Vietnam Holiday – Ho Chi Minh City: Day 1 Food and Drinks

Well one thing that you need to do in Ho Chi Minh City – eat eat eat – and there’s plenty of choice.

There are loads of street markets, where you can buy everything from liquor/spirits (yup I couldn’t believe that when I first saw it!) to meat and fruit & veg.

The other thing you will see is the volume of ‘street’ food and drink stalls, with little kitchens, cookers and tables and chairs – it’s a funny sight, as you see them on most street corners!

I decided to go with the infamous Vietnamese Pho Bo (phở bò) – basically it’s vermicelli rice noodles served with Beef – and is DELICIOUS!!! The dish is usually served with Vietnamese basil, mint leaves, lime, bean sprouts, hoison and chilli sauce which are added to the soup. The first time I didn’t realise what to do, so left them on the side. But in the second place I went too, the waitress actually seemed to know that I didn’t have a clue, and actually did the mixing for me 🙂 How nice of her! The third time I had it, I knew what to do – only took the third attempt to get it right – lol!

KFC seems to have established itself here, but I didn’t see any McDonald’s in HCMC – how lucky they are!!  BUT they have a local chain equivalent called Lotteria (which also has locations in South Korea and Japan).