A TRIBUTE TO THE CULINARY PIONEERS WHO SHAPED VIETNAM’S FOOD AND DRINK INDUSTRY
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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
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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 […]