Ho Chi Minh City Trip Overview
Street foods and motorbike are big parts of Saigon which most of the tourists miss on their trip to the city. In the evening when it’s cool, locals love to go out by motorbike, drive around, gather at street food stalls to eat, drink, cheer “Dzo 1,2,3” and talk to each other. Private Saigon Night Food Tour is a chance for tourists to immerse themselves into local life, explore different districts, street food areas/markets, taste lots of yummy specialty dishes, have fun like locals and learn more about Vietnamese rich cuisine as well as unique culture.
+ 1st stop: Fried scrambled egg rice cake, Dumplings, Bo pia roll.
+ 2nd stop: Grilled beef in wild betel.
+ 3rd stop: Grilled rice cake with banana/sesame.
+ 4th stop: Coconut ice cream & fresh coconut water.
+ 5th stop: Grilled scallop with green onion, Steamed clam with lemongrass, local beer (or soft drinks), Broken rice, Flan cake.
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Trip Category: Food, Wine & Nightlife >> Food Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Vietnam
Street foods and motorbike are big parts of Saigon which most of the tourists miss on their trip to the city. In the evening when it’s cool, locals love to go out by motorbike, drive around, gather at street food stalls to eat, drink, cheer “Dzo 1,2,3” and talk to each other. Private Saigon Night Food Tour is a chance for tourists to immerse themselves into local life, explore different districts, street food areas/markets, taste lots of yummy specialty dishes, have fun like locals and learn more about Vietnamese rich cuisine as well as unique culture.
+ 1st stop: Fried scrambled egg rice cake, Dumplings, Bo pia roll.
+ 2nd stop: Grilled beef in wild betel.
+ 3rd stop: Grilled rice cake with banana/sesame.
+ 4th stop: Coconut ice cream & fresh coconut water.
+ 5th stop: Grilled scallop with green onion, Steamed clam with lemongrass, local beer (or soft drinks), Broken rice, Flan cake.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
Our guide picks you up at your hotel and starts weaving Saigon main streets and alleyways. On the back of the motorbike, you can enjoy the nice view of the city at night.
Pass By: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
Hidden gems such as Nguyen Thien Thuat apartment buildings since the 1960s and lots of back alleys are also included on the tour. We troll into street food areas, food markets, and stop at famous local restaurants and food stalls for tasting amazing specialty foods that Saigon must to offer. Just eat, chat leisurely with your new friends, and immerse into the local life. One of the most interesting things is that the guide tells you about the art of eating Vietnamese foods, how to eat long noodles with chopsticks, snails with bamboo sticks, etc. We plan to take you around 7 districts and have 6 stops for eating:
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
1st stop – an over 30-year-old Bot chien restaurant: Taste Pan-fried scrambled egg rice cake (Bot chien), Dumplings, Bo pia roll.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
2nd stop – an over 30-year-old Bo la lot restaurant: Grilled beef in wild betel.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
3rd stop – Ho Thi Ky flower market and Cambodian market: Grilled girdle cake.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
4th stop – over 50-year building apartments known as the paradise, you can choose to eat Vietnamese pancake fried at a Banh xeo stall or Coconut ice cream at a dessert stall.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh City
5th stop – a local snail restaurant in Vinh Khanh snail street on a tiny island which was the former mafia hotspot but a crowded street food area in the recent: snail and seafood dishes such as Grilled scallop with green onion oil, Steamed clam with lemongrass. You can sip some local beers and cheers “dzo 1, 2, 3” like locals. If you dare to eat Boiled fertilized duck egg, we are happy to show you how to eat. At last, Broken rice – a Saigon specialty and Flan cake – the top dessert in the city will definitely satisfy your taste.
Duration: 40 minutes
