EPIC VIETNAMESE STREET FOOD WITH SAIGON VIBES (motor bike tour)

[@PureDetour]

Welcome to this Saigon food tour with me and Saigon Vibes. What an unbelievable experience this was! Let me know in the comments what your favourite dish was. And be sure to leave a like on the video and don't forget to subscribe to the channel for more food adventures around the world : kzbin.info If you want to check out Saigon Vibes tours you can find them all here: viator.tp.st/PybsRory viator.tp.st/Qve96nyR viator.tp.st/i1sy1eqT

[@iluxman]

@5:36 Bò Lá Lốt! it is a "killer". It's so special flavor, nothing can be compared with this dish - it's a king of its own class!

[@PureDetour]

It is pretty amazing my friend😋

[@-UnknownX-]

More Vietnamese street food like this. I really like it!

[@PureDetour]

Thank you my friend. Hopefully my upcoming videos will be to your liking as well. ❤️

[@ATC_Radio]

I thought Geoff Sounded like “What the pho” 😂 forgive me 🇻🇳. I love you guys!! I just love PURE DETOUR!

[@Dangkhoi9999]

Welcome to our Vietnam, our country is the safest place in the world, people are always friendly, cheerful, sociable and very enthusiastic, always ready to help people without asking. No matter what, if you go to Hanoi, I will invite you to enjoy the most delicious and cheapest street food in the capital

[@PureDetour]

I will be in Hanoi in a couple of weeks. Where are we going?😁

[@ATC_Radio]

I had the same dilemma when we visited Vietnam back in the early 2000’s when my former network wanted to expand in vietnam after we established a radio station in Dubai! I did not understand any of their language. I just knew Pho and Banh mi. 😊 only stayed there for 1 week.

[@PureDetour]

It's so difficult. then again all languages are difficult for me lol. Add in the fact that i'm a bit insecure when trying to speak Vietnamese directly with therm it makes it even harder

[@Meo9807]

Thank you guys. I was grateful and happy to watch your video. And I feel more joyful when you have a memorable time in Việt Nam.

[@PureDetour]

Thank you! 😃

[@ATC_Radio]

To all my friends in 🇻🇳 Vietnam, Pls Like, Folow and Share this channel. It did wonders to Filipino cuisine! He is one of the best foodie vloggers out there, uniquely fun to watch, honest and gets down to any food. Thanks, you guys! - A huge Filipino fan from the north!

[@PureDetour]

You're awesome my friend

[@nhatanhpham6281]

You are such a gourmet and so wise to choose Vietnam as your next culinary destination. I hope after this trip, you will want to settle in Vietnam. You will definitely be famous in Vietnam like Max Fcfarlin, Chris Lewis ❤

[@PureDetour]

If you only knew what I would give to be able to settle here. unfortunately it is not that easy, so I will have to make do with multiple trips. This country is everything I had hoped for and more

[@doodahgurlie]

@@PureDetour One way of staying there long term is to start a business. I think you'd have to shell out $10k to start one, but in the end, it's worth it as it'd still be cheaper than staying in the US. Ask Max McFarlin, Chris Lewis, Dustin Cheverier, Phuc Map, Will in Vietnam, and Sonny from the Best Ever Food Review Show how they stay there long term.

[@le-phuongnguyen6181]

@@doodahgurlie YOU LITERALLY JUST NAMED ALL OF MY KZbin ALGORITHM, you forgot to mention ancari, han quoc bros, and kiki

[@VH-uo6pw]

Hi Hunt Great food review. I hope you enjoy. Believe or not those are one of my favourites street food!

[@PureDetour]

Which one, Vinh? Will try and get an email off to you tomorrow. Everything has been a little hectic here.😁

[@20luzer52]

Harry, not sure if you're into fruit but pay attention to the small VN bananas. They have a special fragrance, the inside is moist but not mushy like Dole or Chiquita bananas and they don't go bad (aka bruise) quickly even though the outside skin gets black. Their fruit and herbs and vegetables have so much fragrance. Enjoy the fruit smoothies as they're really good value. A lot of fresh tree-ripened fruits in each serving.

