VIETNAM '09 - '10

Fruit sold on the street-side.
All these fruits had a peel so it was safe to eat. I think it was 5,000 dong a kg which is 30 cents.

A holiday in Vietnam + A holiday in Hong Kong = LOTS of foodie photos!

I went to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Hue, Hoi An/Da Nang, Quang Binh & Ba Ria.

I'll be uploading the photos consecutively because there are too many to sort through to put into "themes" eg. drinks, desserts, etc..

From the beginning of this mytical journey....

Breakfast on Cathay Pacific on the way to HK (stop-over)
[fish congee, fruit salad, yoghurt, croissant w/ jam + butter (not pictured....in tummy)]

Lunch on Cathay Pacific (still on the way to HK)
[rice with pork + veggies, salmon salad, Christmas cake]

Breakfast the next day at a hu tieu (noodle) shop on the corner of my aunty's laneway.
[fishballs, tofu, veggie hu tieu]

Hot Vietnamese coffee (fake!)
In Vietnam, there is good coffee (real) and fake coffee, which is made from corn and is incredibly sweet. The glasses are kept in a bowl of warm water to keep it hot while you eat, as it seems everyone has their drinks at the end instead of during their meal.....

Half of the kitchen of the hu tieu place.
The bottom shelf is where they prepare the coffees with the coffee drips alll lined up.

A laneway market near my aunty's house.
It was about 8am or so and it was already bustling (and hot!) The tin roofs did not help the heat either.

Different kinds of tofu at the market.

Fresh fish at the fishmongers.... fresh if you go early. Fly-infested if you go much later, that's for sure.

Pickled cucumbers, carrots and leeks sold in abundence. Apparently no refrigeration is needed until after you take off the rubber-band.

Freshly caught mini crabs.

Slimy fish, just out in the open.

13 types of dried shrimp. Pungent.

Roasted whole eggplants. They were massive.

Froggies!
I ate one by accident at a restuarant a few days later and didn't know what it was because it was smothered in chilli sauce. It was only when i walked out the shop and saw on the front door a large picture of a goofy looking cartoon frog did i realise what i just ate.

All in a day's work...
A household business in peeling over-sized winter melons.

Street-side bakery.
A 3-layer oven FULL of freshly baked Vietnamese rolls ready to filled with delish things. The smell was so wonderful.

The said delish things.
Pickled veggies, pork (meatballs, ham, actual pork meat, etc)
LOOK AT THAT CRUSTY BREAD Y'ALL!

More pictures to ensue, i promise. This is only the beginning.