Vietnam price information, fixed-point observation, 2025/05/08, local leafy greens

2025.05.06 Specializing in leafy greens at a local market in Ho Chi Minh City Garland chrysanthemum (shungiku): 500g for about 20,000 VND = about 120 yen Green vegetables: one handful for 10,000 VND = about 60 yen In total, I bought a huge pile of leafy greens for about 30,000 VND = about 180 yen. Today, right from the morning, we were hit by an unexpected power outage, and it completely threw off everything I had planned. This is just another one of those "Vietnam things," I suppose... Or rather, if I could actually read Vietnamese properly, I probably wouldn't have missed the notice posted in front of the elevator. So anyway, I was doing various tasks from around 9 o'clock, and gradually the heat started creeping in...! The ceiling fan stopped, and the internet went down too. Well, I've gotten pretty used to that kind of Ho Chi Minh City life by now, so I just carried on at my own pace without worrying about it. But I couldn't overlook the fact that the fridge was empty, so in the early afternoon I headed to the Flat Market (Cho Phao... local flat market). With the rainy season starting, in the middle of intense sunlight and sweltering humidity, telling myself "just the things I need," I headed for my usual shop. But by midday, the market was pretty much in shut-down mode. There aren't many people around, and only about half the shops are open. Even so, some shops dealing in fresh vegetables are stubbornly still doing business, and the one I'm aiming for is a small stall-like shop specializing in leafy greens. Green vegetables whose names I don't even know are lined up in big thick bundles, and just looking at them gives me energy. I'd already decided to make hot pot today, so I picked out 2-3 kinds and started negotiating. ...But the chrysanthemum greens (on the right) would only sell in 500g bundles. 20,000 VND (about 120 yen). *Since I wash and organize the photos, I actually have double this amount. For this quantity at this price, I really can't complain. Sorry for trying to haggle!

But for just the two of us, half the pot is plenty. I'll probably blanch the rest for ohitashi, or freeze it. The other kind is a leafy green that looks a bit like wasabi greens. Big leaves, with a refreshing bitterness as its distinctive feature. It'd be nice wrapped in rice paper, and it also looks tasty just lightly stir-fried. Today I think I'll do a garlic stir-fry. Migration Life Ranking