Daily Archives: April 14, 2014

Bbq shrimp – Hai Lua Food Countryside

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Bbq shrimp - Hai Lua Food Countryside
Grilled whole shrimp served with some kind of salt and lime. Half order 219,000 VND
Hai Lua Food Countryside, Ho Chi Minh City VIETNAM

Wow, these shrimp were SO delicious! They were probably one of the best things I ate in Vietnam. They were so tender and flavorful. We weren’t sure how to prepare/use the salt and lime so we just tried everything, lol!

Bia 333 beer - Hai Lua Food Countryside
Bia 333 lon beer. 21,000 VND

Hai Lua in the Ben Thanh Night Market
The lady cooks working the grill at Hai Lua in the Ben Thanh Night Market.

Hai Lua seafood in the Ben Thanh Night Market
The seafood was really fresh here and you could personally choose some of your items directly from the baskets.

Buko juice – Villa Escudero

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Buko juice - Villa Escudero
I both love it and hate it that not every coconut you get is gonna be sweet and delicious. I guess it depends on how developed it is (the younger the better) so it’s pretty much a crap shoot. The anticipation to see if you get a sweet one is exciting, but you’re very disappointed if you don’t. This particular one wasn’t very sweet. But on the flip side, I got a lot of coconut flesh.
Villa Escudero, San Pablo City PHILIPPINES

Buko juice - Villa Escudero
I was a little disappointed that the coconut didn’t come with a spoon stuck into the side (for eating the flesh). I think it’s a cool accessory and a nice touch.

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Carabao pulled cart. This is how you get around the park.

Japanese cowboy beef roll – Barracuda Sushi

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Japanese cowboy beef roll - Barracuda Sushi
Crab meat, mango, avocado, gobo (burdock) covered with lightly torched, thinly sliced kobe beef, seasoned with sesame oil and green onions. $12.95
Barracuda Sushi, San Francisco CA

Japanese cowboy beef roll - Barracuda Sushi
This rolls sounds amazing and it was actually very tasty, but I think that there was WAY too many things packed inside. I really couldn’t taste many of the ingredients individually and forgot that some of them were even in there. The beef was the dominant flavor and it was a little on the salty side. The roll was good but I probably wouldn’t order it again.

Serpentine monardella
Serpentine monardella (Monardella purpurea, Lamiaceae), Bon Tempe Lake.