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 […]

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 […]

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