Comments on: A foodie in Vietnam

By: a.r.khan

a.r.khan — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:11:31 +0000

Caught you there. It was a joke.

By: Pradip

Pradip — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 22:38:33 +0000

Better stay home.
Anyone looking for halal, should not go anywhere in south east asia, Japan or China. The same goes for Koshar lovers, as all sea food like shrimp are non-koshar and that too like pork is everywhere.

By: A R Khan

A R Khan — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:47:39 +0000

How did you manage to get halal food in there?

By: Morgahi

Morgahi — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:14:00 +0000

Very lucid and an incisive reply to foodie who should refrain from making flippant remarks like, “…just a few hundred dead….”. Truly shameful of him

By: MJ

MJ — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:25:12 +0000

I have tried Vietnamese food in Southern California prepared by some Muslims from Vietnam and can attest to the wonderful flavors and spices that are used. However I would like to warn any folks from Pakistan to be careful if they are eating at roadside restaurants in Vietnam in particular and eating in that country in general that a lot of pork items are integral part of their cuisine. One restaurant that I would like to recommend is ‘Halal Saigon’ in Ho Chi Minh city.

By: Pradip

Pradip — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 15:50:34 +0000

Irfan: Thanks once again for a change in theme. I first visited Ho Chi Minh city way back in 1994 but while there ate mostly a whole bunch of German sausages that I love with decent french bread. For Pho, of course Bangkok, Thailand has quite a few Vietnamese restaurants but I would also recommend Boston where Pho is very good. The thing that struck me about Vietnamese cuisine was its dependence on fresh herbs (mint and cilantro among others)…somewhat like Thai cuisine which I think has a richer heritage, as against Indo-Pakistani dry spices. By the way, fried locusts or grasshoppers are very popular in Thailand as well…nice crunchy french fries!
On another note, I did find Vietnamese who had corroborated with the US were dealt severely by the regime…I met several who had to resort to begging…which was shocking and they all spoke excellent English.
You did not speak of the traditional woman’s dress…when I first visited the city, the motorized two wheelers were still relatively scarce and so at the traffic light, once the light turned green, there was this avalanche of women in their dress(I forget the name) on their bicycles…kind of reminded me of Ho Chi Minh’s time having seen such dresses in photos before and that would be another departure from the daily life in Pakistan – where seeing women anywhere is a rarity.

Perhaps you can write something on Srilankan’s cuisine one day – a place I have never been to, even though I am aware there are Srilankan restaurants in NYC.

By: Sure Kant

Sure Kant — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:33:45 +0000

The amount of non-veg stuff eaten corresponds to a man’s mental makeup. That’s why more violence is perpetrated by such guys than vegans.

By: Rao

Rao — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:18:58 +0000

Yes. It is commando Mush-Winner of so many battles against Afghanistan and India. Where is he now anyway?

By: Cynical

Cynical — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:48:30 +0000

Thank you Irfan Saab,
Great post. Now Vietnam is on my list of places to visit.

By: Labad

Labad — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:07:02 +0000

Vietnamese don’t harbor Ill-will toward Americans because they are not brainwashed in their schools. Change your curriculum and you’ll eventually change your country. Invest properly in your most precious asset – your children (both boys and girls).