specializing in serving these fresh water fish? I remember that the Cat fish was the Featured dish at that restaurant.

Anyway, I guess this is not an important matter.

Thanks
SEAJ

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

basa or catfish is like poor mans fish, u can get that served EVERYWHERE, there is also snakehead fish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakehead_%28fish%29 tahst also another poor mans fish, the rich mans river fish is ca hoi = salmon and tis is farmed in the mountainous areas around sapa, sapa also has ca suoi, which i dont know what it is in english, then the most common delicacy is ca keo which is a species of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goby...now this is just touching the tip of the iceberg

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Oh Wow! Thanks!

So I guess the place my friend took me was really nothing special! I was pretty convinced it was a special meal/place as the restaurant was packed and he had made it to sound to be so! Disappointed now, to say the least!

Oh well, at least when I get down there, then I can easily avail myself of this errrr......"delicacy!" Sheesh!

SEAJ

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

i think all bia om operate under a restaurant licence

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how much is considered overprice?

eating shell fish etc seafood at restaurant in district 1 is definitely overprice due to their high operational cost.but thats not the place for such seafood in the first place.

try having such seafood at the shops along river bank,gd cheap shell fish and cheap beer..

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Excited for a holiday at HCM will be a better and wholly statement. ;)

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perhaps your perception is what you think...we have met 3 to 4 times in the past at cafes and have not met you since more than a year ago...I have not been back to those cafes for long time...so perhaps you have good perception of me ha and I cannot change the way you think of me...anyway to each his own...:)

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

nope...not all operated under restaurant licence...some have ktv licence...means dun need to hide and remove their ktv equipment upon raid..:)

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Cheap seafood in Binh Thanh too. I am always there for crabs, shell food and beer.

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errrr Uncle oi...those bia om that have their sound system set up permanantly does not mean that they have a ktv licence.

Vietnam stop granting ktv and club licence since ard year 2007 (shld be ard that period,cant remember clearly.) during those days where the authorities still grant licence,only some bigger scale family ktv get the licence..bia om still operate under a restaurant licence bcos the security department will not issue licence to them.mainly reason is for their future "coffee money"

although Vietnam now start granting ktv licence again but Hcmc is not allowed due to over in numbers of entertainment outlets.

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

u mean Thanh Da???

there is a place selling crab that is famous...many go there for crab hotpot

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Yes.... full every nights.

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let's go n eat... :D:D

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i agree with volcano, ( wow must be a miracle) teh fact that these bia om have the word nha hang rather than kareoke in there signage would make it be pretty obvious they dont have a ktv license

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

viet seafood kinda ... raw :D ...
maybe they prefer raw meat with their sauce
and if don't like their sauce the seafood can be OFF

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

my 1 cent worth..
I see seafood in vietnam as multiple levels.
there is difference between cities and even in a city itself.
eg in nha trang I can eat one fish cooked 2 ways costing me 800 at a local joint.
yet at vung tau, at a road side, I eat a big plate of shellfish, 6 big crab legs ( they go by legs which is all good for me), 6 big prawns , 8 scallops for 300k.
so it's which do u want...ambience...or value for money.

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

I love to eat prawns, beef, crabs and fish. I meant overprice is that most of the time the Crabs and Prawns are more expensive than Singapore.

Can PM me the Address. I have not been there before. Nornmally go to Duong Ten Lua for Crabs

When are you going there again?

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

U pm me your date and time loh... we go eat cheap crabs.

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

for crab,with roe cost more expensive...buying from the market cost 300k/kg and normal restaurant will cost abt 500k/kg....is that more expensive then Sinkie???

as for prawn,the most popular is tiger prawn..and do note that prawns here are usually live prawn..no restaurant or eateries sell dead prawns..the price at market is 280k/kg and restaurant price usually is 450k-500k/kg.

i dont know the exact add for crab place at Thanh Da as i ride bike there and dunno the unit number.tell the taxi driver "Lau Cua Thanh Da" and i am sure they will know.

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

this is one of teh famous one http://www.phongcua.com/
ĐC : 1019A BÌNH QUỚI - P.26 - Q. BÌNH THẠNH - TP.HCM
if u look at the menue its 150-350k per kilo depending on type of crabe, mae or female etc etc then add cooking fee, this palces is filled by 7pm, with the bigger crabs gone, many car drivers come here ie well to do people, hardly any foreigners from my experience..or thsoe that are clearly foreigners

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

From my experience the one in ten lusa is just as godo if not cheaper than the one in thanh da/binh quoi...if anything ten lua is more localised ie guys come on bikes rather than cars...i would suggest u stay in ten lua if its closer...no real advatage going to thanh da

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

Never stay in hcm now. Just a transit point.

Usually end up in binh Duong...

Re: Vietnam - HCM (Thread 3)
 

To a certain extend I felt the price just either a bit expensive or same price in Singapore. Normally Zhu Chow Stall price is about there. If we compare to restaurant, yes VN a a bit cheaper.

Yup I do agree, but the crabs there in Ten Lua are more cheaper. If I don't remember wrong, it is just about 250k per crab there cos there are many motorbikes going there. I will post the exact agan in December when I'm there again

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Did not know ticket for Dec and Feb are that high in prices...anyway no choice since in my line cannot plan too far already.

Stay in sg Dec and Feb then...lol