[@PureDetour]

I'm Geoff, Harry was the tour guide. So not sure if you are telling me or Harry to look out for the bananas. 😁

[@20luzer52]

@@PureDetour sorry Geoff, I was conveying my suggestion to you. Thanks for taking the time to film, edit and post your videos as I know it takes a lot of time and energy. Safe travels

[@PureDetour]

Ahh ok, will keep a look out for them. I lived in the Bahamas for many years and we have small bananas we grew there that we called sugar bananas. The skin would have to be almost black before they were edible but the flesh was always firm and never bruised. Wonder if these are the same as what you are referring to? And thank you for the kind words my friend. This is a lot of work but always worth it when I see comments like this. ❤️

[@20luzer52]

@@PureDetour then I think they’re the same then. Safe travels

[@vin10954]

All those food look delicious! BTW, Vietnamese coriander is nothing like cilantro.

[@PureDetour]

Yeah, I found that out when I tasted it with the Hot Vin Lon. I did talk about after I tried it, but I cut it because I was rambling more than anything else😂

[@HenryWrideExplores]

I really like your tour guide! I may book a food tour with him next time I’m in Saigon 😊

[@PureDetour]

He was awesome. I left links to their tours in the description of the video

[@mais6105]

I born in Danang , But live in Germany....Watch your Channel make me Hungry ..

[@PureDetour]

Hope you enjoy! Thank you for tuning in

[@tuananhtranhuu]

In Vietnam sticky rice and banana is the must be present in the worships (others are boiled chicken, wine, betel leaf and areca fruit) and we found that sticky rice is perfect to eat with banana

[@PureDetour]

Thanks for sharing my friend. I learn something new every day

[@le-phuongnguyen6181]

I respect you and your open mindedness , you don't see that often with tourists

[@PureDetour]

Thank you so much

[@JohnnyWin]

Just stumbled upon your channel and your videos are fun and refreshing!

[@PureDetour]

Thank you so much my friend❤️

[@GiuseppeZanotiiii]

Bò Lá Lốt : The sauce you use is called Mắm Nêm and it's made from fermented fish and some other ingredients. Not shrimp paste (Mắm Tôm) like the tour guide shared

[@PureDetour]

Not in this case my friend. It most definitely was not Mam Nem. I know because I just filmed a video where I had Mam Nem for the first time in three different dishes and the pungent smell of Mam Nem is unmistakable. That video will be out next weekend. There is no doubt this was a shrimp paste with pineapple juice. I have had shrimp paste in numerous SE Asian nations and this was definitely it. Whether that is the norm for Bò Lá Lốt, I would have no idea.

[@socialreject2156]

​@@PureDetourthe commenter was right, this is a kind of fish sauce and not shrimp paste, Shirmp paste in Vietnam always got a purple hue to them, and usually with this dish no one would serve it with shrimp paste.

[@socialreject2156]

​@@PureDetour you can't mix shrimp paste with pineapple juice because it would not be good, it would taste downright horrible as I've tried to do it like "mắm nêm", Shrimp paste or "mắm tôm" can only be mix with lime and sugar to lighten up the taste. "Mắm nêm" needs pineapple, garlic and chilly This is definitely a mistranslation by your tour guide

[@PureDetour]

@socialreject2156, I am fully willing to admit I may be wrong, but as mentioned, I have eaten fermented shrimp paste all over SE Asia and I just spent an entire year in the Philippines where they use a version of it they call bagoong. I have eaten tons of bagoong and this tasted like a much sweeter and less salty version of it . And as I mentioned, I just recorded a video where I tried the Mam Nem with 3 different dishes in Danang and this did not resemble that at all. Mam Nem is very distinct in it's pungent odor yet oddly delicious flavour

[@nakinp8525]

@@PureDetour I'm Vietnamese and I'm sure with you, no one eat bò lá lốt with mắm tôm, it's mắm nêm from fish.

