SAIGON STREET FOOD on 2 WHEELS

ONLY 1.000.000 VND (40USD) /person (minimum 2 persons) for private tours.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Get away from tourist areas to interact with real locals
• Get deep understanding of the local lifestyle
• Enjoy the best of Saigon street food in family style food stalls
• Have fun with young, energetic and passionate university students
• All tips are included for the students/guides

Pick up : 5:30 PM – Drop off: 9.00 PM   (flexible timing for private requests)

Transport : by motorbike

Type of tour : Private tours

Minimum number of guests: 02 Number of foods : 06 + 1 drink

Please note :

• The order of food stalls and the food names can be changed due to subjective conditions like food stall closing, bad weather, bad traffic but will be replaced by equivalent alternatives.
• Vegetarian requests can be adjusted but only food without meat, the chosen food stalls are not prepared for vegetarian foods.

OUR TIMING suggestion (You can decide your timing) : You will be picked up at 5.30 pm by a Cricket English speaking guide who is always willing to make the best for your comfort. Each of you has one guide driving you with 100% SAFETY GUARANTEE through all the crazy traffic of Saigon during rush hours. You will be SURROUNDED by thousands of motorbikes trying to get home after work. Our guides are always there to answer all of your confusing questions about WAY OF LIFE, CULTURES, CUISINES, HISTORY and SO MUCH ELSE. By this way, you can immerse yourself into the authentic local life.

You will stop at 6 different food stalls that have been well-selected for your true experiences. Every stop they make, our guides would happily tell you all about the foods like INGREDIENTS, RECIPES, EATING STYLES and some INTERESTING STORIES over the table. You will also understand more about people’s life directly from your guides who will help you to interact with the friendly locals.

THIS IS HOW THE TOUR WILL BE DONE:

Right after understanding all safety instructions from our guides, you will hit the road and immerse yourself into Saigon’s rush hours with thousands of vehicles. The first thing we will do is to drive on Thu Thiem 2 bridge or Ba Son

Bridge to cross the Saigon river. Slowly moving on the bridge, you will get the first impression of Saigon by night or sunset. Later on, you will “DIVE” under Saigon river by the only one river-crossing tunnel in Vietnam THU THIEM TUNNEL which is 20 meters under the river.

Then, we’ll continue our drive for about 30 minutes to taste the first food

named PHỞ BÒ, which means beef rice noodle soup, at a very local and busy

food stall.

The next food is BÁNH XÈO, which means in English Rice pancake folded in

half. You’ll witness how the food is made and try it with our guide’s

explanations.

Also just right here, you will taste GỎI CUỐN or Fresh Spring Rolls in English. Our guide explains how the food is made, what is the most accurate way to eat it and more. Through our guide’s stories, you’ll learn great things about this food.

The next stop is at a street BANH MI stall. Banh Mi has been so

well-known all over the world so why not give it a try right on the street. For this food, we don’t sit down as it’s only for takeaway. Just taste it to

have a true feel of the most common Vietnamese breakfast for busy people.

Seafood food must be in the list of street food tour. You will be sitting on

little chairs as the locals and try some common seafood that they normally

eat. You will be told by our guide why these seafood eating stalls are so

common. You’ll also see how the locals enjoy their free time with friends.

The last food is a common desert food which is called Flan Cake or an alternative. This is where you can have interesting chats with your guides to end the tour with great memories

Once your stomach is full of food and your mind is full of local experience,

our guides would be happy to take you home safely or drop you off at your

indicated spots (if convenient).

Tour ends at around 9.00 pm back to your hotel or at a place you prefer.

THE FOODS AND DRINKS INCLUDE:

1. Phở noodle soup. This is one of the most common foods which is best eaten for breakfast and dinner as it’s a hot bowl of special broth combined with rice noodle, vegetable, coriander and beef

slices.

2. Banh Xeo – Rice pancake folded in half : A very famous food that needs time and effort to make. It has great stories about cultures and ways of life.
3. Goi Cuon – Fresh spring rolls : Rice paper rolled with coriander, rice noodles, lettuce, pork, shrimps and dip with peanut sauce.
4. Banh Mi : Vietnamese typical bread stuffed with either roasted pork or grilled chicken, or canned fish, or duck or grilled beef along with pickles, cucumber and special sauce.
5. Seafood dishes : As the most common Vietnamese drinking habit : a great combination of grilled, steamed, stir fried clams or oysters or snails with chilly beer. You will be sitting on tiny chairs surrounded by hundreds of locals cheering their favorite beer. This is how the normal

Vietnamese cheer with friends.

6. Flan cake or any equivalent for dessert.
7. A local canned beer/soft drinks/water while enjoying seafood.
8. Common Sugar cane juice – a combination of sugar cane juice and kumquat juice and ice/ or ice tea or water

• Non touristic areas
• Local interaction with lots of friendly smiles;
• Taste all common local foods and drinks mentioned above
• Learn and understand deeply about unique Vietnamese

cultures;

• Become a real Vietnamese afterwards.
• NO hidden charges and no Tourist traps.
• Guests with strict dietary restrictions are warmly accommodated.

Please let us know in advance for preparations

TOUR INCLUDES:

Free pick up and drop off within District 1 and 3. Other places : please come to a particular address in D1 or 3 by yourself or please pay 50.000dong extra for our guide to pick up and drop off by motorbike.

 Excellent – friendly – knowledgeable dedicated local English speaking guide with motorbikes and helmets.

 Each guest has one motorbiker, safety helmet with safe and friendly driver  All entrance fees and parking fees to sites.

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AREAS AND PLACES YOU WILL BE PROMISED TO STOP BY AND VISIT:

• Ho Thi Ky bustling flower market- to immerse yourself in a so-called Little Saigon area
• Nguyen Thien Thuat old apartment – to get the true feel of how the locals live
• Chinatown community – just pass by
• Nguyen Trai fashion street – full of clothes shops with different designs and colors