Ah Vietnam – Oh My How I’m Going to Miss Your Streetfood!
With less than two weeks til I board my flight to Nepal, with an onward flight to Borneo and absolutely nada booked past the Int’l airport in Kuala Lumpur on 30 September…
There’s a good chance I’ll not be returning to Vietnam – save for dashing in to pick up my stored extra baggage to carry it to… at this point, I honestly dunno.
And already my mouth is anticipating the pain of delectable Vietnamese streetfood withdrawal. The culinary spectacle pictured here is just one among many. A potpourri of crispy fried spring rolls (cha gio) along with skewered pork bits, thinly sliced cucumber, pickled carrot and white radish, plus a boatload of fresh greens – all hand-rolled in translucent rice paper, and dipped in the.most.DIVINE satay sauce. Oh and lest we forget the side of crunchy fried rice paper strips – Vietnam’s take on potato chips!
All this fresh, healthy yummerishesness for… the princely sum of 22,000 dong (about $1.04)
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Dyanne Off-the-beaten-path travel is my passion,and I’ve always lived life “like-a-kid-in-a-candy-store” – eager to sample as many flavors as I can. Indeed, my life motto has long been: This ain’t a dress rehearsal, folks!
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Off-the-beaten-path travel is my passion, and I’ve always lived life “like a kid in a candy store” – eager to sample as many flavors as I can. Indeed, my life motto has long been:
Vietnam is a paradise for street-food. So delicious! Pho is my best food to choose in Vietnam.
Indeed Mathew, now that I’m on the trail here in Nepal, I’m loving the samosas, the dal, and especially the legendary “curd” (thick Greek-like yogurt with a dash of honey) here in Bhaktapur. Nonetheless, already I miss the pho of dear Vietnam.
That picture made me hungry.
Some say Thailand has the best street food but Vietnam gets my vote. That might be influenced by having spent only 3+ weeks in Vietnam and 3+ years in Thailand. But for many years I lived near Little Saigon in Southern California, so I’m inclined to believe the preference is real and not a novelty effect.
Oh I don’t know FLN – those curries I had in Chiang Mai last year were truly to-die-for. I think both Vietnam and Thailand are on a par for amazing street-eats!
For me, Thai food is a close second. What puts Vietnamese food on top are the baguettes, flavors that aren’t as bold as in Thai cuisine, and veggies in greater variety and quantity that are less likely to be cooked to death.
I agree – the veggies here are super fresh, mostly eaten raw, and… oh my but the baguettes – so light and flakey – the French would be envious! 😉