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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES VIRTUAL TOUR
COCKTAIL ART OF SAIGON – DAY 2 DISTRICT 1 DESCRIPTION – The area District 1 is the financial and commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City. Most travellers spend the majority of their time here. It is home to most of the major sights and an ever-expanding number of bars, restaurants and hotels, at least […]
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 COCKTAILS AND SKETCHES
As an avid traveler and maker of cocktails pretty much most of my adult life, loving the journey as equally as enjoying a well-earned libation at the destination, I decided enough was enough of the repetitive and long lockdowns we have experienced over the last 18 months around the world, and decided to get back on the road again…this time taking my pens and shaker with me…but staying in The Studio