In Vietnam, eating out is an experience. It is always joyful, relaxing and full of surprises! The flavours of dishes are enhanced with fresh (read 'uncooked') vegetables which add to the taste of soups and meats in the most psychedelic ways. Granted they say its best to take your Hepatitis A shots and with bird flu around, avoid chicken, duck and quails, but when the scent of Vietnamese dishes waft by you, you just can't resist, no matter what is served (reptiles, dogs and cats excluded!)
They sit on the tiniest stools and sup on the tiniest morsels, watching the world go by. This is the morning crowd, having breakfast before going into office. Impeccably dressed, they sit daintly on the stools, unperturbed they are so close to the ground. The same scene is repeated for tea, lunch, tea, dinner, tea... somehow tea and coffee-breaks never does end.
i asked for pho bo (beef noodles) but i got pho ba (chicken)! Must i consume this? What shall i do? ['think - bird flu....']
A tiny kitchen will do. The sooty walls add to the flavours; the handmade noodles and the chunks of unknown meats inevitably gets tastier in this sort of environment. They say, the grubbier the place, the more tasty the meal.
IN THE BEGINNING
This is how a meal begins - a multiplicity of bowls, vegetables, sauces and stuff.
GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION
This is how it progresses - bowl of soup multiplied by spoonsful of condiments plus tasty sauce minus Ajinomoto, equals multiple burps
REMAINS OF THE DAY - hardly anything gets left behind...especially if it was sheer poetry in a bowl!
I have eaten just too much
Read more about Vietnamese food.
They sit on the tiniest stools and sup on the tiniest morsels, watching the world go by. This is the morning crowd, having breakfast before going into office. Impeccably dressed, they sit daintly on the stools, unperturbed they are so close to the ground. The same scene is repeated for tea, lunch, tea, dinner, tea... somehow tea and coffee-breaks never does end.
i asked for pho bo (beef noodles) but i got pho ba (chicken)! Must i consume this? What shall i do? ['think - bird flu....']
A tiny kitchen will do. The sooty walls add to the flavours; the handmade noodles and the chunks of unknown meats inevitably gets tastier in this sort of environment. They say, the grubbier the place, the more tasty the meal.
IN THE BEGINNING
This is how a meal begins - a multiplicity of bowls, vegetables, sauces and stuff.
GEOMETRIC PROGRESSIONThis is how it progresses - bowl of soup multiplied by spoonsful of condiments plus tasty sauce minus Ajinomoto, equals multiple burps
REMAINS OF THE DAY - hardly anything gets left behind...especially if it was sheer poetry in a bowl!
I have eaten just too much
Read more about Vietnamese food.
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