Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Ho Chi Minh City Before Tet

9 comments:

black feline said...

the second photo is one of my favorite fruits...we called it dragon fruit here! very delicious..i use it for salad..crunchy and not too sweet..

slurp! said...

wow so many dragon fruits cactus! great thirst quencher

the flower looks interesting, i think this is the first time i'm seeing this. do you have name? thks!

Buddhist with an attitude said...

@slurp, the flower is called hollyhock in English (I don't know the Vietnamese name): http://tinyurl.com/72hlo

slurp! said...

buddhist with an attitude,
thanks for the link! very showy flowers!

Van Cong Tu said...

Hi,
I dont really know what's that flower name, I will check it out and get back to you son/

Anonymous said...

this is the first time i've seen a dragonfruit plant. the first time i tried it i was expecting it to be flavorful since its color is so vibrant. how do the vietnamese prepare the fruit?

Van Cong Tu said...

Hi ruschka, We make lots different juices with dragon fruit or you can eat it fresh. It'll be sweet if you eat in the summer.

Chen said...

First time I get to see the dragon fruit plant :)

Anonymous said...

Bro! I was born in in Nha-Trang and lived there until 1981. I live in US now. I long to go back and visit my home town. Yeah! My last address was on Nguyen Binh Khiem. I think it was 19 Nguyen Binh Khiem. If you want to keep in touch, my e-mail address is 'ki5_ngau@yahoo.com'.