Pho and Vietnamese Dessert in Ho Chi Minh City - Vietnam
After we settled in hotel we looked up food around the hotel to find a place for dinner. I was hungry as it was already 7 pm. We found a pho restaurant in the neighborhood and headed there.
The place was very bright and the menu was posted on the wall so I knew immediately that we have arrived at the right place. But when we sat down, the waiter brought us laminated menu as well. It took us a minute to understand the menu. There were three different sizes, small medium and large. There were also special ones with preset topping. While the large size allow us to pick two different toppings. In the west we were used to all the toppings spelled out for us like rare beef, flank, tripe, etc. Here we could just select the one we wanted.
While waiting for our bowls of noodle to arrive, I noticed a dessert place across the street. So I told hubby we should stop by later after our meals. Not long then we got our bowl of noodles. It turned out that my choice of special mixed noodles with tripe only came with tripes ! 😕 I thought it would have tripes along with other cuts. Oh well.
The pho was good but the broth was on the sweet side so we didn't like it as much. But nonetheless it feels the spot in our tummies that have been calling for pho. 😁
The pho cost us VND 175,000 (USD 6.86) that's for two bowls of noodles and a drink.
Next off to the dessert place across the street. By then it was empty. When we walked in we saw laminated menus on the table. So I just pointed to the mung bean dessert and black sesame caramel. Surprisingly the man actually spoke English to us and clarified that we indeed wanted mung bean. 😝
The shop is small with smaller lower table and chairs typical Vietnamese. But inside the shop got lots of Japanese figurines. Interesting.
The dessert was very good. Not overly sweet but the mung bean dessert was a bit gooey. 😂 I don't quite understand the shop said "no sugar black sesame dessert". But where's the sweetness comes from ?
Anyhow, the two desserts cost us VND 45,000 (USD 1.76).
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