Friday 7:00 pm—Dinner at Stella’s- and even though it is in the backpacker district it has some of the best homemade veggie pasta in town for little less than $4!
Friday 8:00 pm—Romeo and Juliet play in District 1 theater. It was performed by a British troop of 5 people and a VERY small set. One of my favorite moments was at the beginning before we went in the actual theater. I guess they thought they would get our attention in the lobby by sending off floor firecrackers… in the theater lobby! Yes, right behind me! Anyway we filed quite quickly into the theater. The show was pretty good—a lot of kissing for a Vietnamese audience!!! Haha… Vietnamese would be more comfortable with just cuddling, which is what they do best (especially in the parks) and I noticed that the Vietnamese definitely laughed at different parts than the Westerners!!
Saturday 9:00—Breakfast at La Creperie with some colleagues– an incredible French restaurant in front of the Reunification Palace Park. Can you just imagine the “O la la crepe” it involves chocolate, fresh strawberries and whipped cream. It was the first time I’ve ever had dessert at breakfast!
Saturday 8:00—“Nha Hat Thanh Pho” (“the city singing house”- literally translated). The Opera House built in a French Colonial design was just renovated and is beautiful. We went to see the symphony and the ballet, which was a mixture of European and Asian dance. I loved listening to the Vietnamese fill the opera house with music.
Sunday 12:30- Lunch at the Golden Elephant, one of my friend’s favorite Thai restaurants in town. I haven’t tried the other ones because he always insists we go to the GE. I’m not gunna lie, they do have some really good veggie pad thai!
Sunday 7:00—Dinner at la Warda, the best Lebanese food I’ve found in Ho Chi Minh City (ok, I haven’t been looking that far) with two of my favorite people, a friend from New York City and a friend from Australia!
Disclaimer—I did fit in two workouts, fellowship, English reading group, 2 hour Vietnamese lesson, 4.5 hour viewing of North and South, and shopping for fabric at the market!!
This was the first weekend I’ve ever gone to a performance at a theater and to go to two in a weekend was crazy. The opera house only has two performances a month (literally just two days at one time) and the British troop I think is only doing 2-3 performances total before moving on! So another one of the morals of the story is that when you come to visit- you aren’t going to loose any weight! There’s some pretty awesome food here and as the Vietnamese would say, “ngon, bo, re”- an expression translated “delicious, healthy, cheap”. It was a busy but very satisfying weekend.
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