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Such characteristics also appeared in Bangkok and in several Indonesian cities. Selling food is a kind of business it seems that most first thought by everyone in Asia. You see, everyone must eat, right?

However, traders class food vendors in Saigon and Bangkok far more variety and types compared with what we see in Indonesia. In Indonesia, we often see a street filled with boiled and roasted corn sellers – all together and in rows. Or along the road all the selling fried bananas. If they are to Jakarta Fair, for instance, my own confused how to choose from dozens of sellers crust eggs there.

In the cities of Thailand and Vietnam, the trader more intelligent understanding of diversity. In one short segment near Ben Thanh Market, for example, we easily find dozens of different types of food. Seller fruit slices, roasted corn, corn on the cob, Juhi (dried squid that was burned and then ditokok-tokok with a hammer), carrot cake (cake kark char), various types of lemper or lemang (the main ingredient of white sticky rice and black rice, but its contents vary kinds, such as: red beans, chicken, beef, pork, etc.), baguette (french bread) with various contents (shrimp, beef, roast duck, etc.), noodle soup, as well as there are many more.

As I have told in previous visits to Ho Chi Minh City, these traders are on average wear gerobag pole or push, with a few low small stools for the customers. Customers sit around the seller.

There was a look inside, toward the seller, while engrossed in watching vendors preparing food. There is also a look to the outside, which is to see the traffic. Both are a good alternative. You see, the seller often nan semlohai beautiful women. While the then-passing was no less exciting it. In general, the atmosphere is very proletarian.

There is one street snack that caught my attention. Snacks are priced very cheap, and its main ingredient is the banh light – namely rice paper. Made from rice flour, as thin as paper, used for wrapping all kinds of food. Even dry, so contact with moisture vegetables or meat wrapped, banh this light soon becomes flabby and can be rolled up like a spring roll skin.

Hawker this one seems popular among children and adolescents. On a piece of banh light, placed three small meatballs, then added banh light clipping, chopping salad leaves, bean sprouts, sprinkled thick oyster sauce, and then rolled into a kind of spring rolls.

In lieu of small meatballs are sausage, or quail eggs. It costs only about two thousand dollars. Kongkow Sitting relaxed, one might spend three to four snacks. Sure enough filling for banh light is made from rice.