You can’t help but fall in love with the very tasty Vietnamese drinks and here are the top 3 drinks you have to try in Ho Chi Minh City.
1. Vietnam is hot most of the time, well it only cools off a bit during rainy season and only for the hour or two that it’s raining. While living in Ho Chi Minh City I fell in love with Vietnamese ice coffee or “café sau da”, which is very strong coffee with condensed milk and ice. Believe me it is really refreshing in the heat and gives you a kick start to the day.
2. Another of my favourite road stall drinks is the sugar-cane juice they sell on almost every corner. The sugar cane is freshly pressed through a mangle at the street side stalls and they add either fresh strawberries or lemons for flavour. You are handed the thick syrupy drink in a small plastic bag with a straw in. Don’t look down on this, it is a great drink and hydrates you on a hot summers day.
3. Fresh fruit smoothy blends are sold all over the city. You get every kind of fruit and yoghurt blend imaginable in most of the cafes. I miss the abundance of pomegranate they always added to all their fruit smoothies.
Janaline's world journey 
Can you tell me do they put health warnings on the cigarettes in Vietnam?
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I do think they did have warnings on the packets but this was more than 7 years ago that I was there so I cannot give you any up-to-date info, sorry.
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I gave up smoking forty-eight years back before my first son was borne.
So pleased I set him a good example it has done me as much good as him.
I noticed the cigarettes in a photo and thought it out of place in your post.
I was not really wanting an answer I only wanted to draw your attention to smoking being a health hazard.
Thank you for going to the trouble to answer.
I can tell you the answer, in 2005 Thailand cigarette packets had to have more than half of the back of a packet covered with a warning.
I have seem them they are gruesome graphics.
Kind regards Jack _/\_
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Sounds sweet and good. I like the fruits at the fruit stand for your smoothie. 🙂
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The fruit were delicious! At some stands you could buy fruit and they would crush it into glasses for you right there and then!
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Nuoc Mia (the sugar cane drink) is my favourite! I have been known to have up to 5 of them on particularly hot days if I’m out taking photos. So good and so cheap (even for me on a Vietnamese income)! Too bad you don’t have a pic of it here.
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It is the perfect drink when out and about in Vietnam!! I lost a lot of my Vietnam photos when my computer crashed and unfortunately those pictures were among the fallen
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Oh, sorry to hear that. I know the feeling (lost a lot of photos that I hadn’t saved to my computer when my camera was stolen in China). I guess that’s just a reason to make another trip here!
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Pomegranate in smoothies – yum! 😄
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It is heaven!! It was everywhere and I do miss it so much as pomegranate juice is so expensive here in South Africa.
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The sugarcane juice and smoothies are available in some towns in India, but Vietnamese drip coffee is one thing I seek out on my travels to South East Asia. I can never have enough of it.
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I agree Madhu, they are addictive and so good!! I can get smoothies here in South Africa but haven’t come across sugarcane juice or coffee that is even close as good as the Vietnamese coffee!
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Sounds good! I’m a coffee lover, I’d like to try all three! 🙂
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The coffee is superb Dina!! I would go back just to stock op on the coffee!!
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I’ve heard about the delights of Vietnamese coffee – you certainly look in your element! 🙂
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I was Sue!! I was a bit addicted to this super sweet coffee and had one every morning, and some days even up to 3. Needless to say I was quite hyper on those days.
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Hyper indeed!
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We haven’t been to south Vietnam yet. So when we do, we will be sure to try these 3 drinks.
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Ooooh you definitely have to try them out!! Especially in summer, they are so rejuvenating…probably because of the high sugar content but they are so good!
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Oh yes vietnamese coffee is superb!
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I agree!! I brought back loads of Vietnamese coffee and was trying to drink it very sparingly but it was still gone so soon…..
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