Pigs' Ribs

This is carnal eating. I can see Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble at this kerbside meatfest, gnawing on  bones and flinging them under the table. These are not brontosaurus bones but those of a domesticated animal a bit further along the evolutionary line. We're talking pigs' ribs here and lots of them.

Right near a bugger of an intersection that mixes train crossings, one way traffic and lots of subsequent civil disobedience - not to mention a cacophany of horn action - it's possible to sit kerbside and eat. It's not fine dining, there's no table manners required - in fact, by all means, let go. Eat with the hands, let the juice and oil coat the fingers and flow toward the elbow. If a bone is thrown under the table or even let to drop from the mouth, there will be no admonishment here. These ribs cannot be enjoyed any other way. To attempt them with chopsticks requires unusual dexterity, a lack of which sends the ribs helicoptering into the centre of the road.

Not much point in delicacy with the little finger here. Just dig in!

Messy End

Ribs, chips and beers for four, noodles for one, and another plate of stomach - 210,000VND (USD$13, AUD$15.70)

Thinh Chinh
15 Le Duan
Hanoi

Comments

[Jason]

Hi

Do you or do you know anybody that write about the food in HCM. I am already reading nooodlepie.

thanks
Jason

[stickyfingers]

Uncontrolled drooling, eyes watering... jealous stabs strike at tastebuds, fingers scratch at monitor.
OH YEAH...that looks SENSATIONAL!

[Viet]

wow, $15 dollars ?? ain't that a bit stiff? could buy a whole pig with $15 bucks

have you tried heo quay? roasted pig (the whole pig)

[Jamie]

Hey - I went there with my friends last night and the address is wrong.

Its 48 Le Duan - next to the train tracks

And the ribs were awesome!!!