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Bro Hurricane ...

No worries, I understand what you meant and I fully agreed what you said ....

The only shop that is okie to go is the one at JC near to BL but however it's Overpriced !!!

Once I heard the boss replying the customer that a "Ban Mi" costs $10.

Wa piangz, Me n my BX nearly fainted. hhahaahaa ... :cool:

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ask your bx to cook everyday

Now I crave for my galfriend cooking

There are still good vn food in JC. Brought my galfriend to JC to eat at 169 once. I dunno what she order, but she say it is nicer than in hcmc.

Brought her to long phung and quynh giao also. she don't like the food.

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Bro KT ...

If she can cook .... there won't be any problem liao .... she lazy to learnt cooking , now she is pregnant ,, worse .... more lazy ... now only sleep and sleep hahhahah ...

Imagine I got to learnt how to cook ... and then I cook for her ..:confused:

Not like you so good, got BX cook for u .. :D

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oic...
i thought that vietnamese gals more or less know how to cook some simple dishes.

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I thought so ... hahahhaha ....

Guess she is the only child and she is being pampered ...

her mum too good to her .... she want to eat what, her mum will cook ...

So when I am there, I never go 1 day of hunger .... hahahah ... :D

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I heard some VBs said that Singapore's Chao Ech (Frog porridge) is better than Vietnam. One VB even told em she wanted to learn how to cook Chao Ech in Singapore than open a restaurant in Vietnam. :eek:

They also told me the one in Geylang is better than Joochiat. I tried the one in Joochiat but I feel so so only.

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The place I talk about is indeed '169' ...

I alwasy go there to eat with my BX ...

heheheheh ..... :p

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Hi guys,

i also have a Viet galfren now ,
she is in vietnam now and i am flying over next week to see her....
i kind of like her alot and hopefully it will turn out fine between us,

i will be at HCM so is there any food i must try while i am there??

and can anyone advise me roughly how much monie i should be bringing over??

i will be there only for 4 days.

Thanks in advance

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very difficult question to answer. :rolleyes:

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read my signature...hcm thread and restaurants...:)

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The main thing about doing business in singapore is that the overheads cost a lot as compared to VN. From shop rental, staff salaries, renovation to ingredients, it cost very much more than VN. Although rental in VN now is relatively much higher as compared to some years back, the staff salaries and ingredients cost are still much cheaper as compared to Singapore. The next thing is that businessman in Singapore (inclusive of vietnamese here) are not satisfied with just low monthly returns of around 1k, they are all looking at at least a few K a month. But in VN, they will be quite happy if they can earn a few million VND a month, if can reach 10 million VND a month, its quite good liao.

Next thing is consumer's expectation. Its a norm that Foreign food will cost more everywhere in the world, for example, Thai food in UK cost a bomb too, same goes for Viet food in Singapore. But these few years , with more and more singaporeans travelling to VN frequently, singaporeans can do more comparison and see the worth.

Personally, i still find Viet food in VN better. :D

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Bro SingViet ...

Of course ... there goes without saying ....

Some food are similar but however cooking style and taste are different too ...

There are many food that I tried in VN that are unavailable in Singapore .... so I kind of missing the food there .... ;)

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Well like Bro KT said .... very difficult to answer you ....

it can range from $500 - $1000 - $2000 ... hahhahhhaha ....:D

it largely depends on what you intent to do there ..... Eat Roadside vs Eat Restaurant .... Visit places of Attraction .... Staying in HCMC vs Visiting Outskirts of HCMC .... Shop for yourself vs Shop for your GF ..... Giving her $$ vs Not Giving her $$ ...

So ... Really Depends .... :p

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You can bring your galfriend to the new Nha Hang Vong Cac(Vong Cac restaurant) on Pham The Hien,Q8 (just before the Q8 kids' amusement park);
near to Cao Lo. Vong Cac previous premise on Nguyen Bieu at the foot
of Cau Chu Y had been demolished.

12 of us in a private room ordered Heineken, suckling pig, steam prawns,
BBQ chicken, fried rice, seafood steamboat. Good food and good service. Bill less than 2 million VND, tips for waitresses.

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Brother, using the following as examples
Katong $$$$$
Carrot cake (chai tow kuay)

what would be the cost differntial relative to SG? Any N versus S factors too in terms of price differential?

How much is a haircut at a salon? barbershop?

Coca Cola?