One of our first nights we asked the hotel keeper where we should go for dinner. He directed us to a place that was off our map. When we got there, we saw a friendly, happy dog on the poster. We sat down, and soon some people came and took our order. None of them spoke English, so we had to communicate with hand motions and sounds. Now I bet you are wondering what we ordered. I will tell you. We ordered: dog! Yes, we were going to eat dog! It wasn't that good though, because somehow in all of that confusion we got boiled dog.
At one of the restaurants we went to we got fish, that we got to cook ourselves. They had a little stove built onto table and they brought the pot with the fish. It was a dill fish. I took my first bite. I closed my eyes and smiled. I just wanted to eat more.
The second restaurant we went to, we went with my mom and dad's friend that lives in Saigon now. His girlfriend had a daughter, Ivy, who was about my age. At this restaurant we also cooked our own food. Again they had a little stove on the table. We had goat's breast and some meat with cheese in it. And after dinner my sisters and I played thumb war with Ivy!
After dinner we went to Fanny's Ice Cream, where we had some unusual ice cream flavors like young rice, yogurt, avocado, and ginger. Most of the ice creams were good. We also got some familiar ice creams, like cinnamon, lime, and coconut. When I ate my spoonful it melted in my mouth. I smiled. I love ice cream. My favorite flavor was the cinnamon.
Saigon was a nice place, and we had lots on fun eating the new foods.
