Certainly one of the things I like best about travel is getting to eat foods that are new or at least prepared differently from ways I have tried before. Often the menus in restaurants are 8 or 10 pages which can be daunting. It is a relief to be able to omit some items automatically such as eel and crocodile. ( I am working on the courage to try eel one of these days, however.) At the restaurant which I picked tonight, I saw another easily omitted entree selection---fried ox penis with chili sauce. Good grief! Talk about not wasting anything!
On the other hand I confidently ordered eggplant with anchovy sauce, even though the waiter questioned my choice. I think it is gonna be a while before I want to taste anchovy again! On the way out I mentioned to the waiter that I should have listened to him. He told me that anchovy sauce is too strong even for many Vietnamese.
Since I am on a food line, I will just give a little rundown on lunch. I was wandering in an area I had not been before and smelled meat cooking on a fire and a large crowd eating in the little mom and pop cafe. I stopped on my way inside and pointed to what I wanted to eat and had a delicious meal of pork chop, chicken stew, rice, veggies and ice tea for under $1.25. My Vietnamese vocabulary is expanding gradually and the word for rice is one I think I will not forget.
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