Today's haul of imported food from Linh Phương, an excellent store on Trần Hưng Đạo. Russian salami, Spanish chorizo, Italian salami, Danish camembert and French bleu d'Auvergne. This sets me back $34.

When I mentioned a Vung Tau pizza parlor a while back, a reader said no one goes to Vietnam for pizza. Well, no shit! People living here, though, do eat pizza, and tapas, French cheeses, sushi and Korean BBQ, etc., and they buy European wines. There's a store here called Amy's Winehouse.

I try to present places as experienced by residents, not tourists.