You'll never starve in Ho Chi Minh City

Of course every big city in the world offer a lot to eat. However I find Ho Chi Minh city pretty interesting in terms of food. The variety of food is excellent. And you can get a full meal already for 2-3USD. I like the vietnamese kitchen very much. Nevertheless I was a bit disappointed as I'm missing the final kick.
Traditional dish of Vietnam is a soup called Pho:

A big pot of soup with either beef, pork or chicken meet, and of course vegetables. But be prepared not to only find the meet but bones, fibres, pure fat and actually everything from the respective animal. Taste is ok, and it is really cheap when you get a Pho on the street.

Vietnam is the only Asian country I know with something you could call bread culture.
Well it is not exactly a culture, but the Vietnamese eat a lot of bread, But there is more or less only one kind: The Banh mi. We would call it Baguette. Coming from the colonial times, when the French brought bread to Indochina, the Vietnamese adapted this food into their culture. You can get a Banh mi at every corner of the city. There are special ones for breakfast, where they put fried eggs into it, together with vegetables and sauces. Quite delicious. I tried it today for the first time, as there is one typical stand directly in front of our office building. But I think the guy ripped me off. As he didn't speak any English I gave him 20000VND (~1USD). I got 5000VND as change. The most expensive Banh mis I saw in the city are around 12000VND. So I got screwed for something like 11 Cents :).

And here is what it looked like:

This is a typical stand, where they sell it:

And there is this huge selection of restaurants here in Ho Chi Minh City. Western Restaurant where you can easily spend the monthly salary of a Vietnamese worker: For example El Gaucho. Delicious Steak house with a very good selection of Wines. Meat is imported, so that's why you can spend 50USD or more per Steak. Not a restaurant for the typical business lunch.

Barbecue Garden: Very nice restaurant, where you select skewers and vegetables to grill it yourself at your table. Reasonably priced.

But of course there are as well top Vietnamese restaurants: The Cục Gạch Quán: They serve typical Vietnamese food in a beautiful location. It's in a very quiet area of Ho Chi Minh city, actually a bit difficult to find. Food is excellent, and would be a recommendation for tourists to try Vietnamese food for the first time. 

Of course we didn't even scratch the surface with this little selection of restaurants. But I'm looking forward to explore more...