Food glorious food

Well there is really not much to report. We are still in Hanoi with no word when the G&R will be. The agency rep said she will call us tomorrow (Monday) and let us know what she has heard. She still hopes we'll have the ceremony tomorrow afternoon. I doubt it somehow though. I am hoping that it will at least be Tuesday. Meanwhile we've been wandering the streets of Hanoi shopping and poking around various market areas. It is hot as hell and as a result we need to take frequent stops in cafes, which I'm not complaining about! Just as an example as to how hot it is, today it was 31...not too bad right? But with 85% humidity it officially "felt like" 46. That kind of weather makes Meg a sweaty and miserable beast. But thankfully there are plenty of cafes to stop in and enjoy a yummy Vietnamese coffee, cold with sweetened condensed milk...trust me it's good! We've also been doing a lot of good eating so this blog will contain pics of some of our favourite meals plus a few extra pics of Hanoi, enjoy:

One of our favourite restaurants, The Ladybird, an dishes we have had there:




Shrimp pate on sugarcane:



Sweet sour chicken curry, eggplant is pepper sauce and stir fried veggies and pork on noodles:



View from the upper deck of the Ladybird:



Thai glass noodle salad at the Tamarind Cafe (next few from there as well):



Ratatofu:



Deep fried mushrooms (very good):



69 Bar (no they do not know the connotation lol):



Mixed spring rolls:



Bun Cha:



Chicken 69 with 6 spices:




Yummy Vietnamese coffee (hot this time):



A little cafe we stumbled across:



Some other Hanoi scenes: