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

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This is their beef pho. Very flavorful and light.

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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.

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Here is another shop. Around $1.30 a bowl

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Daughter helping out.

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Beef pho.

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Chicken pho, northern style

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Chicken pho with mien (clear noodle)

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

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

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This shop is real popular with the locals.

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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.

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

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

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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


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Yum.

Thanks for sharing

On a side note, for some reasons these street vendors do not sell drinks. If you're thirsty, they have coolers filled with various types of iced tea. You'd just take a little plastic scoop and help yourself.

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You go to Vietnam often?

BBQ rice paper, filled with green onions, quail egg, minced pork, dried shrimp, chili sauce. Eaten as a snack. 40 cents each.

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Finished product. A crunchy, shrimpy, salty, spicy snack.

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Here's a yellow rice paper version.

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They look like Vietnamese version of a calzones. Steinbrenner would've love them.

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You go to Vietnam often?

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Every two years or whenever I have time.

thanks for sharing your experience and the Vietnam cuisine with us

I went to Vietnam about 15 years ago and I didn't take any pics of the food. The two food items that stand out were the water buffalo steaks from a little restaurant next door to the peace hotel in HCMC and the biggest shrimp I have ever seen in camron bay. Those were top tier food items that I wish I could get here. I also remember the fresh pineapple that was vended by kids that had to be about 6 years old. They had huge razor sharp machetes and they would clean and prep the pineapples to order. We are so many of those that we got ulcers in our mouth.

I wish I could find my way back but I just don't think it will ever happen.