We have been walking quite some distance since this morning from War Remnants Museum, to the Cathedral of Notre Dame, Central Post Office, and some famous shopping malls such as Takasyimaya Vietnam, Saigon Vincom Center and Diamond Plaza along the Dong Khoi Street and went about to see the Opera House building.
It was almost 1.30pm that we managed to find an air-conditioned restaurant so that we can sit down and rest our tired feet. It was a Italian Pizza Restaurant and it is actually quite near to the Saigon Square. We read so much about the Saigon Square but eventually it was really disappointed as the price indicated are not as cheap as most of the reviews wrote.
We just sat by the full glass panels which facing and looking to the street, and we enjoying and sharing a plate of Bolognese spaghetti and a handmade pizza. After the meal, we just walked back to our hotel and ended our walking tour today.
It was almost 3.00pm after we took our bath and both kids were resting in the hotel. Alvin and I still wanted to walk out from the hotel and try some new food. We walked into the alley again and found ourselves sitting down on a small stool and order a bowl of Bun Thit Nuong for Alvin and a bowl of Bun Thit Xao for myself.
Vietnamese cuisine is brilliant for combining a contrast of flavours and textures into a single dish, and I think Bun Thit Nuong, or Bun Thit Nuong Xao.
The dish normally begins with a handful of chopped up herbs and lettuce at the bottom of a bowl, then in goes fresh rice vermicelli noodles, then a few skewers of grilled pork are layered on that, and finally a sweet and salty fish sauce, and a scoop of oily chives and green onions, and pickles are all added on top. And that is how a bowl of Bun Thit Nuong been prepared.
As I am getting the Bun Thit Nuong Xao, in addition to everything already mentioned, it was just a few of the pan fried pork that are layered on top. The noodles are soft and silky, the pork is tender, salty, and sweet, and the fresh herbs and lettuce and a sprinkles of the peanuts add a beautiful crunch to everything.
After our bowls of Bun Thit Nuong, we only felt full and satisfying! Bun Thit Nuong is a dish you should for sure not miss when you’re eating in Saigon.
We had our dinner at the small stall just outside our hotel. Again, this time we ordered differently from the first night when we were here.
Com Bi Cha (Shredded Pork & Fried Egg with steam rice) for Annabelle, Hu Tieu Nam Vang (Rice noddle Soup with Shrimp & Pork) for Issac, Banh Canh Gio Heo (Noodle soup with shrimp & leg of Pork) for myself and Com Suon (grilled pork chop with steam rice) for Alvin.
Yet another dish, that has a huge following of Vietnamese cuisine lovers, is Hu Tieu Nam Vang. Nam Vang, is the Vietnamese word for Phnom Penh in Cambodia, and Hủ Tieu has connections to Teochew in China.
Hủ Tieu Nam Vang is a Cambodian and Chinese pork based noodle soup, that contains slices of all sorts of organs, and a shrimp or few, plus an assortment of other additions.
Today we have tried something new food again!
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