This document summarizes several cafes in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It describes X-Cafe as a popular local hangout located in a converted 1919 French villa with a minimalist design. It also describes Soho Coffee Lounge as epitomizing Ho Chi Minh City's modern cafes, popular with locals and young professionals. Additionally, it mentions Saigon Xua Va Nay as a low-key cafe and barbecue restaurant known for its iced milk coffee, and Crêperie & Café Restaurant as having stylish interiors and views of local parks and landmarks.

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Saigon Xua Va Nay
供應越南凍牛奶咖
啡；香濃咖啡慢慢滴
進盛著煉奶的杯子，
再加上冰塊享用
Vietnamese coffee
at Saigon Xua Va
Nay slowly drips
into a glass of
condensed milk.
It is usually then
mixed with ice
and savoured
裝潢洋溢懷舊格調
的Napoly意大利式
咖啡館﹙右圖），正
準備開門營業
Napoly (right), an
Italian-style
café with retro
décor, prepares
to open its doors
for the day’s
customers

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想呷著香濃咖啡享受悠閒，在越南不愁沒有好去處
When it comes to kicking back and indulging in its celebrated
café culture, few do it better than the Vietnamese
輕鬆一刻
Chillout
撰文：Samantha Coomber
攝影：Luke Duggleby

3. X-Café（上圖）是當
地人暢聚的好去處
X-Café (above) is a
popular hangout
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X-caFé
市內其中一家最具型格的消閒場所，位處的建築物原
是法國人於1919年建造的別墅，改建為時尚的咖啡館
兼酒廊後，即成為潮流熱點。其裝潢突顯簡約主義的格
調，以玻璃、白牆和粗磚為設計主調。店內設有兩個露
天平台、一間電影室、一個雪糕廊；在開放式設計的一
樓，則擺放著人造麂皮沙發。在晚上，咖啡館內有樂隊
演出或DJ於現場播放音樂，並設有播放DVD影碟的平
面大電視。這裡的冰茉莉綠茶加奶（1.7美元）或冰凍意
大利泡沫咖啡（2.8美元，一款以意式特濃咖啡混合鮮
奶，再加入泡沫咖啡味雪糕的特飲），均值得一試。
53 Pasteur Street, District One
+84 8 3914 2142
soho coFFee LouNge
要數胡志明市新一代最愛聚首的時尚咖啡館，一定非
Soho莫屬。這座兩層高的咖啡館，深受當地的青少年
及年輕企業才俊歡迎。建築物的外牆以玻璃及灰色作
主調，體現工業建築風格及簡約主義，室內裝潢由黑
色牆身、灰色地板及玻璃枱等組成。這裡的食物價格
相當大眾化，冷或熱的意式濃縮咖啡由1.5美元起，越
南咖啡則由1美元起。若想找個安靜的地方與好友聊
天，這裡並非首選，因為店內播放著響亮的音樂，即使
坐在室外的露天咖啡座，街上車水馬龍也非常喧鬧。
185 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street,
District One, +84 8 3839 5038
胡
志明市的居民最愛流連咖啡館。經
歷法國百年殖民統治，遠渡重洋的咖
啡文化已在當地扎根；越南人鍾情咖
啡，再加上當地盛產優質咖啡豆，令
越南成為亞洲的咖啡王國。越南目前是全球第二
大的咖啡出口國，排名僅次於巴西。
胡志明市內的咖啡館種類繁多，從搭建的簡陋
咖啡座，以至時尚高雅的咖啡館，應有盡有。令人
慶幸的是，儘管新派咖啡館推出冰凍泡沫咖啡等
新口味，越南道地凍牛奶咖啡（ca phe sua da）
的受歡迎程度依然不減。以下為你介紹的五間咖
啡館，不僅深受當地人喜愛，而且全部設有Wi-Fi
無線上網服務。
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soho 咖啡館（右圖）裝潢
時尚，深受年輕新一代的喜愛
Soho Coffee Lounge (right)
is one of Ho Chi Minh
City’s new generation of
modern cafés

4. Saigon Xua Va Nay
﹙右上圖）把桌椅設
於行人道，別有風味
Saigon Xua Va Nay
(top right) spills
out into a leafy
city street
Crêperie Café
Restaurant供應的
法式薄餅（左圖）
French-style crêpes
at Crêperie Café
Restaurant (left)
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saigoN Xua va Nay
這是一家走低調路線的咖啡館兼燒烤店。店內的裝潢
實而不華；簡樸的木桌椅整齊地排列在市內一條綠樹
林蔭的行人道上，在這裡你能喝到全胡志明市最美味
的凍牛奶咖啡——由咖啡、煉奶和冰塊混合而成的特
色飲品，而且價格相宜．只需花費約1美元，就能滿足
你對咖啡因的渴求。如果你對咖啡不太感興趣，這裡
的燒山羊肉、鹿肉或是牛肉，均可令你食慾大增，以啤
酒佐膳更是一流。安坐店中，細細品味咖啡的濃香，還
可以靜靜欣賞咖啡館對面的殖民地式建築物，飽覽這
些城中最美的景物。
33 Nguyen Trung Truc Street, District One
+84 8 3822 1731
crêPerie caFé restauraNt
咖啡館是一座經過翻新的兩層高別墅，室內裝潢時
尚，予人置身於寧靜圖書館的恬謐感覺，最適合需要
使用Wi-Fi無線上網的顧客。這裡最吸引顧客的地
方，是面向外街的平台。白色太陽傘下擺放著一張張
的桌椅，顧客可在此欣賞花團錦簇的公園、獨立皇宮
（Independence Palace）以及聖母大教堂等優美
景致。這間洋溢法式風情的餐廳位處昔日西貢的前
法國殖民區，吸引了不少當地人或遊客慕名而來。在
Crêperie Café除了可以喝到胡志明市最出色的鮮
奶咖啡（café latte，3美元）及愛爾蘭咖啡（3.5美元）
外，還能品嚐亞洲各國美食。最後，別忘了試試這裡招
牌菜式――法式薄餅。
5 Han Thuyen Street, District One
+84 8 3829 9117

