Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish: Ho Chi Minh City, Ice Cream Parlors (2011, Mar 19-20)

Monday, November 19, 2012

Ho Chi Minh City, Ice Cream Parlors (2011, Mar 19-20)

You crave ice cream? Then you have to stop by a few ice cream parlors around Central HCMC. I am an ice-cream-holic and froyo-holic crab, so I make sure to research the local ice cream parlor even before I land in a place. Among the list reviewed by fellow travelers, 2 cafes stand out, i.e. Fanny Ice Cream Cafe and Kem Bach Dang Cafe. I'm sure HCMC is not short of cool hip ice cream cafes, thus merely trying out 2 of them won't do it justice. However I had a strict time line to follow and maybe... maybe in the future I'll arrange an exclusive ice cream trip... to delight my palate. Just ice cream and froyo. Nothing but ice cream and froyo :)

www.fanny.com.vn
Fanny Ice Cream has 4 parlors in HCMC:
(",) Ton That Thiep Parlor
29-31 Ton That Thiep St., District 1, HCMC
Ph: +84 8 3821 1633/0949, Fax: +84 8 3914 4236

(",) Vincom Center Parlor
B3 Floor, 72 Le Thanh Ton St., District 1, HCMC
Ph: +84 8 3993 9018, Fax: +84 8 3993 9018
I happened to nestle in a cozy corner of this parlor while walking along my tour route along Central HCMC.

(",) Pham Hong Thai Parlor
22 Pham Hong Thai St., District 1, HCMC
Ph: +84 8 3824 4778

(",) Xuan Thuy Parlor
63 Xuan Thuy St., District 2, HCMC
Ph: +84 8 3519 4205

Kem Bach Dang Parlor
26-28 Le Loi St., District 1, HCMC
Kem Bach Dang has 2 branches across the street from each other, at the corner of Le Loi St. and Pasteur St.

Definitely worth a visit after a long and tiring walk around the city that is DAMN hot.

Macadamia Vanilla and Caramel

1 scoop of Macadamia Vanilla: VND 30K.
1 scoop of Caramel: VND 22K.

Fanny Vincom Center

Fanny Ice Cream

The Fanny brand was set up in Vietnam in 1994, by Jean-Marc Bruno, a specialist graduated from Le Nôtre Paris school. The ice cream is really rich with more than 30 flavors and the Fanny's slogan is 100% Natural Ice Cream.