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This is not a food review or recipe post but I felt that I really need to put it up here simply because it is food related and I really feel very strongly about it.

Anyway, last week, I did put up a post on the foods I ate in Bangkok but unfortunately, due to some virus in the server, it was ‘eaten alive’. So, ended up I will probably have to redo the post and put it up again soon.

I’ve been pretty busy and tired since I got back from Bangkok, that’s why this blog has been sorta neglected. I just did not have the energy after work every day or even during the weekends to put up posts in this blog. I just have this bone-tired fatigue that won’t go away. Hopefully, I will be able to get better and be energised to start blogging regularly in earnest again. Let’s just say I am taking sick leave from this blog for awhile until I am feeling better.

So, today, I came across a very touching video on world hunger and I felt the need to share it with everyone. I hope you watch this and think twice the next time you want to throw out your leftovers.

No diet is ever worth wasting food when there are so many starving people in this world.

I’ve never eaten Vietnamese food before and had no idea what it’s like at all. All I could think of was that it probably has rice and noodles and that’s as far as I could think. I didn’t know if it was spicy like Thai food or pickled like Korean or raw like Japanese. So, I didn’t really suddenly decide to try it out.

It was all those insidous ‘marketing’ by people I know. Every once in a while, I’d hear someone rave on and on about how great the food at Miss Saigon is. So, in the end, we gave in and went there to try for ourselves.

The ambience is good enough, considering it is one of a row of restaurants at E-Gate.

I ordered tea and I like it that they serve it in a mini tea pot and in a thin heart-shaped china cup. Cute.

We took the lazy way out and ordered one of the huge sets for four which practically contained everything from fish to chicken to egg to vegetables to spring rolls. I’ll have to say one thing though, the waiters aren’t local and their English aren’t very good either SO there is plenty of room for misunderstanding. We specifically said we don’t eat beef (due to religious reasons) and told them to replace the beef on this set with something else. Well, it came without the beef although I had suspiciously sniffed at every dark-coloured meat just to be sure.

BUT.

We also ordered a bowl of rice noodles soup.

It came with beef in it. That is despite our repeated reminders that we don’t eat beef! Fortunately, the waiter was kind enough to change it for us after we explained it to him for several painful minutes of gestures and broken English mixed with Bahasa.

We also ordered a plate of rice with grilled chicken for Mr Picky:

Well, I have to say, Vietnamese food is not as strange as I thought it would be although it too has quite a number of beef dishes. Surprisingly, I liked the food there and though not exceptionally good, it passed muster. However, I’d prefer that their waiters learn more English.

Not exactly cheap, mind you, but still, quite reasonably priced.

Rating: 6/10

Price: $$$

Miss Saigon Restaurant

E-Gate

Tel: 04-3776083