Food, Glorious Food pt. 2!
Hello and xin chào! Fresh off a nasty ear infection—working with children has really done a number on my immune system—I come to you with another post about food! (Here's a link to the first one.) As before, this'll just be a list of some of the most delicious and/or interesting things I've tried here in Hanoi. Cơm đảo Char siu pork, vegetables, cơm đảo , and some artfully drizzled chili sauce. Cơm đảo , which translates as "island rice," has become an unexpected staple meal for me. It's really unclear to me whether it's an actual dish in the cultural sense or something more idiosyncratic: I've only ever seen it one other place in the city, and there's scant information on the internet about it. I often grab it on my way home from work, as there's a place serving it right by my apartment. A Vietnamese article I found indicates that it's basically white rice that's fried with eggs and no oil, such that the grains become...