Greetings from Vietnam! Yep, here I am in another People's Republic, soaking up the differences in Sapa. Though I've only been in the country less than 24 hours I've already eaten a fantasic snack, which I will write about soon no doubt. But before I do, I want to talk about the noodle dish you see above, which I ate in Kunming the other day.

As I was preparing to cross one border, this dish was crossing another. Served at a restaurant specialising in Tengchong cuisine, I could taste the the proximity of Burma's very different food in every mouthful - and, since I have almost no familiarity with that country's food, I am hard pressed to know how to describe this dish. The noodles were different to any I've had before, and it was served with all manner of mysterious sauces. I have no idea what was in it, but boy it was yummy.