1. French food
So I've talked about this French cafe and it serves mainly breakfast/afternoon tea items.
Still, the taste's good and the portion's quite big.
And let me repeat again, the owner is hot.
2. Pho
This dish looks unimpressive. You put some slices of beef into a clear soup with lots of garnishing vege... is this like tasteless or what? That's what I always used to think.
In actual fact, the broth is tasty and you can customize it by adding basil, lime, onions, chilli, bean sprouts, fish sauce, hoisin sauce, chilli sauce etc.
I personally like it with basil, chilli padi, bean sprouts and fish sauce.
(torturing myself by typing this at 1.35am... somebody save me...)
3. Banh Mi
I love bread. The french cafe sells very good pastry and bread too! E.g. Baguette, simple but good.
Anyway, back to Banh Mi. What I like about it is probably its French touch of pate (PAH-teh) in the baguette sandwich. They also add fish sauce if I'm not wrong (that'll be the Vietnamese element).
It's sweet, salty, sour, spicy all in one!!!
This is the stall. It's on the streets, don't expect it to be clean but maybe that's why it's extra tasty!
4. Banh cuon
This is their version of spring roll.
Also comes in a fried version.
We also tried Banh xeo, which didn't turn out impressive as I thought it would be.
Know the moral of the story? Don't put your expectations too high, people. It works with food as it works with your life.
Finally, learn some simple Vietnamese phrases to help make your trip smoother! (it will help if you know Mandarin as some words/sounds are similar)
Hello -- Chào (sounds like "jao", 早)
Thank you -- Cảm ơn. (gam urh-n, 感恩)
I'm sorry -- Xin lỗi. (seen lo-ee)
Everything else we made an effort to learn were the pronunciation of food :)
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