{"id":403,"date":"2026-07-04T13:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saigondaily.com\/index.php\/chinatown-food-tour-saigon\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T13:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:30:15","slug":"chinatown-food-tour-saigon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saigondaily.com\/index.php\/chinatown-food-tour-saigon\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinatown Food Tour in Saigon: Eating Through District 5 (Cho Lon)"},"content":{"rendered":"
Cluster Article<\/span>1,400+ tu<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
SEO Title<\/span>Chinatown Food Tour in Saigon: Eating Through District 5 (Cho Lon)<\/span><\/div>\n
Meta Description<\/span>Cho Lon is Saigon’s Chinatown \u2014 and one of the city’s most underrated food destinations. Here’s a self-guided food tour through the neighbourhood’s best stalls and restaurants.<\/span><\/div>\n
Slug<\/span>\/chinatown-food-tour-saigon\/<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cho Lon \u2014 “Big Market” in Chinese \u2014 is Saigon’s Chinatown and one of the oldest and largest Chinese communities in Southeast Asia. The Cantonese and Teochew communities that settled here over centuries brought their food with them, and that food has embedded itself so deeply into Saigon’s culinary identity that many dishes Saigonese consider “their own” have Chinese roots. The best way to understand Saigon food is to spend a morning eating through District 5.<\/p>\n

\n
\n

Table of Contents<\/p>\nToggle<\/span><\/path><\/svg><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n