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Volume 5, Number 1

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STiR tea & coffee industry international 53 Korean bakery chain, Tous les Jours, has several Saigon locations. Vina Cafe, Vietnam National Coffee Corporation, Ho Chi Minh City A second floor balconey view of Trâm Café and coffee-tasting sessions reminding one of the roastery and tasting room opened 7 months ago by Starbucks in Seattle. The café sources arabica varietals and robusta from three farmers in Dalat, Lam Dong, and imported green Ethiopian coffees, which are roasted once a week. Prices are $3.50 for a latte, $4 for an iced cof- fee. Forgo frappe foolishness. Trâm Café Perhaps the most unique café experiences in Saigon, if you can find them, are the "hidden cafes," most of which are located in the Phu Nhuan district, east of Saigon Dis- trict 1. There are three types of hiddens: garden cafes, antique or nostalgia cafés, and post-modern cafes. The Tram leads the first class. The place is seques- tered at the end of a long, narrow alleyway lined with overgrown bamboo. The heavy wooden medieval-looking entrance lets onto a pastiche of hanging tropical plants, gurgling waterfalls and a confusion of jury-built wooden rooms, decks and stairways which appear to be hung from an unseen cliff. Upstairs, there is a covered porch, tiny private con- versation rooms and a more formally furnished air con- ditioned dining room. The Tram kitchen offers a menu of high-quality Vietnamese meals, snacks and coffee-based beverages. For all the atmospherics, prices are moderate. The coffee is not as moving as the environment, but that's not why one ferrets out this hidden gems!

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