Travel with Howie in Vietnam

Logistics

• Fly on 15th from osaka

Inspiration

• Nightlife
  • Karaoke at Bar Horse Slut
  • River boat with paper lantern $12pp
• Out of town
  • Farm and brick kiln
  • Lotus ponds
• Food
  • Cooking class $63pp, morning class goes to market too
  • Egg coffee and carrot cake
  • Drinks
    • Mot - herbal drink
    • Salted coffee
    • Coconut coffee
    • Viet coffee
  • Chinese influence:
    • yangzhou fried rice
    • money chicken
  • BAHN MI
  • Ớt Tương Triều Phát - homemade chilli oil
  • Dessert
    • Che - cool sweet soup
  • Bao
    • Hoanh thanh - wonton
    • Bánh bao bánh vạc - white rose dumplings (rice flour based for caro), popular in ancient town, better with quality water near Bá Lễ Well
  • Rice (or rice noodle)
    • Cao Lau - pork broth noodles
    • Bánh xèo - stuffed rice crepe (xeo is the sound of the sizzle)
    • mì Quảng - turmeric rice noodles with meat egg and herbs
    • Bánh bèo - water fern cake
    • Bun cha - grilled pork and noodles
    • Bún riêu - vermicelli soup
    • Bún bò Huế - rice noodle soup with sliced beef or pork knuckle
    • Bún thịt nướng - cold rice noodle with herbs
    • Com ga - chicken rice
    • Cơm tấm - rice and ribs
    • Cơm nắm - compressed rice balls with salt and sesame
    • Cơm rượu - glutinous rice pudding
    • Gỏi cuốn - rice paper roll
    • Pho - duh
    • Xôi - sticky rice
    • Cơm hến - cooked rice with mussels, peanut, pork rind, shrimp paste