You could call it a stoke of good fortune, but after bashing out a piece on how people on Vietnam’s streets were setting up street stalls to get by, I ended up having to become a patron of the streets. It was a case of my host not feeling well enough to take me out and so I needed to look for my own dinner.
I didn’t really want to go to a place where I had to
explain a lot of things in a language I clearly don’t speak. However, the first
guy I managed to find a guy who was serving what appeared to be an omelet sandwich,
that looked quite appealing. So, gave it try and found that it was amazing. So,
I had another one. It wasn’t an omelet in that the outer layer was not an egg
but a form of rice paper, which is quite common in the local cuisine.
I guess you could say, for want of a business lesson,
is that you should always be selling something fairly unique and the product
experience should be enjoyable:
This cart was strategically placed in front of one of
the many karaoke bars in the city, which seem to cater to many Korean tourist.
The girls from the bar were sitting outside yelling in Korean to any of the Koreans
who would be walking by. The Koreans are the second largest investors in
Vietnam (funnily enough, after Singapore) and their presence is enough for
K-drama to take up a significant amount of airtime and for there to be plenty
of Korean restaurants.
There seemed to be a relationship of sorts going on between the cart operator and the staff of the karaoke lounge. The staff turned out to be customers of the cart and you could say that the adage of “location-location-location” even extended to a mobile street cart.
Ended the evening at a bar near the hotel and made
friends with a German tourist who had lived in Malaysia for a few years. Its amazing
what little treasures you can find when you walk the ground.
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