This was a momentous day because I a) managed to have my demand for at least one Pho per day met by having it for every single meal, b) I sampled Vietnamese wine, and c) we managed to (collectively) work out and play two games of chinese chess at the cafe after dinner.
Really this is primarily a quick update to warn other travellers to avoid the wine. Both red and white lack any complexity but have this tri-flavour burst. The first taste is of burning. This passes quickly to leave you feeling safe, the calm before the storm. Next a weird scrumpy flavour starts and startles, then lastly you are left with the lingering after burn, reminiscent of being a 17 year old in Chaffers park (or whatever they call it nowadays) with a 1.5 litre bottle of Ruby Red. A warning should have been noted though. The bottles read 'contains wine made from various fruits'. I guess being unable to narrow this down to containing just grapes should be a pretty strong indicator of what was to come.
(To be fair on Vietnamese wines we were hitting $4 bottles. A fairer judgement should be made on the pricier wines which I shall brave at some future point.)
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