[@ATC_Radio]

Its like one of those “Shut the front door” moments…😊

[@PureDetour]

Every time I film is like one of those shut the front door moments, Alan

[@darrylk808]

Love Vietnamese food. There are lots here in the SF Bay Area, but it costs 4x what you're paying. Especially like the rice paper wraps with herbs, noodles, and beef. So delish. Do you even taste anything but hot peppers?🥵

[@PureDetour]

Of course I do, Darryl. If I can't taste the food because of the heat I dial it back. It's not like I'm eating carolina reapers by the handful 😂

[@doodahgurlie]

Are you adventurous at all? Say yes, so I can see you do the multi-day caving in Phong Nha and the Ha Giang Loop on motorbike. The videos "Adventures of A+K" put out last year were AMAZING with the activities they did in the north. Please don't miss Ninh Binh when you get to Hanoi since so many people love it.

[@PureDetour]

Unfortunately planning, filming and editing these videos is like having two full time jobs when you are a small channel and solo operation like I am. So there will not be any motor bike adventures for me. I do hope to make it to Ninh Binh but I will have to see how it unfolds when I get up that way.

[@doodahgurlie]

@@PureDetour Yeah, it takes a lot of skills and experience to film those types of adventures properly. One man show would be difficult. Never mind the equipment needed to make quality adventure videos (from Go Pro to drone).

[@PureDetour]

You are correct. The problem is I have neither the skills nor the experience so it makes it even harder😂

[@anhyen5997]

Các nhà hàng ở Ninh Bình cũng rất ngon có các món thịt dê, cá nướng, ốc nướng, gà nướng

[@PureDetour]

@anhyen5997, Ồ, điều đó nghe thật tuyệt vời. Thực sự hy vọng tôi có cơ hội được đi khi lên đường lên phía bắc

[@20luzer52]

Vietnam must have one of the most "democratic" food culture in the world. Good fresh seafood, delicious grilled food, flan, fresh fruit, available for everyone. You can eat it at air conditioned nice decor restaurants, or at small eateries, or even sidewalk stalls. I'd like to find where can I eat fresh oysters, clams, scallops, etc for less than $8 here in the US. If we want to eat cheap food here, it's highly processed food at fast food franchise and unhealthy packaged food. It's sad that poor people have very little access to fresh healthy food here.

[@PureDetour]

As an American citizen, I agree with you 100%. But in fairness this is also the case in a lot of Europe. The healthy cheap food that is. you can eat healthy in Europe but it certainly won't be "cheap".

[@sadohrs8431]

What a great food tour! Everything I will devour but the balut😂

[@PureDetour]

I knew the balut would be a no go for you, Sadohr😂

[@sadohrs8431]

@@PureDetour You know me too well😉

[@doodahgurlie]

You can do the fertilized duck egg (trung/hot vit lon) if you tried the quail egg version in tamarind, which he did in his last video. That version looks way more palatable.

[@PureDetour]

@doodahgurlie, Sadohr is also a Filipino and very familiar with many varieties of balut. She just doesn't like it being duck or quail which is understandable.

[@sadohrs8431]

@@doodahgurlie Just not like the balut. Penoy I can eat.

[@spark_al29]

very good

[@PureDetour]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@TheBacolodFoodHunters]

one of your best episodes yet!! (besides the bacolod ones) hehehe

[@PureDetour]

Stop tooting your own horn😂

[@doodahgurlie]

I didn't understand his pronunciation of pate, either. Vietnamese people cannot pronounce the p sound properly as they use the b sound instead. He did a GREAT job of showcasing the food on this tour. Lots of great eats, for sure. I was a bit disappointed in all the che as he showed very similar ones at the end, just different ingredients (corn, mung beans, black-eye peas...the only different one was the black sesame...he should have showcase more variety of che here). He did show you the grilled bananas wrapped in sticky rice and doused in coconut sauce, which a lot of tour guides miss. That dessert won a SE Asian dessert contest years ago and Sonny from the Best Ever Food Review Show loves it. Sonny also showed the quail when he was in Hanoi.

