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| Che dessert ~ a variety of beans, sweet fruits topped with ice and condensed milk. |
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| Fried coconut fritters |
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| Small bowls with firm rice paste, topped with a chili sauce and crispy bits. |
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| This vendor is one of several who come through the neighborhood selling small “tapas” style treats. |
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| Inside the box… Flavored sticky rice wrapped into beautiful little packages made from banana leaf. |
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| Cau Lau is a Hoi An specialty food…. Special thick udon type noodles are smoked for extra flavor. Add some pork, fresh herbs, broth and crispy bits of noodle for a very unique taste. |
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| Using a small machine to pulverize one huge ice block into lots of little ice chips |
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| Bad ass! Cigar smoking matriarch |
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Hat fashion is omnipresent at the market.
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| Lunch with the girls. Always interesting to eat at small stalls not at all accustomed to serving foreigners. Yum, Banh xeo (crispy Vietnamese pancakes with herbs and rice paper.) |
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