7-minute Video

[Tim]

This is just a very informal, unedited 7-minute video of me walking out to the noodle shop that has just moved in next door.  I blab about things that come to mind, but I'm not able to guarantee that it's interesting blabbing.

This is the video:
https://youtu.be/Zvh7BL8ZYPU


Then, for those of you who aren't into amateur (shaky handed) video shots, here are some other recent pictures from my phone.  It seems that VIETNAMESE FOOD is featuring more and more on my camera rolls, as we are aware of the time here drawing to its close.

This is the banh my lady that we love.  She is still on the corner across from the Vincom Mall, even though the buildings that used to be behind her have been demolished to make way for a new high rise.  She makes DELICIOUS sandwiches, but she takes her break from 10:30 to 3:30, so we can never eat her banh me for lunch (when we most feel in the mood for sandwiches, crazy Americans that we are!).

And the fourth picture is a different streetfood: fish waffles.  Sounds nasty, but actually no fish were harmed in the making of this picutre--the waffles are a batter-waffle with fillings like chocolate and cream cheese.  :)

Below is a picture of a place where we sometimes treat ourselves to a fusion taco.  They're asian and western and delicious.  35K is about $1.50, but it takes two of them to constitute a full meal, so that's really expensive compared to a bowl of noodles or a dish of fried rice.  And ... we never go out without a hydroflask thermos full of ice water from home!

This last picture shows the location of the first noodle/bánh xèo shed (on the left) and the now-demolished second noodle shop on Phan Boi Street, which was always my favorite.  The favorite/"second" lady's shop is now reduced to rubble; it was to the right of the blue and yellow umbrella.  So this week she moved, happily for us, one block north to be on our street corner (reference the video at the top).  This is SO common here.  More than a handful of times our favorite go-to food stalls have suddenly become a demolition zone and we have no way to know how to find the people whose food was so convenient and good the day before.  Even our place for bun thit nuong, Ba Trai, is closed down and they are moving.  Michael is daily wanting us to go out for bun thit nuong noodle-bowls, and we don't have a good alternative place picked out. #developingworldproblems