[@PureDetour]

The Che was part of their usual food tour that we left in along with bo la lot and the grilled banana with sticky rice. They had me try more versions of it at their location. I added the balut, quail and seafood onto some of their usual items. We also had grilled pig intestines we were going to do but the place was just opening and said it would be an hour before we could get in there and I was full by that point so I told them we could skip it. as we had already been out for about 5 hours eating.

[@chithiennguyen1371]

There are only 2 Vietnamese words I can think of in Vietnamese that start with the letter p which is Pin "battery" and Pate

[@doodahgurlie]

@@chithiennguyen1371 But that doesn't mean they say the p word properly as they often say it with more of a b sound than a p sound. My SIL from Hai Phong has the same problem. I've heard other Vietnamese do the same.

[@chithiennguyen1371]

@@doodahgurlie Vietnamese don't have many words starting with "p", we can say "p" properly, but some are not used to saying it.

[@soidoggystyle2030]

Do you know if the food prices were included in the $28 tour price? I know the food prices are not expensive, but $28 for a motorbike tour to various food places seems a little bit expensive for what it is, if it doesn't include to foods too.

[@PureDetour]

Of course the food is included in these tours

[@Adventure_Quan]

Everything taste good with limes, red peppers, salt and pepper.

[@doodahgurlie]

Yep. That's a dip Viets use for everything.

[@PureDetour]

Agreed my friend❤️

[@trankhuyen1248]

2 bạn ăn ngon quá

[@PureDetour]

Vâng chúng tôi đã làm vậy bạn tôi

[@nhutnguyen5138]

OMG ! Good

[@PureDetour]

Thank you my friend

[@nhutnguyen5138]

@@PureDetour ❤️

[@locho3241]

Ăn bằng tay nhiều quá có khả năng đau bụng, rồi lại nghĩ là do thức ăn nhiễm khuẩn, do bốc tay .

[@PureDetour]

Nhiều nền văn hóa trên thế giới ăn bằng tay, và tôi đã làm điều đó với họ ở Philippines và Ấn Độ, cùng nhiều nền văn hóa khác. Tôi cũng đã ăn ở một số nơi trông khủng khiếp nhất mà bạn có thể tưởng tượng trên khắp thế giới và lần duy nhất tôi bị ốm là ở Canada khi đang ăn cùng......lấy cái này...cái nĩa

[@scratchtotable]

👍👍

[@PureDetour]

Thank you my friend❤️

[@dungtruong8079]

Lòng trắng ví như ăn cục tẩy 😂😂😂.

[@PureDetour]

Đó là. Không có hương vị cho nó. Chỉ cần nhai một cục tẩy😂

[@Kyoominenono]

🤩

[@PureDetour]

Thank you my friend!❤️

[@oxoelfoxo]

Geoff you gotta listen to the tones too! :P

[@PureDetour]

You're not wrong. Did you see my confusion with the quail? It is spelled bơ and bò is beef and is pronounced as bo so that is why I was confused. The direction of the dipthong in this case made the pronunciation of bơ sound like ba meaning butter. It's very confusing and much like every language I struggle, but I find Vietnamese fascinating and would love to actually learn the language

[@doodahgurlie]

@@PureDetour I think when the guides pronounce something, they should show the written words as well. That would be way more helpful, especially if the person speaking doesn't say things clearly. Some of the words he tried to teach you were a bit off to me. Like when he said sugarcane juice...it's didn't sound like mia (mee-ia). Vietnamese uses only one syllable in their words, but the one syllable used often has a rollercoaster sound to it (and up and/or down) that makes it more like 2+ syllables due to the rollercoastering of the sound.

