Street Kitchen

Looks like I need to do some explaining about the purpose of a street kitchen. A street kitchen is a little street restaurant with outside patio (the pedestrian way). The furniture are small kid's plastic chairs and tables of the same size. I personally request a little bigger chair, as I can't fit in one of the 'regular' ones. In a street kitchen you basically go with friends to drink and to eat some exotic food. Street food that is. Everything from chicken feet to pork brain, hot pot with squid or chicken hearts. It's all available to the valued customer. The entire food is being washed down with beer - Heineken please - chilled in the glass with ice cubes. Please remember it's hot in Vietnam - even at night. The service is similar to a 5 star restaurant. You have 1 or 2 waiters next to your table to ensure that your glasses are filled and you receive new ice cubes every 5 minutes. The food trash (shellfish) is simply being discharged under the table. You literally sit in your own trash. Once in a while they come and clean your table. I have to say - it's not everybodies place to be, but I enjoy it... basically every night. The best thing: It's cheap! $0.80 cents a bottle of beer and any major dish is $3. Can't complaint - and as long as you don't take a look into their kitchen it tastes all great....
Here you can get a little idea of the atmosphere...It's raining - but that's not really a reason not to go - it's actually even more fun 'under the rain'...



While sitting there and having a drink, a number of vendors show up to sell you anything from squid to toys and CD's as well as lottery tickets and cigarettes. It's a happening place and I guess Vietnamese like it - why would these places be filled with young customers at 1 am in the morning on a Tuesday???
The little video shows the correct eating of an unborne egg. Basically a chicken embryo almost ready to hatch... yummie... Well ... I never eaten that and if you don't like fear factor - please don't watch the video...
Bon appetite!