haha, I love this!
I want to go back there and eat again.
I spent 4 months in China near Guangzhou in 2000 and when we weren't having a night in, we used to eat at these little home cafes that sprung out of nowhere on the back streets of the local town. Great food, super cheap too! Honestly, we could have eaten out every night at the price! No comparison to chain restaurant prices.
Well, your post made me want Vietnamese too! And I can't get to Nam right now so I've told the hubby we need to take a night trip into London to see the Christmas lights, take the kids to Hamley's cos it's lovely at Christmas, and then head to Vietnamese Street Food for a meal at Westfields Mall.