Sze Kei Ho Art Blog

Our last couple of days were spend in Ho Chi Minh City.

There were many wonderful French-Vietnamese combinations I came across in Vietnam, the architecture being one of them, but of course it was the Banh Mi that satisfied the greedy food lover in me. Amazing fragrant flavours encased in incredible baguette bread.

Coffee might be wasted on me but the coffee culture in Vietnam was, should I say, my cup of tea ;)

Grab a drink and something yummy and draw the gorgeous surroundings. More doodles are on my instagram! - https://www.instagram.com/szekeiho/

Other Posts:

- Dubai Vietnam 2017: Ninh Binh and Halong Bay

-Dubai Vietnam 2017: Cafe Pho Co - Hanoi Lake View Cafe

- Blogmas Intro: Japan Trip

Cafe Pho Co is one of those wonderful 'hole-in-the-wall' types of places. You would never go there unless someone recommended or showed it to you - it's terribly difficult to find, so I hope my pictures will help you out.

The real kicker about visiting Vietnam is that I'm not a coffee drinker. I tried several coffees, including the Vietnamese specialty Egg Coffee. I hoped that my tastes would sway but unfortunately I could never get into it - I'm just a simple tea drinker.

At Cafe Pho Co, I tried a Coconut Coffee. I did manage to drink at least half of this before the coffee taste became a bit too much for me but I think most coffee drinkers would recommend this to the non-coffee drinkers - I reckon I'm just super sensitive to the coffee tastes - because for the most part, it is a refreshing sweet coconut drink!

You want to look for this shop - see the little white Cafe Pho Co Sign - and you need to walk through this shop, through the narrow alleyway to the inside of the building.

You order your drinks and food at the counter on the ground floor and there are several levels to the cafe above but of course the Lake View is on the top floor. Do take the time to marvel at the birds and cats strewed around on the ground floor and the quirky layout of the cafe building!

Dubai Vietnam 2017: Ho Chi Minh City - last stop

Dubai Vietnam 2017: Cafe Pho Co - Hanoi Lake View Cafe

Coffee shop sketches