A couple of days ago on the eve of the Lunar New Year (The 2007 Lunar New Year in Vietnam begins on the 17th as opposed to the 18th of February this year due to the 1 hour time difference between Hanoi and Beijing. The Chinese calendar is based on astronomical observations and therefore dependent on local time.) I went and had dinner at my youngest uncle’s house in district 8 which is about 20 minutes motorcycle ride from central Saigon.

We had steamboat and steamed coral trout which was magnificent. I couldn’t wait to get into it so I didn’t get the chance to take any photos of it haha. The night ended with a few glasses of Hennessy XO which was nice. Haha and it got me a bit pissed as well.