The Vagabond Pâtisserie & Café

The Vagabond Pâtisserie & Café is a French-style pastry shop on Trần Cao Vân street in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. The business first opened in 2015, establishing itself inside a restored heritage French villa. The café specializes in artisanal cakes, complex entremets, and viennoiserie. It combines classic Western pastry techniques with Vietnamese and other Asian ingredients. The shop’s name takes inspiration from a poem by Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh.

The menu features a rotating selection of mille crêpes cakes, individual pastries, and whole cakes. Common mille crêpes flavors include tiramisu, avocado, and mango with yuzu. The viennoiserie selection includes croissants filled with creams like matcha or avocado. The kitchen also creates multi-component entremets and seasonal items for special occasions, such as mooncakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival. The drink menu lists specialty coffees and teas selected to pair with the pastries.

The interior space features vintage-style decor with wooden tables and chairs. Warm lighting and a large, floor-to-ceiling bookshelf define the main dining area. The café provides table service for guests dining in. Beyond its retail location, the company operates a large-scale central kitchen for wholesale supply to other businesses. It also offers catering services and creates custom-designed desserts for events and corporate clients.

The Vagabond Pâtisserie & Café is an official ambassador for French AOP butter from Échiré. The team consists of more than twenty professional chefs. The venue sits a short distance from the Turtle Lake (Hồ Con Rùa) roundabout, a prominent local landmark. The shop serves both individual slices for immediate consumption and whole cakes available for pre-order.