Thai Mango Salad - Saturday, May 10, 2014

Dish of the day: Thai Mango Salad

Where it’s found: In the NowZone food court’s Thai restaurant (235 Nguyễn Văn Cừ, Nguyễn Cư Trinh, Quận 1, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam)

Breaking it down: Thinly-sliced mango, green onions, shrimp, thinly-sliced pork, red chilies, peanuts and side nuoc mam (fish oil and chilis sauce)

In the mood for Thai food? Because I was today! I finally tried a Thai Mango Salad.  Inside were lots of thinly-sliced mango, green onions, shrimp, thinly-sliced pork and red chilies.  It was topped with peanuts and came with chili oil on the side, but it was so flavourful it didn’t even need it.

NowZone is unlike any other Asian food court I’ve seen.  You get a NowZone card that you load up and then the only way to purchase food there is with the card.  It’s quite an easy system because you don’t have to deal with cash, only occasionally, when you want to re-load it!