If you want to eat seafood, this is the only choice! Trip to Can Gio - how many times has it been now?!

The hotel in Canazei was where I was quarantined after returning from Japan during the pandemic. The two weeks felt long, but the room was spacious enough to spend alone, and the luxurious time never grew tiring. The morning and evening views through the large window, the chirping of birds, the wild bison strolling by. The Vietnamese person in the next room had gotten a fishing rod from somewhere and would quietly dangle a line into the pond next door. My husband brought me a yoga mat, A place that gradually made me feel, "Ah, my Vietnam life is starting again~" When it comes to eating seafood, it has to be Can Gio~ — that's what a Vietnamese friend who calls this place home tells me, and with that invitation I often come here for little trips. It's about a two-hour bike ride from Ho Chi Minh City. You cross the river by ferry, then choose the back roads where trucks don't pass, taking detours along the way, slowly, slowly. And when I come to a road with no traffic lights, well, I end up riding the bike myself~ When it comes to coastal resorts, there's Vung Tau on the opposite shore. It's become quite touristy, with so many shops and restaurants! That has its own lively charm, but if you're the relaxed, laid-back type, this place is for you. It's almost entirely local. Lately, the VIN Group has been moving into development here, so it's probably going to keep changing more and more. Now then, what I'm looking forward to again this time is the area's best seafood restaurant. Heading straight west, endlessly, along a really local, unpaved road with no streetlights, right around when you start to worry "is there really a shop out here...?", a shack that looks like it might be the place gradually comes into view.

Crab, crab, crab, and sometimes shrimp, crab, crab, crab, and sometimes fish. The fresh eggs are soft-boiled~ Mix them into the seafood fried rice and enjoy.

Sparkling wine and white wine that we brought in ourselves.

There are 3 types of crab.

Slurping the crab miso, gobbling the egg, and sucking every last bit of crab meat clean.

This is a dining table overflowing with wild flavor.

The next day, the lingering scent still clung to my crab-juice-covered fingers. I kind of want to make the cat lick my fingers lol I don't need crab or shrimp for a while~ "My hands smell like crab~" we said, laughing all through the banquet night. My Vietnamese friend, who's from the area, negotiated all sorts of things with the restaurant staff for us.

Full and satisfied with four people! And it even came with a bottle of local sake, all for this price. That means... about 2,500 yen per person. (The herbal liqueur-like drink was also delicious.) While saying "I don't want to eat crab or shrimp for a while~", we're already thinking, when should we go again?! Staring hard at the calendar. Was I a fisherman in a past life... I wonder? Relocation life ranking