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According to a Viet Kieu (that's overseas Vietnamese for you ) I spoke to, it takes an average of half an hour to drink the local coffee and 1 min to drink a cup of java in the US. Well, I don't know how many times he must have scalded his tongue in the process but he was right about the local coffee... Over here, Vietnamese love to use a fancy coffee strainer that makes coffee drip out in an agonisingly slow fashion. So, too bad if you're a Type A. In any case, it's worth the wait . The coffee is thick but excellent . Think Italian expresso. One shot of of this powerful drink is enough to propel you to the moon. Perhaps, this explains why all the motorists over here drive as though they're competing in the grand prix.
You can find coffee everywhere but tell them that you want VIETNAMESE COFFEE. They'll serve you instant coffee since they think we foreigners love this soot-tasting invention. Tip: Take the coffee with condensed milk like the locals. Since the composition is about 40% milk and 60% coffee, this drink will make probably your eyeballs roll backwards. But heck, it just doesn't taste the same with fresh milk. Dilute it with hot water if you must. Double Tip: If you want to buy back some of the delicious coffee, pop over to BenTanh Market and get freshly ground coffee that comes from "BUONMETHUOT". That's the premier coffee district and all coffee beans from there are roasted in butter! Needless to say, I'm addicted to this fragrant smelling joe To see more delicious picture of Vietnamese food, click on b'packer's hcmc page Leave a Comment Theme: Local
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| | | | Eat & Drink like the locals: Street Food in Vietnam | Tip Rating: Satisfaction: | | | | |
Other than Goi Cuon, the commonly seen cold spring rolls, you could also try Cha Gio Chay , the fried version. I had mine in the Mekong Delta region, along with the famed Delta rice which is supposedly very flavourful because of the good flood waters...
This spring roll is fried to a golden crisp and stuffed w/ tofu, cellophane noodles, black mushrooms, carrots, served w/ lettuce, mint, etc. To see more delicious picture of Vietnamese food, click on b'packer's hcmc page Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: least expensive
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| | | | Eat & Drink like the locals: A Mekong Delta Specialty | Tip Rating: Satisfaction:  | | | | |
The best thing about those trips out of HCMC is the opportunity to savour really fresh food from the rural areas. Well, thanks to really helpful tip from a VTer, I went to a Mekong Delta excursion organised by Sinh Cafe and had the opportunity to try a fish with a strange name.
It's called the "Fried Elephant Ear Fish" . Sounds really out of this world right? Well, before you expect a fish with two gigantic ear lobes, let me just say it's actually a normal fish with lots of protruding, spiky scales . Well, this spiky bugger is fried to a golden crisp and made to stand upright on lots of greens and spring onions s.haped like flowers. That's not all though, a waitress with really deft hands will tear pieces of the fish out with chopsticks and wrapped the flaky flesh inside a delicate rice paper with lots of basil, mint and vemicelli. This treat cost about USD6 and thanks to the new Japanese friends I made during the trip, I had a free taste. Best roll I've ever tried! To see more delicious picture of Vietnamese food, click on b'packer's hcmc page Leave a Comment Theme: LocalPrice: less than US$10 » Currency ConverterComparison: about averageDirections: Out of the beaten path, contact your tour agent! I'll put sinh's cafe's contact as they were excellent.
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| | | | Eat & Drink like the locals: How to make delicious Pho / Cookery School | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Thanks to Shrimp56, I've decided to list out delicious recipes collected from all over the world. Here's my own recipe for good Vietnamese Beef Pho. Hopefully, it taste just as good as one found in Pho Hua. However, this looks like Greek to you, you're better off enrolling in the Vietnam Cookery School. It's situated in town and it cost roughly USD30 to learn how to cook good Viet food. Click on my link below for more details.
Pho Bo Recipe - Get the ingredients from a Thai or Chinese supermart. If you're living in Singapore, you can get all these ingredients from the Thai Supermart in GoldenMile Shopping centre. Ingredients Soup 1/4 cup thinly sliced peeled fresh ginger 1 medium onion, sliced 3 1/2 pounds oxtail, cut into 2-inch pieces One cinnamon stick 6 star anise ( this is a spice ) 1 tablespoon sea salt 1 teaspoon light soy sauce One 1-inch piece Chinese yellow rock sugar + 12 ounces, sukiyaki beef + Garnish A basketful of Thai Sweet / Holy Basil, Saw Pine Leaves, Mint Leaves, Sprouts, Sliced Bird's Eye Chilli and Thai Lime Wedges + Dried Pho Now, I just love preparing the Soup the night before in my slow cooker, so that it'll be full of flavour the next day. To start, sautee the onion and ginger till onion turns transluscent. Brown the ox tail next . Transfer the ox tail to a slow cooker and pour 3.5quarts of water. Stir in the spices, salt and sugar. Cook overnight. To serve, soak noodles in hot water till its soft. Blanch it later with hot soup. Dry it. Arrange beef slices on top and pour searing hot soup on it. Garnish and serve. Leave a Comment Theme: LocalWebsite: http://www.expat-services.com/index2E.html
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