We chose to have lunch at La Cucina, a riverside Italian restaurant at the Crescent promenade. Not so many people around, and I half expected ho-hum food and service. Turns out that we had a wonderful meal, with fresh seafood pasta (yes, it was done in chewy al dente fashion) and rich flavorful pizza!
We had a chance to meet the American chef and we didn't fail to thank him for the good meal. I don't have a handle on how much our meal cost us, but judging from the looks of the place, I'd say that the pricing would be well above the average meal cost in Saigon.
It's funny that the cooking ovens (you can see them in the pictures below) somehow reminded me of the white sugar coating of banadas cookies popular in Iloilo and Bacolod. Room decor wasn't particularly awe-inspiring, but was cozy enough to be traditional without being ornately Italian.
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