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World Tour Guide

Saigon Rush starts in Ho Chi Minh City and takes you on a food-delivery tour through five of the world's great street-food cities. Each city has its own streets, traffic, signs, music and dishes to deliver. This guide covers every city, its four districts, and the real food behind each order.

🛵 Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam

Saigon is where the game was born. The city has millions of motorbikes, and scooters carry everything: families, groceries, mattresses and, more and more, food ordered through delivery apps. In the game you ride under tangled power cables past bánh mì carts, street vendors in conical hats, and shops with striped awnings.

Districts

• Quận 1 (District 1). The neon downtown, with shops, cafés and trees along wide boulevards.
• Chợ Bến Thành (Ben Thanh Market). Market stalls selling everything from fruit to fabric around the city's most famous market.
• Bến Bạch Đằng (Bach Dang Wharf). The riverside promenade along the Saigon River, with parks and cafés.
• Bùi Viện. The backpacker party street, full of bars and music. In the game it's always raining here.

What you deliver

🍜 Phở	Rice-noodle soup in a clear, spiced beef broth, served with herbs, lime and chilli. Vietnam's best-known dish.
🥖 Bánh mì	A crisp, airy baguette filled with pâté, cold cuts or grilled pork, pickled carrot and daikon, cucumber, coriander and chilli.
🍚 Cơm tấm	"Broken rice" topped with a grilled pork chop, a fried egg and sweet fish sauce. A Saigon breakfast favourite.
🧋 Trà sữa	Milk tea, usually with chewy tapioca pearls. Hugely popular with students.
☕ Cà phê	Strong Vietnamese coffee dripped through a small metal phin filter, often served iced with sweetened condensed milk (cà phê sữa đá).
🌯 Gỏi cuốn	Fresh spring rolls: shrimp, pork, herbs and noodles wrapped in rice paper, dipped in peanut sauce.
🍲 Bún bò	Bún bò Huế: a spicy lemongrass beef soup with thick round rice noodles, from the old imperial city of Huế.
🍧 Chè	A family of sweet desserts: beans, jellies, fruit and coconut milk, served warm or over ice.

🛺 Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok's streets are packed with pink taxis, tuk-tuks and food stalls that never seem to close. You ride past golden temple roofs and long-tail boats on the Chao Phraya River.

Districts

• Khao San Road. The famous backpacker street, with bars and neon signs.
• Yaowarat. Bangkok's Chinatown, one of the best street-food streets in Asia, glowing with red and gold signs.
• Chao Phraya. The river, lined with temples, with long-tail boats racing past.
• Sukhumvit. A long, modern avenue of shops and city lights, rainy at night.

What you deliver

🍜 Pad Thai	Stir-fried rice noodles with egg, tofu or shrimp, bean sprouts and crushed peanuts, balanced sweet, sour and salty.
🍲 Tom Yum	A hot and sour soup with lemongrass, galangal, lime leaves and chilli, usually with shrimp.
🥭 Khao Niao Mamuang	Mango sticky rice: sweet ripe mango with sticky rice and salty-sweet coconut cream.
🧋 Cha Yen	Thai iced tea: strong, bright-orange spiced tea with sweetened milk.
🍢 Moo Ping	Grilled pork skewers marinated in garlic, coconut milk and palm sugar, a classic grab-and-go breakfast.
🍛 Kaeng Khiao Wan	Green curry made with fresh green chillies, coconut milk and Thai basil.

🗼 Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo is spotless, orderly and full of light. You ride past vending machines, glowing billboards, paper lanterns and food stands called yatai.

Districts

• Shibuya. Home of the famous scramble crossing and giant video screens.
• Shinjuku. Narrow lantern-lit alleys full of tiny izakaya (Japanese pubs).
• Asakusa. Old Tokyo, with temple gates and pink cherry blossoms.
• Akihabara. "Electric Town", full of electronics, games and anime shops, rainy in the game.

What you deliver

🍜 Ramen	Wheat noodles in a rich broth (soy, miso, salt or pork bone), topped with sliced pork, egg and green onion.
🍣 Sushi	Vinegared rice with raw fish or other toppings. Nigiri, maki and more.
🍙 Onigiri	A rice ball wrapped in seaweed with a filling such as salmon or pickled plum. Every convenience store sells them.
🐙 Takoyaki	Round batter balls with pieces of octopus, cooked in a special pan and topped with sauce, mayo and bonito flakes.
🍱 Bento	A boxed lunch with rice, a main dish and small sides, packed neatly in compartments.
🍡 Dango	Chewy rice-flour dumplings on a skewer, often in three colours or glazed with sweet soy sauce.

🗽 New York City, USA

New York means yellow cabs, fire hydrants, hot dog carts and nonstop noise. Here the food names are in English and the traffic is mostly yellow.

Districts

• Times Square. Billboards on every side, day and night.
• Chinatown. Busy markets and dumpling shops in Lower Manhattan.
• Central Park. Trees on both sides of the road for a green stretch through the middle of the city.
• Brooklyn. Rainy streets lined with brownstone houses and neighbourhood cafés.

What you deliver

🍕 Pizza	The New York slice: thin, wide and foldable, sold by the slice on almost every block.
🥯 Bagel	Boiled, then baked, for a chewy crust. Classic with cream cheese and lox.
🌭 Hot dog	From a street cart, with mustard, onions or sauerkraut.
🍔 Burger	From diners to smash-burger stands, a city staple.
🥨 Pretzel	Big soft pretzels with coarse salt, sold warm from street carts.
🍰 Cheesecake	New York-style: dense, rich and creamy, made with cream cheese.

🌮 Mexico City, Mexico

Mexico City (CDMX) is loud, colourful and delicious. You ride under strings of papel picado (cut-paper flags) past brightly painted buildings and elote carts.

Districts

• Centro. The historic centre, with colourful colonial buildings and cafés.
• La Merced. One of the largest traditional markets in the city.
• Xochimilco. Canals with colourful trajinera boats and flowers.
• Coyoacán. Leafy plazas and painted houses, rainy in the game.

What you deliver

🌮 Tacos	Soft corn tortillas with fillings like al pastor (spit-roasted pork with pineapple), topped with onion, coriander and salsa.
🌯 Burrito	A large flour tortilla wrapped around meat, beans and rice.
🌽 Elote	Grilled corn on the cob with mayo, crumbly cheese, chilli powder and lime, sold from street carts.
🥑 Guacamole	Mashed avocado with lime, onion, chilli and coriander.
🍲 Pozole	A festive hominy (big corn kernels) stew with pork or chicken, topped with radish, lettuce and oregano.
🍹 Agua fresca	"Fresh water": light fruit drinks such as hibiscus (jamaica), tamarind or watermelon.

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