re: Cheap street food of Vietnam (lots of pics)

Got to start with Pho right? A lot of these pics are from these typical Pho shops. By that, I mean they set up in these buildings where the 1st floor is where the family sell the Pho. And 2nd, 3rd,4th floor is where they live. It's a cheaper way of doing business than leasing out a separate location.

This places seems to be the busiest of all the ones I visited. About $1.30 a bowl




This is their beef pho. Very flavorful and light.




This is their chicken pho. Notice the thickness of the noodles. This is Northern style pho and the noodles are thicker and more cake-like, sticking together. Southern style(like the 1st pic) has thinner noodles and al dente texture. I prefer Southern style.




Here is another shop. Around $1.30 a bowl




Daughter helping out.



Beef pho.




Chicken pho, northern style




Chicken pho with mien (clear noodle)




Another shop. It seems like these pho places are always run by these old ladies. They must be doing something right.




Chicken and beef combo pho. This is their specialty. Again, $1.30 or 30,000 dongs a bowl.




This shop is real popular with the locals.




Usually $1.50 a bowl but I went for the special bowl for $2.40. This one has fatty brisket and rare eye of round so a lot of meat.




Here is the last location in Nha Trang. Take a look at the menu. You can tell the Russians visit this city a lot.




Chicken pho with clear noodle. You can see how rich and fatty this broth. $2.20 per bowl.





On a side note, most of these shops will only open in the morning till 11 am and reopen around 530 pm. Not sure why they don't open at lunch. Maybe it's too hot. And they don't use siracha chili sauce. They use this