It's held in the shadow of the capitol building.
Street performers add to the festive atmosphere.
The meat stalls offer some varieties not readily available in Vietnam.
And of course everything is hermetically sealed and sanitized foryour protection, so unlike the raw red carnage of Hanoi's meat vendor's.
Sorry, no dog.
There's no bread like this in Vietnam.
But the vegetable stalls look very similar. Except for the prices.
Despite it's white-bread image, Boise has a fairly good-sized Indian community.And there are seven or eight Vietnamese restaurants. We have yet to try one, but they are supposed to be good. I visited an Asian market and was able to find a better brand of fish sauce than anywhere I looked in the bay area, so that craving is under control.
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If you couldn't find a better brand of fish sauce in the bay area, my friend, you must not have looked in the right places.
Big Sky Country looks beautiful, and it is still summer.
It is already feeling like Fall in San Francisco, enjoy!
Well, Steve, of course we didn't search the bay area exhaustively for a good brand of fish sauce, but we did look at the the Berkeley Bowl and a few easy bay Asian markets and found only a couple brands of fish sauce. One had a Vietnamese name, but on closer inspection, both were made in Thailand, not Phu Quoc, Vietnam, where the best Vietnamese stuff comes from. I like Thai fish sauce, but the flavor is very different. Phu Quoc is less (relatively) fishy with much more carmelization. Very tasty.
Peter, you have peaked my curiosity, I'll have to look for it. We use the Thai sauce often.
Idaho has been good for all of us.
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