SAIGON CITY – Albuquerque, New Mexico
NOTE: Saigon City shuttered its doors on 31 October 2025 to allow the owners to take a much-needed vacation. It reopened on 12 January 2026. During the time away, Shawn negotiated an extension to the lease which will keep Saigon City at its familiar location. For that, regulars at this outstanding Vietnamese restaurant are elated. My brother in blogging Ryan Cook describes his first day in Vietnam: “So, my first stop in Vietnam was the capital, Hanoi. My honest first impressions… what the hell have I let myself in for. Seriously…The roads are chaos! The ride from the airport to the hostel was basically 40 minutes of holding my breath and cringing. How someone wasn’t killed in front of my eyes was a miracle! However, this is something you later don’t even bat an eyelid at after a day or two. Throughout the country, the roads are all complete lawless chaos…BUT it works! Everyone is so insane on the road, the chaos works. I did not see a single accident in my entire journey – thank God!” “What the hell have I let myself in for” was precisely my sentiment each of the four times I visited Saigon Far East…
