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The first bowl of pho bo at Pho 2000 - "Pho for the President" - where Bill Clinton visited in 2000. Good, hearty - a worthy venture even on a blazing hot day.
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Pho-cus.
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Also, the ubiquitous spring roll, in its fried incarnation.
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The market along Ton That Dam - markets, usually my favorite visit on any trip.
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Each stall a cocoon of products in the middle of which the proprietor awaits a customer.
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The variety of greens is astounding!
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I really appreciate the concept of not wasting any part of an animal.
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A tree of Angkor proportions!
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Instant ramen, pan-fried with vegetables and meat - that's got to be cheating a little bit!
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We finally found Fanny, the best ice cream in Saigon, after some fanfare. The first map had it on the wrong street, which meant we walked up and down the market several times before coming upon a cafe and needing some Vietnamese iced coffee and tea to ref
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The menu was mind-boggling. There was ice cream shaped like sushi and permutations of sundae combinations. We went basic - the Creation, which was choosing 10 flavors (harder than you think - why not 20?), which came with fruit, caramel, chocolate and whi
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Ice cream nachos.
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A Fanny fan.
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Scenes of street food. These condiments are the absolute bomb diggity.
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I always admire how compact each traveling food vendor is able to pack, as they tote their wares from one place to another, and is still able to whip up a great bowl of something.
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A wedding in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral, in the heart of Saigon's government quarter. They were Chinese.
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The cathedral was built between 1877 and 1883 in neo-Romanesque style.
