It may not be a sight, but the Vietnamese food deserves a blog entry in its own right. I believe it's one of the world's best cuisines and we didn't have a bad meal once. Here is a list of my favourite Vietnamese nosh:
1. Fresh rice paper spring rolls with sweet salt, pepper and lime juice (the fried versions are good too!)
2. Traditional Pho Bo (noodle soup with beef)
3. Marinated pork on steamed rice
4. Cau lau, a noodle dish specific to Hoi An with slices of stewed pork
5. Barbequed fish flavoured with a sauce cooked in a banana leaf
6. 'White rose' - shrimp wrapped in rice paper and steamed
7. Banh xeo (won tons) - crispy pancakes with herbs
8. Fresh fruit including pineapple, mango, lyche and jack fruit
9. Do ngot - Vietnamese sweets sold by hawkers on the street
10. Marinated pork on skewers, served with steam rice
Here are some food (and drink!) related shots from our trip:
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| Duck in a coconut sauce in Hoi An |
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| Alex mixing herbs in our cookery class |
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| Fresh produce in the Hoi An market |
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| Our cookery class teacher |
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| Fried rice with veg, simple but tasty |
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| Pork on steamed rice and veg |
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| Dinner at the last night in Hoi An |
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| Alex's roll-your-own-spring-roll dinner in Hanoi |
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| Tasty Hue beer |
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| Lunch at our homestay in Mai Chau |
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| Fried spring rolls, green beens with garlic, chicken in a coconut sauce and more in Mai Chau |
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