Our eating journey

Well, where will we begin?? Of course from Saigon, but because this blog is all about food and eating, so no attraction sightseeing here but food glorious food

We start with Nam Giao restaurant. This restaurant is serve Hue' food. We had Beef soup ( Bun bo Hue ), steamed rice cake ( banh beo) , rice noodle soup Nam Pho style ( Banh canh Nam Pho) and steamed prawn rice cake wrapped in banana leave ( banh nam). The restaurant interior is too dark so out photos turned out as it been over cooked in the oven hahaha so here just have the steamed rice cake ( banh beo ) as it was the better look of all. Oh, and Nam Giao address is : 136/15 Le Thanh Ton st . It is in Lonely Planet and it worth a try , you'll see so many Westerners, tourists or expats eating here and the price is so low.

Then a well knownnoodle house in Saigon is Hong Phat restaurant. below is our breakfast at Hong Phat. Dont ask me the address as this one not listed in LP's , just remember it is on Vo van Tan st, many taxi drivers know it.

Talking Vo van Tan st, I'd like to tell you a story: along Vo van Tan next to Cach Mang thang Tam st, there's an alley special with carrot cake. My daughter is a carrot cake addict ( I made the dish here in Syd for her since she was a little girl, now still make for her) so We had diner there. While eating, an old man looked at us, just looked - He not begged- So my daughter told me she couldn't eat with an old man who appeared starved next to us. She gave him some money ( 20 thousands Dong I remembered, and the price for one serving was 5 thousands Dong by that time in year 2000) and said: Dear old man, you can buy your diner now. To our surprising, he went, not to buy carrot cake but a small bread roll!!. My daughter stopped eating ,cried and said : I understand why he bough the bread: he would survive longer with the bread!! The poignant point here is the old man was respected himself, he was not a beggar!!Oh my poor people!!

Our special treat in Thap Cham, Ninh Thuan: blue swimmer hotpot!! Yumm, couldn't cook in here,

From Ninh Thuan, Phan Rang we come to Nha Trang, and dear oh dear we just starved for our tradional meal: A meal with a stir fry dish, a salty dish, and one soup.That the way an ordinary Vietnamese served their daily meal with rice.

The Cauliflower stir fry with prawn

The salty dish: fresh water fish ( mud fish) caramelise and cooked in clay pot

Nha Trang specialty is Nem Ninh Hoa

And we finished with some jack fruit bough at Nha Trang market

In Hoi An, every one about Cao Lau, but Hoi An is known for Chicken rice, Fried wonton and White Rose ( steamed prawn wrapped in rice paper : translation from LP's hahaha)

This is Chicken rice, quite different with Hainanaise Chicken rice.

And here it is: Cao Lau. Gotta eat Cao Lau with Rice paper cracker

And White rose

Hanoi: Prawn fritter at West lake ( ho Tay)

Of course we had more in hanoi, but dear oh dear the food was so good that when I remember my camera, I only took the plate's picture :0). I promise, I 'll REMEMBER my camera before lift my chopstick next time. Bye for now