Re:Munchery CEO Tri Tran's harrowing journey to Silicon Valley
by rdlecler1 on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @02:36PM
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I'm not sure where you were, but my wife and I just returned from 14 days in Vietnam. There was so much diversity in the food: Lemon grass, garlic, ginger, morning glory, two types of basil, onions, two types of cilantro, carrots, three types of peppers, lettuce, green onion, peanuts, sesame, shallots, cucumber, tomato, mint, banana flower, cabbage, papaya, mango, dragon fruit, breast fruit, lime. I'm sure I'm still missing a dozen.
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Re:Munchery CEO Tri Tran's harrowing journey to Silicon Valley
by donretag on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @03:25PM
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I was referring to pho specifically. But in general, vegetables are harder to find if you are away from the tourist areas. I traveled the entire length of the country, over 2000 miles on a motorcycle, from the Cambodian border to the south, to the "North Pole" (border with China). If you saw a menu, then you ate at touristy places.
At one point, while in the extreme north, I might have eaten dog once or twice. Who knows? No one spoke English and Vietnamese is a very difficult language. Of course, no menus.