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Just How Cheap is it to Eat in Vietnam?

One quick look at the graphic to the right and you'll see that there is plenty of food to fill a person. I picked this up at a typical quán cơm bình dân (common rice eatery). It's where most people go to have lunch. They had a selection of different meats in a stand at the front of the restaurant. I took the safe bet and went with the chicken, but I could have had chim se roti (roasted sparrow) or an assortment of other meats. The chicken, which was a fairly large hunk of breast, came with rice, soup, cabbage, sauce, a banana, and a bag of herbs and vegetables. Total price... 18,000 dong or about 0.85 cents US. That's a cheap meal.