A TRIBUTE TO THE CULINARY PIONEERS WHO SHAPED VIETNAM’S FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRY
Recent Press piece in Epicure Vietnam by Jovel Eugenia Chan. July 2021
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES NUMBER 5 – BOTANICAL GARDENS AND ZOO
AREA On March 23, 1864, Admiral Pierre de la Grandier, commander of French forces in Cochinchina, commissioned the building of a botanical and zoological gardens in Saigon. The Saigon zoo has underdone many changeover the years. However, the general layout has largely remained the same. In 1927, a bridge across Thi Nghe channel was built […]
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS NUMBER 3 – INDEPENDENCE PALACE
The site of the Independence Palace has had much history played on its location. View of the Reunification Palace, Saigon, Vietnam drawn in 2016 – Richie Fawcett In 1868 the Governor of Cochinchina laid the first foundation stone for the new palace to replace the first wooden one. The palace was completed in 1873. Initially […]