chilies to taste. i mean, if you have an important state function after, you might not want to go too heavy on the garlic. president obama: you know what, i m going with this thing. you know? we re gonna do what s appropriate. anthony: a little vinegar. president obama: all right. anthony: and then you just hack off noodles, you just drop them in your bowl. president obama: yeah, that s not too elegant, but i managed it. anthony: and dip and stir and get ready for the awesomeness. president obama: i m ready. now, is it appropriate to just pop one of these whole suckers in your mouth or do you think that you should be a little more ? anthony: well, slurping is totally acceptable in this part of the world, but [ laughter ] it takes some skills, by the way, to handle these sticky, cold noodles. but whatever your opinion of the man, the president has those skills. president obama: mm. anthony: i gotta say. president obama: this is killer. this is outstanding. an
living on floating villages, they re just generally nice and willing to open their home to others and anthony: they basically farm oysters. ha: yeah, yeah. anthony: a lot of pearls for sale in ha long bay and in vietnam. they come from places like this. it takes over a year to grow each pearl, and there s no guarantee an oyster will even yield one. water spinach, i think that s called, right? ha: water spinach. that s the most common vegetable for vietnamese people in summertime. anthony: yes. mm-hmm. ha: yeah. anthony: what kind of fish are these? little fish. [ laughter ] ha: yeah, ha long fish. anthony: ha long fish. ha: yeah. anthony: it s delicious. good fish. this is a pretty prime piece of real estate. they ve lived here how long? ha: for many generations. this old grandma is 78 years old and she said that her grandparents lived here before this all became, like, a big tourist attraction.
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hierarchy of delicious, slurpee stuff in a bowl, this is at the very top. he is an author and journalist that spent much of his childhood in hue. if i m going to die, if i m going to go to prison and they give me my last meal, this would be it. this will be it. let s do it, man. here he creates an elaborate broth of mixed bones scented with a lemongrass, spice, and fermented shrimp paste. at the bottom, rice noodles garnished, heaped with tender slow cooked beef shank, crabmeat dumplings, pig s foot, and blood cake. garnished with lime wedge, cilantro, green onions, chili sauce, shredded banana blossoms, and mung bean sprouts, it s a wonder of flavor and texture. the greatest soup in the world. look at that, man, that is just unbelievable. blood cake. blood cake.
i want to see how much he put in there. you have to make it look really red in there, it has to be blood red. and the broth is wonderful. people are put on earth for various purposes, i was put on earth to do this. eat noodles right here. when i was a kid, we used to tell each other, do not take a date to go out to eat the stuff. if you start sweating, your hair will stick up. really? i would definitely bring a date to this, if she doesn t like this, there s no hope of a relationship. exactly. if she said i don t know, there s icky stuff in there, that would be a relationship-ender for me. i m not kidding. i mean, here you are having it in a market like this. but if she makes this in a place like new york or paris, it would be a real cuisine. it s just as sophisticated a bowl of food as any french restaurant. it really is just the top of the