Whenever Eva and I visit Saigon we make a point of returning to Lemongrass, a perennial favourite.
The view from this government-run restaurant is to die for, as atested to by any non-paying customer.
Mine host, and Eva's as well, Bui, did steer us towards the seafood menu like a kamikaze driver. We avoided it and settled for our favourites; fresh rice paper roll, deep fried calamary (Vietnamese spelling) and for mains, of which we had two, pork ribs in five spice and prawn, eggplant and tofu in claypot.
Fine wines from the Rothschild estate (in Chile) complimented the meal. (I don't know what the pepsi was doing on the table.)
So that is what a million dong meal tastes like. Very similar to a fifty dollar meal back home.
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