After a good 1 hour half french-style spa massage, my tummy was growling and anticipating another night of feasting. As we walked back to the hotel, my eyes spotted a tiny mobile cart selling banh mi - a vietnamese-style baguette with pate (don't-ask-just-eat-kind), hams (I spy chicken and pork and a gelatinous one) and chicken floss. Further stuffed with pickled carrot and radish, fresh cucumber and chilli slices. Not forgetting a good handful of fresh herbs of coriander and vietnamese basil. Finished off with a good splash or two of the trusty soy sauce (Maggi sauce - as we know it here). Wrapped in a ripped page of a local magazine. 10000VD. (S$1.00, US$0.65) Good to go. Good enough for several bites around before dinner time. Simple and simply addictive.
PS. Before heading off to the airport on our last day, I went back to the banh mi cart and got ourselves 5 more for lunch on the airplane.
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I think 10000 dong is kind of a lot for banh mi from a street vendor in Viet Nam. I was there for a month visiting family, and even in Saigon, we found good banh mi for 5000 dong, at most! Also, I'm curious about the exchange rate. When I was last there (a year ago, almost exactly), it was almost 17000 dong to 1 US dollar. I can't believe it has changed so much in just a year!
Good for you that you were able to find cheap and good banh mis! I am not too upset about my 10000VD banh mis as they were value for money and delicious.
I guess the exchange rate is thereabout. I used the Singapore dollar as a gauge.
I think u were overcharged because they see you are a foreigner. In fact, the price is not that high. For a good-to-go "banh mi", it should be seld at around 4000-5000 VND at most (about 40-50 singapore cents)
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