Grubbin

Best meal of the trip? Bite sized shrimp dumplings, bon chiet, and a plate of greens topped with a crispy rice and shrimp cake similar in texture to croutons.

Bot chiet is hands down the best street food we've been lucky enough to eat. It's a gelatinous rice flour cake that is cut into cubes and fried, very similar in appearance and taste to potatoes. Once these cubes are crisp, 1-2 eggs are added along with small bits of onions fried in pork fat, fresh scallions, and diced red peppers over a bed of shredded, lightly pickled papaya and radish. Result: mouth party.