Food... ahhhhh the food

Note to waistline: prepare to compromise... what once was will be no more.

We thought the food in Thailand was good, we knew the food in Cambodia was not, but we were not prepared for the variety and quality of Vietnamese food!

Since we have arrived in Vietnam we have thoroughly enjoyed a whole range of dishes and have been disappointed by none.

We've delved into overgrown snails stuffed with meat (pork and snail) and steamed in their shells with two strips of lemongrass wrapped around them that, when pulled, bring the meat out... you then wrap them in mulberry, mint and corriander leaves and then dip into the choc nam (see photo above).
We've eaten coutless bowls of pho bo (beef soup) - the breakfast dish that built a nation.
We've eaten tapioca and rice flour cakes filled with dried shrimp, fish paste and other unidentified mouthwateringly sweet fillings that you dip in Vietnamese soy sauce.
We are addicted to Vietnamese coffee (the beans are apparently roasted in butter) and which is served with condensed milk. It's become so normal that we prefer sweet milk over normal milk.
We had a delicious raw beef and lemon salad.
We have also devoured plates and plates of crab cooked in fresh tamarind while on Phu Quoc island, which gave the crab a sticky honey kind of flavour, aswell as grilled king prawns with a pepper/salt/lemon dip.

All of it has been made with fresh ingredients, beautifully presented and above all else, absolutley delicious.

They are going to have to roll us over the Friendship pass into China.