Day and Night Markets!

For today, we got to go Day and Night Market. The journey was fast compared to the others when we are going into the City area, as there is no traffic jam. If there is traffic jam, it can take up to hours for the journey. Unlike Singapore, this will not really happen. As I walked along this market, it reminds me much of Bangkok's chatuchuk which is similar to it. However in Singapore, there isn’t these type of market. In these markets, bargain is allowed. We are able to get a thing at 50-70% cheaper than the original price.

Before heading for our shopping spree, we finally went to eat PHO ( famous Vietnam’s food ) Originally it’s beef noodles, however, there is also chicken noodle. I think it’s a pleasure to eat a traditional food at the origin country and it’s the first time I eating PHO. The place where we ate the PHO is PHO 2000, even Bill Clinton went to this shop to eat.

PHO ga! ( PHO chicken )

ga = chicken!

For the first market, Ben Thanh Market, it seems to be situated at the central of HCM city. It was crowded there. Though it’s small but it had a lot of things. At these places, we can get to find a lot of handmade stuffs.

After that, we headed for the second market, Binh Tay Market. The experience there isn’t good at all. The walking spaces for us only allow one person at a time. This is not the worst. The attitude of the store keepers is bad. They just ignore you, or if you buy little things, they will show a black face. However, of course, there are also store keepers that are friendly, even having motherly feel. If these attitudes are shown in Singapore, they will definitely got scold by their boss or even customers. For the night, we went back to Ben Thanh Market, as there will be Night market over there. Temporary stalls are being set up along the roadside. These totally cannot be found in Singapore, because of danger and hygiene issues.

What I experience to these markets is that when your bargains to these stallholders do not work, and when you walked away, they will keep on pester you till a price where both can agree. If this was in Singapore, the stall keeper won’t even care. If you don’t want to buy, that’s your problem.

Roadside stall

The har gow &carrot cake which I really miss!

At the street of Ben Thanh