Living on this road for a spell. The neighbourhood has many delis enough to feed me new dishes daily for a whole year. However, this tiny crab rice noodle shop is apart, it served me regular meals almost every day. We usually didn’t talk much, I just took a seat, nodded and smiled to the chef to mean my special order " 2 pork pies, fresh herbs and no blood", and snap, ready. Until the final day before I left Saigon, we had a chance to chat finally. She said she used to be a cook at the 5-star hotel New World, also she had denied a couple of offers to expand the shop, "Just like this, 2-table-shop at the house-porch with my regular customers and I'm happy" she smiled.
Living on this road for a spell. The neighbourhood has many delis enough to feed me new dishes daily for a whole year. However, this tiny crab rice noodle shop is apart, it served me regular meals almost every day. We usually didn’t talk much, I just took a seat, nodded and smiled to the chef to mean my special order " 2 pork pies, fresh herbs and no blood", and snap, ready. Until the final day before I left Saigon, we had a chance to chat finally. She said she used to be a cook at the 5-star hotel New World, also she had denied a couple of offers to expand the shop, "Just like this, 2-table-shop at the house-porch with my regular customers and I'm happy" she smiled.