Ho Chi Minh City is the perfect place for anybody who likes oriental food- or even food per se. It’s a place where you can find a lot of international cuisines- there are a number of restaurants, bars and cafes – stand-alone and in hotels, serving everything from French to Italian, Chinese, Japanese and Thai food. Many of these are fairly reasonably priced too. There are, of course, a very large number of smaller food stalls and outlets where you can get very nice Vietnamese food at low rates- check out the eateries in Pham Ngu Lao Street and De Tham Street- they’re the best places for you if you’re looking for something wholesome and inexpensive. A pleasant way to while away the time an a warm evening is to take a dinner cruise down Saigon river or eat at one of the floating restaurants anchored at the quay.
Ho Chi Minh City is the place you should visit if you’re looking for entertainment. Central Ho Chi Minh City is the hub of the city’s entertainment and recreational facilities- come night, and the area pulsates with music, lights and happy, swinging crowds out for a good time. There are lots of discotheques, bars and karaoke lounges in the vicinity. The most `happening’ places in town are around Mac Thi Buoi Street.
If you’re more interested in traditional forms of performing arts including music, dance and theatre, there are a number of venues in the city where regular shows are held: one of the best places is the Conservatory of Music- an excellent place for traditional Vietnamese music concerts. Definitely worth a visit is the Water Puppet Theatre, where the puppeteers stand in water behind a bamboo screen. The shadows cast by lights flickering over water and the slow, studied movements of the puppets to the rhythm of the accompanying music makes it an unusual art form. A number of hotels put up live performances for their guests, so don’t miss out on this one.
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