When in Doubt, Hit the Market
June 1st, 2009
Pho
Sapa, Vietnam – Although the food options in Sapa aren’t as varied or thrilling as the landscape, the town market is always a good standby for decent, honest food. Most of the vendors there are selling pho (noodle soup) with chicken or chicken with rice. After a half-day trek (read: walk) through some local villages, I headed to the market for lunch. The bowl I had, in the back of the eating section, was clear and clean, with hefty chunks of shredded chicken and a good sprinkling of chopped scallions. A small spoonful of chile vinegar and a hard squeeze of lime lifted up the entire bowl.
And that wasn’t the only thing that provided me with a post-trek lift-me-up. A nearby table of Hmongs started chatting me up. Soon they were pouring me cups of rice wine and teaching me how to say “everyone drink” in Hmong, which is inexplicably escaping me at the moment.
Tea
Lifting up a cup of rice wine
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