One of the best things about traveling is street food and trying the local beer!
I don’t care if you are in your hometown, Province/State trying a new food truck or traveling internationally eating from a food cart pulled by a donkey. They are all amazing, so try them at least once.
Mexico street tacos are where it all started for me and, still try new ones to this day and also have my favorites in many cities. I have only been to three on the above list: Mexico City, Bangkok, and New Orleans, and can remember meals like it was yesterday!
Below is a list of destinations that make my mouth water.
Mexico City has many vendors selling anything from: Tacos, burritos, Tamales, sweet corn, Quesadillas, and sweets. I have a favorite restaurant in so many Mexican cities that I visit when in each town.
Bangkok along with the rest of Thailand was so awesome too! You could get anything from frog legs, chicken feet, snake, cow tongue, brain, and tofu. My go-to was always Pad Thai, coconut soup, Tom kha gai, Tom yum, Tom XYZ (forgot), and of course spicy noodles with chicken.
New Orleans Cajun food is spectacular! Jumbo red beans and rice, Jambalaya, Po’boys, and crawfish (you’re supposed to remove the vein and head—nope). I ate them all by mistake.
This brings us to Vietnam, number 5 on the above list!
The food street food has been spectacular, I have already found my favorites but try at least one new place every day so far keeping in mind most street food meals are a few dollars.
I found a coffee shop my first morning and I have been going back every day since and today is day five. The owner knows that I love the iced coffee and tea and refills them as needed for the same price, 87 cents! Yesterday, I sat there for three hours and listened to the hockey game and surfed the internet and my bill was under a dollar if you can imagine.
If you know Vietnam food, you know Pho is one of the best things since sliced bread! It was the first thing I wanted when l arrived and found the absolute perfect spot. Today, I chatted with the owners who educated me on other dishes and where to find them in our neighborhood. Their Pho was 2 for 2 and tough not to go there every day, no promises. Here is Huang and his family Pho master piece:
I did have two other decent variations but will not be cheating my Pho-king Family:
I did not try the below but took a picture of some dude’s lunch like an obsessed Pho’ierdo:
Last but certainly not least, I have had the best Bahn Mi sandwiches and spring rolls, but they were in my belly before I thought to take a picture. I had a nice recovery today ordering more while visiting the Ben Nghe Street food court.
This place does not mess around as you can see from the above YouTube and pictures I took!
I could have pasted more low-quality screenshots, but I think you get the idea, it was badass!
I settled for three items a la carte: Fresh and deep-fried spring rolls, a couple of pork skewers, and a couple of local Tiger beers including a $1.50 ice-cold draft! 👌
Vietnamese food has overtaken Thai and Mexican as my favorite food other than Ukrainian which by default is #1!