44/50.-Saigon, Lau Restaurant

In the picture you can see a Lau restaurant. Lau was one of my favorite dishes. Lau is also known as 'Hot Pot'. Although the dish is delicious, you may need some help to eat it.

Lau is a Saigon specialty where customers are served a boiling casserole with a fire to keep it hot. You have to put the vegetables in the broth. There is the meat, the sea food, the fish and even the snake versions of this dish. If you want to taste them all, order the mixed Hot Pot. The waiter will explain you when, and for how long, you have to put the meat in the broth. You may also order some noodles and put them in the pot.

I was told that people of Saigon like Hot Pot (or Lau) because they can eat this dish for hours while drinking beer. Yes, I was told people in the South of Vietnam are heavy drinkers.

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