[@PureDetour]

Not sure what you heard there but when he said nước mía it sound like me, not mee-ia to me.that looks and sounds wierd when i see it and read it.lol

[@doodahgurlie]

@@PureDetour That is why I said he said it wrong. It's mia. Not me. The mia is more like saying meeah because the i and a sounds are enunciated. As I mentioned, it's like a roller coaster with the i and a, not just one single sound of me and done.

[@PureDetour]

Ahh got it. Thanks for the clarification. I am still trying to learn the very basics of the language at this point so any pointers help tremendously.

[@oxoelfoxo]

that amount of butter is scary. bet if it's really from a dairy source (and not a butter substitute) it's ghee, otherwise the burnt milk solids wouldn't taste too good

[@PureDetour]

You are correct, Elf, it was ghee

[@doodahgurlie]

@@PureDetour I bet it's margarine. Butter is difficult for them to get there and expensive so they use margarine but they call it butter.

[@PureDetour]

@doodahgurlie, That is possible as margarine is a big thing in SE Asia. I was told it was gheee but what do I know. Elf is from the Philippines and very familiar with margarine

[@TrangQuỳnh-y8l]

Ăn cay hơn người VN nữa 😮

[@PureDetour]

I like chili my friend 😁

[@hobgkarr5964]

Chè is more like pie 🥧 filling ….?

[@hangeroo2439]

No. There's really no equivalent of it in the Western world. It's described as a dessert "soup". Some can be more watery/liquid-y while others less so like the ones he tried (which are more like a tapioca pudding but with different fillings). I wish the tour guy would have showcased more water-y ones like che troi nuoc or che ba mau (really popular overseas for whatever reason...I'm meh on it due to the whole beans used but I do like all the other stuff in it), or even the ones that are more like che Thai. You can see different ones showcased in Veitnam food tours (the guides in Hanoi are pretty great, but they tend to stick to a few similar che). There's a video from Jayesh Chhaya where he was in Ninh Binh and tried an amazing look che there. I wish that type of che woudl be shown to foreigners more often than other che.

[@PureDetour]

@hobgkarr5964, I agree with @hangeroo2439. This version is nothing like a pie filling. This was a very thick and glutinous version of che and if I understand it correctly the viscosity of it comes from tapioca powder

[@PureDetour]

@hangeroo2439, yesterday I recorded the colder and more liquidy versions of it here in Danang. I had a hard time communicating with them so I showed them a video they had been featured in on Max's channel and they made it for me. I also tried an avocado smoothie with their coconut cream which was out of this world good. Video coming soon

[@hangeroo2439]

@@PureDetour Yes! Everyone loves that avocado ice cream, which is famous in the Central region. Look for the sticky rice with coconut ice cream and toasted coconut or other versions similar to it. A lot of people love those, too.

[@PureDetour]

Will be on the lookout for it my friend

[@jeffreywong5112]

Sir I'm getting fat because of the food on your videos. How do you burn calories?

[@PureDetour]

I don’t! I film myself from the chest up so you don’t see the giant potato that is my stomach 😂

[@jeffreywong5112]

@@PureDetour bwahahaha! More food adventures to come!

[@PureDetour]

Absolutely my friend

[@thanhdoan9114]

Nước chấm là mắm nêm Không phải mắm tôm

[@PureDetour]

Bạn đúng. Bạn và một số người bình luận khác đã tuyên bố điều này. Món này có mùi vị rất giống món mắm tôm tôi từng ăn ở Philippines. Không mặn mà ngọt hơn nhiều nhưng hóa ra đây là Mắm Nem

[@aijcharapitabienhoa2941]

You cơm tấm Việt Nam number one

[@PureDetour]

Cơm tấm là số 1 đối với bạn?

[@vantrinhnguyen987]

OMG !!! -- You can eat so spicy like not many Vietnamese can !!!! 🤣 (eating "trứng vịt lôn" ... would be good with a little vodka !!!)

[@PureDetour]

I like my chilis my friend. And I don't drink hard liquor so beer will have to do.😁