Dong Ba Market
23 Hoang Sa Street Ho Chi Minh
Bourdain ate: bún bò Huế (bone broth with lemongrass), fermented shrimp paste with rice noodles, tender beef shank, crabmeat dumplings, pig’s foot; huyết (blood cake)
Lunch date: Nguyen Qui Duc
Duyên Anh
10 Tỉnh Lộ Street, Thừa Thiên, Huế
Bourdain ate: lobster; eel with lemongrass, green chili, and pepper
Lunch date: Dinh Hoang Linh, Bourdain’s former fixer and friend

Boi Tran’s home and gallery
Bourdain ate: bird’s nest soup, made of swallow’s nests and served with crabmeat, crab roe, red onion, pepper, and seasoned steamed lotus seeds; lobster with red onion, ginger, lemongrass, and chiles, cooked and presented in a bowl with lime leaves and the stock poured over it
Dinner dates: Boi Tran, painter; Nguyen Qui Duc; Hương Lan, writer and food blogger; art collector Jean-François Hubert, and Philippe Damas


Lunch on the beach
Bourdain ate: fish cooked on a small fire on the beach
Lunch dates: Quac Thanh, local guide and translator; Con Tac, local resident
An Hien Garden House
Bourdain ate: bánh xèo (rice-flour pancakes), steamed and topped with fried shallots and cassava paste and crumbled fried shrimp; bánh bột lọc (cassava or tapioca with pork and shrimp wrapped in a banana leaf); fried sticky-rice dumplings filled with shrimp
Lunch date: Hương Lan


A street vendor in Huế
Bourdain ate: cơm hến (clam rice); sweet, meaty little local clams, tossed with mung beans, white rice, spicy green chiles, crunchy roasted peanuts, fried pork rind, and cilantro
Lunch in the Huế countryside
Bourdain had: lemongrass chicken cooked in clay from nearby rice paddy, served with squash, bitter melon, and morning glory greens; Huda Beer
Dinner dates: Dinh Hoang Linh, Linh [food blogger], and Quac Thanh