In an effort to encourage myself to try new bars, restaurants and other activities here, I am going to attempt a weekly update. We will see how long this lasts since I have demonstrated many times over that I have little discipline when it comes to writing posts. Anyway, here goes.
On Saturday, David and I tried out a coffee shop that’s on a cute little wooden boat on the river in front of my house. Zack and I have been talking about going here FOREVER, so I felt pretty accomplished for actually making it happen. It was super charming and super tasty, although the service was a bit slow, and we NEVER remember to ask for our smoothies without sweetened condensed milk.
I also checked out Indochine spa in district 1. I’d heard good things, so wanted to give it a try. It's more expensive than most of the places I go, but I think it may have been worth the price due to both quality and cleanliness. It was definitely more atmospheric than a lot of the spas I’ve been to here. They were diffusing essential oils everywhere, so it smelled divine. They also brought me tea and a little dish of candied coconut and ginger after my session. All in all, very relaxing. I will definitely go back to try some different treatments.
On Saturday night, some of the awesome ladies from my school got together at a really charming Vietnamese place called Cục Gạch Quán. It’s in an old French colonial villa and the décor is really lovely (seriously, check out some of the pictures on the website). The food was super delicious as well. Like, we had an epic spread – we had spring rolls, two types of softshell crab, fish, tofu, and piles of fried rice and rau muống (morning glory, aka my favorite Vietnamese vegetable). I wish I’d taken pictures, but honestly I was just feasting too exuberantly to pause for a photo. Sorry.
After our beautiful dinner at Cục Gạch Quán, we headed over to see my brother at Biacraft, the brewpub he manages in district 3. The beers there are SO nice, and I got to try their newest addition, the imperial bacon stout (which is every bit as ridiculous and delicious as it sounds). From there the night devolved a bit and I ended up at Rogue where I forgot how to set boundaries and send myself home at a reasonable hour. So. Sunday was necessarily a quiet day, although David and I did have my friend Matt over for wine, cheese, cookies and an epic train game session.
Whew, first weekly update accomplished! Now let's see if I post in like a year about how I never did another one.
XO E
I also checked out Indochine spa in district 1. I’d heard good things, so wanted to give it a try. It's more expensive than most of the places I go, but I think it may have been worth the price due to both quality and cleanliness. It was definitely more atmospheric than a lot of the spas I’ve been to here. They were diffusing essential oils everywhere, so it smelled divine. They also brought me tea and a little dish of candied coconut and ginger after my session. All in all, very relaxing. I will definitely go back to try some different treatments.
On Saturday night, some of the awesome ladies from my school got together at a really charming Vietnamese place called Cục Gạch Quán. It’s in an old French colonial villa and the décor is really lovely (seriously, check out some of the pictures on the website). The food was super delicious as well. Like, we had an epic spread – we had spring rolls, two types of softshell crab, fish, tofu, and piles of fried rice and rau muống (morning glory, aka my favorite Vietnamese vegetable). I wish I’d taken pictures, but honestly I was just feasting too exuberantly to pause for a photo. Sorry.
After our beautiful dinner at Cục Gạch Quán, we headed over to see my brother at Biacraft, the brewpub he manages in district 3. The beers there are SO nice, and I got to try their newest addition, the imperial bacon stout (which is every bit as ridiculous and delicious as it sounds). From there the night devolved a bit and I ended up at Rogue where I forgot how to set boundaries and send myself home at a reasonable hour. So. Sunday was necessarily a quiet day, although David and I did have my friend Matt over for wine, cheese, cookies and an epic train game session.
Whew, first weekly update accomplished! Now let's see if I post in like a year about how I never did another one.
XO E
Imperial bacon stout ... yum! Does FedEx deliver?
ReplyDeleteHaha I don't know about that, but did you hear that soon you will be able to get Pasteur Street's Cyclo Imperial Chocolate Stout in the US???
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