Our first meal in Vietnam was hosted by the tour company and it was a cozy dinner in a nice restaurant for the four of us (there were only four of us in the "small group tour"). It was likely the most genteel restaurant we ate at in the twelve days that we were in Vietnam, other than the meals on board ship at Halong Bay. The rest of the time, we tried to eat the kind of foods that local Vietnamese ate in the cities that we visited.
The meal was served by uniformed waiters and was nicely presented. Although it wasn't heavy on local flavour, we enjoyed it as a first culinary experience in the country and we were in good company.
The first dish was a combination plate of (clockwise from top right) prawn and pork rolled in mustard leaves, pan-fried "young" tofu, Hanoi fried spring rolls, rice pancake with shrimp and bean sprouts filling (dish in the centre) and a wild rice chicken salad. We were hungry and everything tasted good! Incidentally, the name of the restaurant is "Wild Rice" (La Lua), likely why we got the wild rice salad.
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| Pan-fried duck with pate and green pepper sauce - tasty! |
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| Spicy shrimps with pineapple in spicy chilli and pepper sauce - a little ambiguous about this one |
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| Braised eggplant with pork, vegetables and spices |
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| Fruit for dessert - dragon fruit, pineapple and water melon - nice presentation! |
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