re: Exploring the food culture in Vietnam beyond pho

Decided for a 15 min solo walk for breakfast this morning. Upon crossing the street just outside my hotel, a random elder man in his 60s, sitting on his motorbike looked at me and asked if I needed a ride. In Vietnam, the lower class people will do all kinds of side hustles on the streets as appose to panhandling. I respect his hustling. We agreed on a price of 20k and off we go.

Here’s me in the back of a motorbike of someone I’ve never seen before heading to get breakfast.



Here’s the location: Pho Mien Ga Ky Dong. It’s a chicken noodle soup shop. It’s one of those “don’t judge a book by its cover” kind of place.



I got the mien ga or glass noodle chicken soup. The glass noodle is made from mung bean. It has a chewy tender texture.



The best meal so far. Super favorable broth. The chickens are pastured raised and the yellow balls are the unlaid eggs from hens that were used to make the stock. 55k or $2.20 a bowl for a very local price.

By the way, my arse needs to make effort to start my 30 banh mi challenge. I got 0 after 2 days.