I kind of stayed here in NT for a while and was scuba diving a lot. I met really good friends from Vietnam and other parts of the world through the dive shop there. Nostalgic!
I also thought you didn't like the food at first :D . I do miss the Banh Mi/French bread street food there!
There were some foods that I loved instantly in Vietnam. Banh Mi was one of them, but I don't think I saw it until I hit Hanoi. I was also a big fan of the fried rice, but every town seemed to call it something else.
Now I'm all about pho and the dishes where you wrap everything up in rice paper. But it took me a long time to find the stuff I liked. On a few occasions I only ate potato chips for dinner and waited until I was in another town with more food options.
I kind of like the same since I got used to certain food. But when we actually open ourselves up to new dishes, we actually get to like it.
Because it so good! 😊