daily cuisine, a photo from Can Tho, Mekong River Delta

Photographer's Note

Vietnamese is my favourite cuisine. Not because of the high end restaurants, but because for the everyday meals, the simple family stuff, the freshness of everything.

High end restaurants offer quality meals pretty much in every country, but when it comes to daily meals I know no country that offers such quality as Vietnam. I am convinced that just a simple student meal, for example, is nowhere better (and healthier) than in Vietnam...and I've tried quite a few countries.

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THIS PICTURE was shot really, really early and features a family having breakfast out together. The standard Vietnamese breakkie is phở, usually phở bò, and in the south often phở bò tái...which is also my favourite!

For phở newbies, I'll explain:
- phở = noodle soup (noodles in a hearty broth)
- bò = with beef
- tái = means that the beef is raw-cooked

A terrific way to start the day, especially with friends and family...that's real quality of life!

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WORKSHOP shows a slightly fancier kind of noodle soup. Delicious!

jean113, holmertz, Hansaphotos, jhm, clic, alvaraalto, alvaraalto has marked this note useful

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mesutilgim (116318) 2019-12-10 8:09

Hello Benny,
Another interesting capture/entry in your gallery, taken with perfect pov and sharpness. Nice bright colors. Nice framing and good usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

jean113 (16567) 2019-12-10 8:44

Hello Benny, the family are totally unaware of you, much more interested in their food!
And why not? It sounds delicious.
A colourful picture of everyday life.
Interesting notes.
Kind regards, Jean.

holmertz (84391) 2019-12-10 8:57

Hello Benny,
Indonesian and Turkish food is pretty good too, also often in simple places, but I never say no to a Vietnamese meal, and why not a tái? I like the pleasant simplicity of this place where the food obviously comes before the decorations. It's a nice snapshot of the family totally absorbed by their food.
Best regards,
Gert

Hansaphotos (10913) 2019-12-10 12:01

Helllo Benny

A nice daily life photo from Vietnam. The colourful little stools are typical. It looks like the famliy enjoy the meal. The simplicity of the scene conveys well that this scene was captured far away from the high end restaurants. Fine work:) TFS.

Greetings, Erling

Ilonka1974 (6269) 2019-12-10 13:20

Hi Benny,
Beautiful picture. Excellent presentation .
I like it.
Best regards
Janusz

ifege (21940) 2019-12-10 23:20

Hi Benny
Another good street photo from the delta. Vietnam is brilliant for street photography isn't it?

lousat (122183) 2019-12-11 0:55

Hi Benny,i'm not a fan like you of vietnamese cuisine,a lot of soups,sincerly i prefere italian one..ehehe..but the pic is beautiful,a nice scene of daily life another time with this family eating taken in a perfect way,well done.Have a nice day and thanks,Luciano

jhm (192797) 2019-12-11 5:52

Dag Benny,

Voor onze normen zou men dit geen restaurant noemen.
Maar uw foto darentegen is netjes verzorgd.
Goede samenstelling en presentatie, bedankt.

Groeten uit Oost-Vlaanderen,
John

clic (22970) 2019-12-11 7:37

Dag Benny My first thought, facing this family grouping, was for the saying 'To each his own'!! I appreciate your assessment of the daily-life cuisine in Vietnam. Thanks for this lovely moment of informality! Tot ziens

kasianowak (14291) 2019-12-11 12:00

Hi Benny
Lovely everyday scene. The dishes, colourful clothes and blue stools look great on the background of the yellow wall.
That's right, real quality of life is about the pace, peace and people that surround you. A good meal being the icing on the cake. Who needs expensive cars and designer sun glasses?
Best wishes
Kasia

abmdsudi (82672) 2019-12-12 5:32

Hi Benny
All in a family enjoying the delicious pho to start the day! It's a fascinating look into their magical street food culture...
You are right with your description and this real good image itself speaks. PS I feel you need a bit of white corrections here! Superb grab, Congrats
Best regards

alvaraalto (39224) 2019-12-12 7:02

Dag Benny,
Ik ben onbekend met de Vietnamese keuken, maar dit ontbijt tafereeltje ziet er heel aantrekkelijk uit en de foto van de kom in de workshop laat mij watertanden.
Prachtige observatie.
Groet Rob