5. Cathay Pacific Airways
flies twice a day to
Ho Chi Minh City
國泰航空每日有兩班航機
飛往胡志明市
T
he Saigonese love spending
time in cafés. A legacy of French
colonial rule, they are an inher-
ent and important part of the local cul-
ture, sustained by a Vietnamese love
affair with coffee and excellent domes-
tic coffee bean production. Vietnam
is the world’s biggest coffee exporter
after Brazil.
Ho Chi Minh City’s cafés range from
no-frills makeshift establishments to
seriously hip hangouts. The newcom-
ers that serve frosted coffee frappés
haven’t yet upstaged the local favourites
where ca phe sua da (iced milk coffee)
is the drink of choice. Here are five
favourite local haunts – all equipped
with Wi-Fi access.
X-Café
One of the city’s coolest coffee shops,
this sprawling 1919 French-built villa
comes bang up-to-date as a lounge-café-
meeting place. The décor is minimalist
with plenty of glass, white walls and
bare brick work. There are two patios,
a movie room, ice cream parlour-cum-
bar and an open-plan first floor with
faux suede sofas. In the evening it’s
all about the music with live bands,
DJs and large plasma screens that play
DVDs. Try the jasmine iced green tea
with milk (US$1.70) or iced cappuccino
(US$2.80) – espresso with milk and
cappuccino ice cream.
53 Pasteur Street, District One,
+84 8 3914 2142
Soho Coffee Lounge
Soho epitomises Ho Chi Minh City’s
new generation of home-grown mod-
ern cafés. This two-level urban café is
hugely popular with the locals, ranging
from teens to young corporate go-get-
ters. The grey and glass-fronted build-
ing has industrial-style, minimalist
interiors, with black walls, grey floors
and glass tables. The menu is very
affordable, with hot or iced espressos
from US$1.50 and Vietnamese coffees
from US$1. But don’t come here look-
ing for any peace and quiet. The music
is loud and out on the patio the traffic
is even louder.
185 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street,
District One, +84 8 3839 5038
Saigon Xua Va Nay
Don’t expect anything flash at this low-
key, barbecue restaurant-café. Simple
wooden chairs and tables line the pave-
ment of a leafy downtown street. This
café serves arguably Ho Chi Minh
City’s finest ca phe sua da – a wonder-
ful blend of coffee and condensed milk
with ice. For just US$1, it is a small
price to pay for your caffeine fix. And
if the outstanding coffee doesn’t tempt
you, then maybe plates of barbecued
goat, deer and beef will, washed down
with tall mugs of cold beer. So sit back,
smell the coffee and watch the world
go by.
33 Nguyen Trung Truc Street,
District One, +84 8 3822 1731
Crêperie Café Restaurant
This renovated villa has two floors
of stylish interiors with library-style
tranquillity – a perfect spot for Wi-Fi
users. But the premier selling point
is the atmospheric street-side ter-
race with tables and chairs shaded by
white-cotton umbrellas. The vantage
point offers views across a leafy park
to Reunification Palace and the rear
of Notre Dame Cathedral. Crêperie
Café serves some of the best café lattes
(US$3) and Irish coffees (US$3.50) in
the city, and has an extensive Asian and
international food menu. Don’t miss
the French-style crêpes.
5 Han Thuyen Street, District One,
+84 8 3829 9117
Napoly
This is an unashamedly Italian-style
café, an indulgent throwback to 1950s
Rome with an old-style ice-cream par-
lour, Italian sodas and kitsch interiors
of pink lampshades and tutti frutti-style
wallpaper. The expansive, street-front
terrace, which is shaded by umbrellas
and palm trees, offers a convivial “dolce
vita” ambience. It’s very popular, so be
prepared to wait for a table. In the eve-
ning it makes for a romantic setting.
Try the amarula latte (US$3) – a fine
blend of cream liqueur, toffee, fresh
milk, vanilla, ice cream and a single
espresso shot.
7 Pham Ngoc Thach Street,
District One, +84 8 3829 0583
chiLL out
dJ在Napoly點播悅耳
動聽的音樂
Tune in at the
popular Napoly
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NaPoLy
這是一間洋溢意大利風格咖啡館，裝潢甚有1950年代
的羅馬風情，店內設有懷舊雪糕廊，並供應意大利汽
水。粉紅色燈罩搭配繽紛的懷舊牆紙，令這裡洋溢滿
室的復古情懷。寬闊的露天平台延伸至臨街位置，在
陽傘與棕櫚樹的掩蔭下，為顧客提供了一個美好的環
境氣氛。由於這家咖啡館極受歡迎，惠顧的客人極可
能需要輪候桌子。入夜後，店內氣氛更加浪漫迷人。不
妨試試這裡以忌廉甜酒、牛奶糖、鮮奶、香草、雪糕及
意大利特濃咖啡混合而成的特色飲品amarula latte
（3美元），滋味無窮。
7 Pham Ngoc Thach Street, District One
+84 8 3829 0583
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