223,000 for dinner

Yes, it was cheap and had a view, kinda. The place is called
Lemongrass recommended in the NYTimes 36-hours in Saigon article. You
can skip the restaurant. It's catered to foreign tourists. I am
heading to a Pho 24 shop.

Anyway, we had four plates of food; Vietnamese spring rolls, tofu,
fried rice and veggie; and a pot of Lotus tea. The total cost came to
VND 223,000. It's about USD 12.80. That's including VAT and service
charges.

One the way to the restaurant, we saw lots of wedding banquets being
prepared. On the way back after the dinner, the wedding banquets were
in full swing. All the newly wed couple pictures were hung outside
the restaurant doors so that guests knew who they were, I guess.
Interesting phenominum to see.