AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER 8 – DAN SINH MARKET, HCMC, VIETNAM.
BUILDING Known as the hardware market, located at 104 Yersin. This is where traders sell all kinds of hardware imaginable. Restaurants and bars buy their operational equipment supplies here. There is central area selling war memorabilia from dog tags to parachutes. COCKTAIL The inspiration for the cocktail is from the nuts and bolt sellers that […]
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER 7 – TAN DINH MARKET, HCMC, VIETNAM.
BY Richie Fawcett BUILDING – Tan Dinh Market was built in 1926 in an art-deco inspired architectural style and is one of the cities historical landmarks. It is known as the location to buy fabrics of all descriptions. Located on hai Ba Trung, the community uses this market for their everyday provisions and is a […]
THE DOT MAGAZINE CATCHES UP WITH Richie Fawcett SAIGON BASED ARTIST WHO CREATED THE ART FOR THE BLINDS IN ALL ROOMS AT THE NEW WINK HOTEL CONCEPT IN VIETNAM
http://How Richie Fawcett Created Our Striking Wink Hotel Saigon …https://thedotmagazine.com › how-richie-fawcett-create…
THE SPIRITS BUSINESS REPORTS ON Richie Fawcett, ARTIST AND BARTENDER OPENING HIS NEW STUDIO IN SAIGON 2017
https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/tag/richie-fawcett/
HARPERS BAZAAR VIETNAM -REPORTS ON SAIGON BASED ARTIST Richie Fawcett MAY 2019
PHU MI – Vietnamese on line magazine reports about Richie Fawcett – Saigon based UK artist – May 2021
https://www.phunuonline.com.vn/sai-gon-trong-tranh-ky-hoa-a1433921.html
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES – NUMBER 6 – BEN THANH
BY Richie Fawcett AREA Ben Thanh Central Market developed from informal smaller markets created by the early 17th Century street vendors gathering togetherness the Saigon River. The earliest city market on what is now Ham Nghi Boulevard was burnt down in 1869. In its place in 1870 the French built a new city market on […]
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 4 – BASON
The Shipyard’s founder was Nguyen Phuc And, who after reoccupying Gia Dinh in 1790 during the war against the Tay Son, established the Royal naval workshop in Ben Nghe ( Saigon). After 1862 it was taken over by the French who stationed their East Asian fleet there. BASON COCKTAIL BOTTLE Inspired by the color of […]