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'Namburgers
This is the first in what will be a recurring feature here on A Hamburger Today. It's called Other Bloggers, Other Burgers. When we run across notable burger posts on other blogs, we'll let you know here. And because we don't want to steal our fellow bloggers' thunder, we'll only digest a bit of whatever great info they might have on their sites. So please do click through to the original material. —Ed.
Call it a cultural exchange: We got to educate Rich, our burger mate in the U.K. on the etymology of slider and Slyder, and now we're getting schooled on the ins and outs of burger stalls in the Vietnamese city of Saigon, thanks to freelance journalist and blogger Graham Holliday at Noodlepie.
Above are photos from Noodlepie's recent entry on Saigon streetburgers. As the author, Graham, notes:
Vietnam is quite the mishmashmosh of the food world, innit? It's quite odd eating something so un-Asian in a very Asian environment. But, surprisingly streetburger stalls like this are not that rare and seem to be quite popular. I've scored similar bites in Hanoi. The French left their baguettes, the Chinese dumped their dumplings and the US Armed Forces left the humble hamburger in their wake. Saigon style streetburgers. Not great, but definitely not total bollocks either.
Noodlepie is a fascinating read, with Graham visiting the multitude of street stalls in Saigon and beyond, sampling the fare, taking great photos, and providing a capsule of what food life is like in another part of the world. We urge you to check it out while you're noodling around on the Internets.