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A plate of banh xeo will set you back about 18,000 Vietnamese Dong - or just over a buck. Vietnamese spring rolls are also delicious as is the local brew -- "Ba-Ba-Ba" beer. Other choices on the menu include "braised lemon beef with bananas" or "soft shell crab fritters" or "steamed chicken with onion, lotus and prawn crackers".

Eating is an extraordinary adventure - Vietnamese cooking is a sumptous blend of many cuisines - not the least of which is French - they were, after all, the colonial power here for over a century.