Last lunch in Vietnam

The day we left Hanoi for Yangon we decided we wanted to go back to our favorite local restaurant for one more bowl of bun bo. This was our guide Tiger's recommendation for lunch the day before and Kim, Eric, Anne and I all agreed it was fabulous. Basically it is the same as pho. Bun bo and pho are bowls of rice noodles with some great spices. Bun is like a style of pho and bo means beef. So this place has got it down and the place was packed. For 20,000 dong the same as $1.00 you get this amazing bowl of delicious combination of noodles, meat and spices. This was the hotel we stayed at about three blocks from the restaurant. This was the unassuming front of the restaurant. All you do is walk in the they ask you how many bowls and point you to where there might be some open seats. Bean sprouts, rice noodles, cooked lettuce, peanuts, green onion, ginger, garlic and bunch of other great spices. The first floor of the restaurant was totally full so they said to go upstairs and they would bring up the bun bo. There was a railing upstairs where we could look down at the operation. They served one dish and that was the only choice. And it was absolutely delicious and what I particularly like is that it was great value. The height of the ceiling on the second floor was about 5'-8". Our fire marshall would have a problem. On the way downstairs we noticed where they do all the dish washing. Some how we made our way across the streets that had no breaks in traffic. We learned to just find a local and walk with them - just slowly walk and don't hesitate. The cars and motor bikes will avoid you and you'll get to the other side. Can't say that I am going to miss that part of Hanoi. Next blogs will be about our time in Myanmar - but that lunch was memorable.

Location:Hanoi