Here's the food I ateFirst is pho in Hanoi, which was legitimately much better than the pho I get here in Toronto
Pork rice rolls or banh cuon
Beef with pickled mustard and fried rice
good thread
Egg coffee
Some kind of egg sandwich
>>22005913What're the brown flaky things on the rice?>>22005925What was this like?
>>22005895Unironically good blogposting.
This was a coffee drink made with ginger tea, espresso, dracontomelon syrup, and a salted plum rim>>22005932That was deep fried flakes of garlic and shallotsEgg coffee was wonderful, it's a regular coffee topped with a frothy foam made from an egg yolk whipped together with condensed milk and sprinkled with cinnamon. The coffee in Vietnam was genuinely mind blowing.
Classic Hanoi-style bahn mi
>>22005971>That was deep fried flakes of garlic and shallotsBeautifulIt's delicious>egg yolk whipped together with condensed milk and sprinkled with cinnamonAh, I see, was wondering what the texture was like.Sounds pretty amazing, you're a lucky man.
>>22005931>egguu~
Garlic steak from Chou Steak.The beef is barely cooked and put on a screaming hot slab of iron that allows the customer to decide how rare or well done they want the steak by leaving it on the iron or taking it off. It's served with a thick peppercorn sauce, chunky and peppery pate, and a bahn mi roll.
>>22005895>legitimately much better than the pho I get here in TorontoBetter in terms of flavour or more abundant meat and vegetables?
>>22005982You could park a bus between those eyes
Chicken phoThe yellow things are immature eggs taken from the chicken when it's slaughtered.>>22005985The broth was just perfect. Clear, yet deep with flavour, incredible balance between salt, subtle warming spices, sweet onion, and fresh herbs. That bowl cost about $3 which in Toronto would easily run $15 and taste much worse.
Salted iced coffeeCoffee shops were everywhere in Hanoi and this was one of the specialties everyone served. It's iced robusta coffee topped with a salty foam made from condensed milk. The salt perfectly accentuates the sweetness of the milk and the flavour profile of the coffee. These were all less than $2.
Classic Saigon-style bahn mi
>>22005983did you speak english or did you have to converse in whatever language they speak over there
Bun Cha - Hanoi specialty of charcoal grilled pork served with herbs and vegetables and vermicelli, all to be dipped into the small bowl of spicy/sweet/salty dipping sauce>>22006002Every single person I spoke to there spoke enough English that I never once felt compelled to learn a word of Vietnamese.
More beef pho, with iced chrysanthemum tea.
Grilled ginger and lemongrass chicken skewer from a night market
>>22006035wat sos
Now on to Bangkok.Crispy pork belly Tom Yum soup with iced butterfly pea and mint tea.>>22006037I'm pretty sure it was this stuff called Chin-Su, which is like a sweeter and milder sriracha that gets used like ketchup all over Vietnam.
>>22006046sounds yummy sos
Nice blog Where did you go in Vietnam? Hanoi to Saigon and thats it?
>>22006035i should call him...
>>22006046>chin sui bought this stuff recently because it was only $2. i didnt believe the claims on the bottle that it was an authentic popular sauce over there. surprised to see the marketing wasnt lying. little sweet for me but good mixed in other stuff.
>Vietnamese food
>>22006046holy would. what are the chips? shrimpf?
Chicken pad thai>>22006761I wasn't sure. They tasted like deep fried wonton but ever so slightly seafood-ey
>>22006871Wow everything you’ve posted looks so good, were these places you’ve been to before, looked up, were recommended, or just tried out spur of the moment?
Pork boat noodles >>22006151Vietnam was Hanoi and Ninh Binh, but the only stuff worth posting was in Hanoi. In Thailand I went to Khao Sok, Phuket, and Bangkok, but the only food worth anything in Thailand was found in Bangkok.>>22006878Nah, I went with a group of six and everyone sort of brainstormed in the moment to decode where we'd eat nearby. I'd never been to either country before.
>>22006883You guys did well, the food looks fucking fantastic. Glad you had a good time anon.
Panang chicken curry
>>22005913> pickled mustard Are the greens the mustard? >>22005971Oh, absolutely would :3>>22005983Ruth’s Chris could neverVery cool, thanks for sharing
Phad kee mao with beef>>22007160Yeah, those are mustard greens which are pickled in a Chinese style, they were really popular in Hanoi
Thai tea shaved ice
Thai food really btfos vietnamese. I recall spending 3 weeks in Vietnam then heading over to Bangkok. It was like stepping out of the past and into the future. No more fly invested rice noodles that were laying out in the sun. Straight to EM Quarter malls food court to flirt with the bubble tea stall workers
>>22005895>legitimately
>>22007143did the curry taste any different than domestic curry or was it pretty much the same?>>22007338would cram
Boat noodles (beef clear broth version)>>22007398Pretty much the same really. Things like noodles and pad kra pao were much better than I've ever had in Canada, but the curries tasted no different.
Good shit.What's the beer like? I see a lot of sliced chili on the dishes, how spicy do they serve it? Is "thai hot" and "tourist hot" a thing?
>>22007579The beers were all largely the same when it came to the mass produced ones available in most restaurants. Overall I guess my favourite was Chang in Thailand.There were lots of craft breweries though offering interesting things. This was a passionfruit lager with a glass of coconut wine in Hanoi which was really good.
>>22006046did you try anything... else in thailand...
>>22008450Yeah i had 4 balls in my mouth at the same time >>22007560Shit was so cash
