Quan An Ngon, Ho Chi Minh

138 Nam Ky Khoi Nghia, Quan Mot T. 825 7179

This is the jazzed up version of a food court with all the Vietnamese street eats that you can think of. It is a great place to ease yourself into the different type of Vietnamese dishes all at the same time. And its gorgeous too, set in an old bungalow that is filled with wooden tables and chairs. Not sure what to order from the menu, just lead one of the waiters to the food stands and point at what you would like to try.

And try we did – between the two of us, we sampled eight dishes. We started with the snails with a lemongrass sauce – quite yummy once you get past the idea of eating snails; and the fresh skin prawn rolls and the sugar cane chicken that was pretty much like the prawn rolls but served DIY ie you have to put the roll together. We also tried the crispy eel soup with vermicelli (overrated), the prawn crackers (lovely starter), the steamed rice cake with minced meat (interesting taste), sticky rice with Vietnamese sausages that tasted more like Chinese lap cheong (waxed sausages).

The food for the most part was average, but this is a great place to savour all things Vietnamese at one sitting.