On Friday, January 23, 2015 at 11:36:39 AM UTC-8, Janet Wilder wrote:
> One of the stops on my tour is in Vietnam. We want to go to the water
> puppet show, so we may miss dinner on the ship.
>
> Neither of us can tolerate hot-spicy foods. What are some things in Ho
> Chi Minh City that you all would recommend we order?
>
> No chicken--the travel nurse said not to order chicken because of bird flu.

In my experience, most dishes are not hot-spicy. Avoid Bun Bo Hue, a noodle
soup. But then it features sliced pigs feet and squares of congealed pig's
blood, as well as dried shrimp.

There are plenty of beef and vegetarian dishes. Seafood features shrimp,
crab, and catfish, however.