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TASTE VIETNAMESE SPECIALTIES AT A SAIGON HALAL FOOD RESTAURANT

FOR Muslims, of course there are times when it is difficult to find halal food restaurants when visiting abroad, including Vietnam.

However, in Ho Chi Minh City, there are already several halal restaurants that you can visit, one of which is the Halal@Saigon restaurant. Halal@Saigon restaurant is located at 31 Dong Du, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The location is also exactly opposite the Saigon Central Mosque and is in a strategic city center.

The presence of this restaurant is a favorite place for Muslim tourists such as from Malaysia and Indonesia. This restaurant’s halal certification was issued by the Commission Board of Islam Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam.

The menu presented here is quite diverse, typical of Vietnamese food that is guaranteed to be halal, and mostly uses fresh vegetables and seafood such as squid, crab, shrimp, and also fish.

had the opportunity to try one of the dishes, namely the fresh spring roll, which contains shrimp with vegetables such as cucumber, lettuce, basil leaves, coriander leaves, vermicelli, and wrapped in rice paper. This dish is not fried so it is very healthy and fresh eaten with spicy tamarind mango sauce or peanut sauce.

This restaurant also provides Halal Beef Pho with gravy and beef at a price of 159,000 Dong. There is also a menu of curries, nasi lemak and kale vegetables. Prices for the main menu range from 159,000 Dong to 490,000 Vietnamese Dong.

Halal@Saigon is a restaurant founded by Dr. Shimi is from Malaysia who has lived in Vietnam for a long time. This restaurant was first opened in February 2009. The restaurant building consists of two floors and has red paint accented with the mosque dome above. [antaranews/photo special]