Saigon Street Food Journal #5

Here's our final compilation of our favorite Saigon street food. This is the kind of chow which makes us smack our lips, smack smack smack. The kind that makes us chew with our mouths wide open, so that we can smack as loud as possible! The kind which sticks in our tooth gaps, so that after our meal, we sit around with a toothpick for 30 minutes, picking and sucking our teeth... wait a second... have we gone native?

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Saigon Street Food Journal #1

One of the greatest things about Saigon is its street food. There's an endless variety, it's ultra-cheap, and (almost always) delicious. This was the number one reason we had been excited about living in Saigon, and so far we haven't been disappointed. We eat out for both lunch and dinner, and often breakfast. And when plates cost around a dollar, there's no reason not to indulge... if we especially loved a particular dish, we'll gleefully order another round. It happens more often than I'd like to admit.

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