Michael Sieburg

Hong Kong makes an ill-advised move to ban outdoor dining but fortunately, streetfood is too much a part of city life in Saigon for any such ban to work here, at least in the near future. No doubt there have been and will be attempts to clean up the streetfood scene in Vietnam but I doubt they’d ever go as far as Hong Kong’s ban, which even went after terraces at fine dining restaurants. Eating outside is one of the great joys of living in the tropics. And so is ordering a plate of dried squid from the carts that linger around after hours sidewalk bars like stalkers in the night. Get the stinky snack while you can.