Food interlude

Ignore unless foodie, chef or otherwise food obsessed ;)

Erica-I thought these were a vietnamese pineapple bun (so thought of you) by the look but turned out it is a sweet bean paste inside and at center a cooked egg yolk.  We got from a shop to eat as we walked around the lake.
Gerald & Amy:
The upper right and lower left were amazing! They are traditional dishes. one is steamed rice roll filled with minced pork, mushroom and shrimp and served with a light dipping sauce broth a little sweet. The best part is that they dump a handful of fried garlic on it... The garlic and onion here is so mild sweet and tasty. It makes the flavors of everything here different/better...it explains why I can have the same things at home and they taste completely different from here.
The lower left dish is Banh Xeo a light crispy eggy crepe but served by taking the papery circle and making a spring roll from a piece of lettuce and mint and some other herb like mint but purple and a wedge of the big crepe that has pork and shrimp and onion and mung bean inside and rolling all together and dipping in a sweet chili sauce.

The best thing we had I forgot to take a pic of but it was called bun çha grilled pork served with rice noodles, herbs and dipping sauce. When we have it again I will try and send you a pic.

Did I mention that even the baguette on the train (and everywhere here) is second only to that found in france... sigh... someday I want to try and import the proper flour and try to make real baguette at home!

I have no idea what the strange citrus finger like fruit is but plan to try it out at some point. (called Buddah's hand and I never did get to try it)

'Love is all you need' and good food too I guess ;-)