Hue and Hoi An-just food

Hoi An has the best food in Vietnam. Obviously a disputed opinion, but Mrs. V owns four restaurants in the area and if she doesn't have a Michelin star in the next few years I am going to write a letter. We are starting this food exploration in Hue, where Henry was actually puking the entire time. So there is just one meal, but it was excellent.

Cha Tom again, if you have seen the photos from Hanoi, you know they use the word "cha tom" fairly liberally. Nonetheless, it was at this fantastic restaurant with much French influence.
Pork pancake with peanut dipping sauce.



Banh xeo, essentially a pancake fried with shrimp. It is meant to be filled with tomato and lettuce then wrapped in rice paper. It's a Hoi An specialty.


Cau Lau from Morning Glory; our favorite restaurant in Vietnam. Mrs. V owns four restaurants in the area and offers cooking lessons.
We had to get the seafod dumplings, because they were out of the elusive white rose. Which is essentially a shrimp dumpling and another Hoi An specialty.

We basically ate a lot at Morning Glory. This was the duck Henry ordered. It was really delicious with a prune reduction sauce
This soup is actually meant to be a disgestif. Clams in lemon grass.


This may seem a bit ridiculous, but lunch for the next day we walked around a bit clueless of where to eat and ended up at Mermaid Cafe, again owned by Mrs. V. because she is insane.
I am unsure if it gets better than this. Again at Mermaid Cafe. For about 2$ you can order squid stuffed pork with shallots in an onion fish sauce.
The Beef curry we had at Mermaid. It was great, but a bit of a heavy choice in 100 degree temperature with 100% humidity.
Brother's Restaurant in Hoi An is a gorgeous, romantic place to eat. Having said that, the food is great at a bit of a price for Vietnam. This is the white rose which is very delicate.Again at Brother's we had braised beef and chicken hot pot.

On our last night in Hoi An we landed right back where we started at Morning Glory. Which was obviously the right decision, look at the grub:
Cha Tom with ground shrimp. I think I prefer the shrimp to the pork cha tom, but the rice paper was a bit chewy.

Pork pancake and pho.
This was pork belly with noodles and sadly, I cannot remember what it was called.
This is actually a remedy for stomach (so says Mrs. V). It's ground shrimp wrapped in cabbage. Very delicate.