Nam Son is a Saigon rarity: a restaurant that's been around for decades. Our friend My, who's in her mid-thirties, remembers eating there as a young girl. In Saigon, which is remaking itself by the minute, a thirty-plus year-old restaurant seems antique. Back when My's parents brought her here Nam Son was a relatively upscale restaurant, and it's obvious from the peeling paint and nicked floors that this place has seen better days. But it's got a certain vintage appeal, and the second-story dining room offers a fine view of Saigon's legendary traffic through a veil of its trademark tangle of telephone and electrical lines.... read more