J. Vu: Saigon skyline from the top floor of our hotel. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: Quan An Ngon - Really nice decor, with huuuge open kitchen. Food pretty good. 7/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Banh Xeo-Vietnamese Crepe. I'm sad to report that while good, doesn't compare to 9 roses. #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Bot chien-savory Chinese fried glutinous dough. Pretty alright 7/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Forgot what was on the left. On right is sauteed baby clams. Clams were 8/10. #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Dessert - corn pudding. Expected better. I've had cream corn that was better than this. 7/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: This is one third of the kitchen. Try to imagine the rest. #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Like I said, cool decor. #jvuinvn #meals quan an ngon on pasteur
J. Vu: Another traditional vn breakfast (French influence) sunny up eggs with French bread #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Prayer service in the middle of one of Saigon's busiest roundabouts. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: This store specializes in funeral/offering food. So we picked up some mung bean cake for dad. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: The aforementioned mung bean cake. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: There was a lucky fish in the store, and you're lookin' at him. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: My dad's town is 2 hours SE of HCMC. We stopped in a town called Ba Ria for lunch. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: Best meal thus far-slow roasted fish and pork in caramel chili sauce. 10/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Rau moung - sort of the VN cousin of spinach, except this grows in water. 8/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Canh chua-Vietnamese hot and sour soup. 7/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Cargo "elevator". I'm really tempted to use it to recreate some batman stunts. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: View of Vung Tau from the balcony. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: iPhone is not great with wide-angle shots, but here's the balcony. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: First dinner at vacay house-right2left-fried fish, squid w/ vn squash, tiny shrimp (krill? Feel like whale) 7/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: I love the shop names in Vietnam. Internet Robo. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: This ain't the pho you're used to. Hanoi style pho. 8/10. #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Source of afformentioned pho. (Somewhere in Vung Tau). #jvuinvn
J. Vu: Vung Tau is a mountainous peninsula with gorgeous views of the south china sea. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: There was a house situated on that little island. #jvuinvn
J. Vu: Not for faint of heart-tiet vit canh-coagulated duckblood with duck hearts&livers 7/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: This is what happened to the rest of the duck-blanched in broth. 5/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: The duck was meant to be eaten with bamboo and noodles in broth. 6/10 #jvuinvn #meals
J. Vu: Homemade tofu is 1,000 times better than storebought tofu. Almost egg-like taste, not bland. 8/10 #jvuinvn #meals