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If there is a place you can call “Where time stands still” in Saigon, we would say it’s ChinaTown with its distinguish culture as well as rich heritage from hundreds of years, which still exist today among people’s daily life. If you happen to have a free morning in Saigon, let us show you some of our favorite spots in this neighborhood to experience ChinaTown’s unique beauty and flavors.<\/p>\n
Saigon’s ChinaTown, or also known as Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn (Big Market) consists of 3 districts: 5, 6, 11, which are known for their distinguished Chinese communities. Though known as one of the busiest areas in Saigon, the place still possesses a unique historic and cultural charm when compared to other central districts such as district 1, 3 or 7.<\/p>\n
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Ba L\u00f9 Coffee<\/strong><\/p>\n _Photo: Ba L\u00f9 Coffee_<\/p>\n Tucked inside an old marketplace in district 5, this cafe with its traditional coffee roasting and brewing methods have been awakening the senses of the local people and accompanying them in every early morning for nearly 70 years.<\/p>\n Open everyday from the earliest hours such as 2am to serve the people in the market coming to prepare for their stalls, this cafe has quickly become an essential check point for any local’s morning routine.<\/p>\n At Ba L\u00f9 Coffee, the coffee is prepared in a cloth mesh and then brewed inside an artisan clay pot in a certain amount of time. This traditional Chinese way of making coffee, the skills and recipes forged through the years bring about a truly special flavor that you cannot find in any other modern cafes in Saigon.<\/p>\n _Opening hours: 6am-5pm_<\/p>\n _Address: 193 Ph\u00f9ng H\u01b0ng street, ward 14, district 5_<\/p>\n \u0110\u00f4ng Nguy\u00ean Chicken Rice<\/strong><\/p>\n _Photo: C\u01a1m g\u00e0 \u0110\u00f4ng Nguy\u00ean_<\/p>\n Hainanes chicken rice is a Chinese dish that is well-loved by Saigonese for its juicy boiled chicken and the rice cooked in chicken broth to maintain the pleasing aroma of the chicken, paired with the signature sweet and sour ginger sauce.<\/p>\n Known to be opened in 1945, \u0110\u00f4ng Nguy\u00ean has been one of the oldest places that serve Hainanese chicken rice in Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn. Many people of Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn until this day, have claimed they grew up with the memories of going to \u0110\u00f4ng Nguy\u00ean Chicken Rice with their families to enjoy a nice weekend dinner.<\/p>\n After nearly 80 years, \u0110\u00f4ng Nguy\u00ean’s distinct elegant flavors in each of their dishes still continue to leave pleasing impressions and good memories in the hearts of the people of Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn.<\/p>\n _Opening hours: 9:30am-8:15pm_<\/p>\n _Address: 801 Nguy\u1ec5n Tr\u00e3i street, ward 14, district 5_<\/p>\n \u00d4ng B\u1ed5n Temple<\/strong><\/p>\n _Photo: B\u00f9i Th\u1ee5y \u0110\u00e0o Nguy\u00ean_<\/p>\n Back in the first developing years of Saigon’s ChinaTown, a group of residents from the southern coastal area of Fujian province of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou moved here and decided to build a first common guildhall for both their communities.<\/p>\n The guildhall is known as \u00d4ng B\u1ed5n’s temple because it was built to worship of the human deity B\u1ed5n \u0110\u1ea7u C\u00f4ng, and is the only place where this deity is worshiped.<\/p>\n This 300-year old temple possesses the signature Fujian architecture style with key features such as hammock roofs decorated with dragons and elegant pottery details. But the place is most recognizable for its \u201cTiger-eyes\u201d on the front facade, which are two symmetrical circular windows with bamboo stems bars.<\/p>\n _Opening hours: 9:30am-4pm_<\/p>\n _Address: 264 H\u1ea3i Th\u01b0\u1ee3ng L\u00e3n \u00d4ng street, ward 14, district 5_<\/p>\n _*Source: Wikipedia, T\u1ea3n M\u1ea1n Ki\u1ebfn Tr\u00fac_<\/p>\n H\u00e0 Ch\u01b0\u01a1ng Guildhall<\/strong><\/p>\n _Photo: B\u00f9i Th\u1ee5y \u0110\u00e0o Nguy\u00ean_<\/p>\n After founding \u00d4ng B\u1ed5n temple, the group of Zhangzhou compatriots decided to establish their own guildhall, which was known as H\u00e0 Ch\u01b0\u01a1ng guildhall, \u00d4ng H\u01b0\u1ee3c pagoda or B\u00e0 H\u00e0 Ch\u01b0\u01a1ng pagoda.<\/p>\n The guildhall is also a representation of Fujian\u2019s influence, but they have a key feature that no other Fujian temple in Saigon used, that is the engraved dragon column.<\/p>\n This style of sculpting temples\u2019 columns into dragons to create elegant stands for the roof is a typical feature in every building of Fujian in territories outside China, but in Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn, only H\u00e0 Ch\u01b0\u01a1ng guildhall owns it as a proof of wealth.<\/p>\n _Opening hours: 9:30am-8:15pm_<\/p>\n _Address: 801 Nguy\u1ec5n Tr\u00e3i street, ward 14, district 5_<\/p>\n _*Source: Wikipedia, T\u1ea3n M\u1ea1n Ki\u1ebfn Tr\u00fac_<\/p>\n \u00d4n L\u0103ng temple<\/strong><\/p>\n _Photo: DoktorMax_<\/p>\n Another temple that embodied Fujian’s architecture style in Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn that you can stop by on your stroll in town is \u00d4n L\u0103ng temple. This place belongs to Quanzhou fellow countrymen, and has various names such as Ong L\u00e0o pagoda, Quan m pagoda.<\/p>\n Besides typical features of a Fujian’s temple such as the hammock roof, the curving blade, the treasured collection of artisan Hoa Mai pottery ornaments, \u00d4n L\u0103ng temple also has an associated garden with an artificial pond, decorated by Taoist motifs relief panels, that is separated from the main temple by the street.<\/p>\n _Opening hours: 9:30am-8:15pm_<\/p>\n _Address: 801 Nguy\u1ec5n Tr\u00e3i street, ward 14, district 5_<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Power Pole Sweet soup<\/strong><\/p>\n _Photo: giuademdong, nguyentrac_<\/p>\n Almost every local has their own favorite place to eat sweet soup, and to the people of Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn, it’s Cot Dien (Power Pole) sweet soup that serves the best traditional Chinese desserts.<\/p>\n Humbly located in a small house next to a power pole where the place got its name, with minimal arrangements including some plastic stools and tables, Cot Dien sweet soup is still mostly always crowded with local people, young and old, coming to enjoy the special Guangdong flavors for dozens of years.<\/p>\n Coming to this place and trying a variety of exotic desserts such as black sesame soup, egg soup, baked papaya soup,… while enjoying the view of Ch\u1ee3 L\u1edbn street in the evening can be a refreshing way to immerse in the local culture.<\/p>\n _Opening hours: 5pm-10:30pm_<\/p>\n _Address: 476 \u0110. 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