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Goodbye Tran Van Dang!
We will never forget our five-story house with a panoramic view of Saigon. GREAT TIMES! Everyone who came and visited our house loved to listen us say Tran Van Dang to the taxi. We had our first Christmas turkey dinner on our rooftop. We had many great nights drinking Saigon Do bia (beer) and great conversations with all of our friends. We will miss the small narrow alleyways and the bakery that sold us freshly baked baguettes for 2,000 VND ($0.10 USD). District 3 is an exciting place if you want to experience good food, hang with the locals and take in a lively part of town. We will miss our neighbors and friends out there. We decided to experience a different part of the city in Tan Binh District, which is not to far from District 3. So we can visit anytime. It was never a dull night at 79/11/5 Tran Van Dang, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City.
Surrounded by the Simmering Aroma of Pho
Starting at 3:30 or 4:00pm, the aroma of pho broth surrounds our house, literally. A sweet lady owns a pho restaurant just outside of our house. She’s the nicest person who has welcomed us as foreigners in a very Vietnamese neighborhood. Her pho is the best in town. It’s different than other pho restaurants. It’s got the main ingredients like star anise, ginger, beef and so on, but she puts her own little twist on it with black pepper and the taste is so strong. It’s perfect on a rainy day, although sometimes she isn’t open when it rains. When she is open, people pour in, coming from work. But, as we go to work at 5:00pm, we sometimes anticipate that last bowl of pho after work, in hopes that she has some left.
Her outside restaurant is literally next to our house. So, it might be hard to find. Our address is 79/11/5 Tran Van Dang, District 3. Enjoy!
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