I love chicken. Our family lived on chicken literally as my Dad worked for a poultry farm for the most part of his work life. As a sideline, we’d sell dressed chicken and eggs at home. We even took care of quails at home too.

Early this week, I was able to try eating at Con Ga Trong Garden found just across Diamond Plaza in District 1.

If I remember correctly, they have an outlet at Vincom A too.

There were chickens everywhere!

We were served our salad with steamed shrimp with fish sauce-chili dressing. And upon closer inspection —-

I recognized the greens. It was something I’d pull out from garden because it’s practically a weed. In Filipino, it’s called pansit-pansitan or Clear Weed, among its many other names. It’s known for its medicinal benefits. I didn’t know we could eat it as part of a salad. If not for the dressing and the shrimp, I would have had a difficult time eating ’em as it was really bitter.

Next was the squid in lemongrass and ginger. This is actually pretty good. The color of the squid put me off a bit because it was too white — like it was bleached or something. 😛

The Sauteed Kangkong in garlic is so good. I’ve had my share of this dish in other places but this one tops it I think.

This honey-glazed pork is just delicious! It’s soft and chewy and I couldn’t get enough of this. I honestly could have finished the whole plate. If not for the presence of my office mates, I would have given in to gluttony.

We were served steamed shrimps too. My tummy was absolutely giddy.

And of course we also had to have the crispiest, tastiest fried chicken I have ever tried in Saigon. It was served on a bed of fried rice. REALLY YUM! The whole thing was fried to perfection. Every chicken part was eaten except for —

Con Ga Trong Garden is housed in a building where you can hold private functions. So if you’re a big group, you can definitely call them up for reservations.

Con Ga Trong Garden
39 Nguyen Thi Minh Khai St.,
District 1