Hey Charlie – we are looking forward to it – its in Dec so the weather should be pleasant. Our Vietnam by Bike is confirmed on the 27th December, We are going with World Expeditions – http://www.worldexpeditions.com/au/index.php?section=trips&id=68
The cycle part is fairly flat with lots of stops along the way to interact with locals and take in the local scenery , there won’t be more than 3hours at one time.
We also have a support vehicle if at any stage we need a rest. .We start in Hanoi and cycle to Halong Bay and spend a night on a luxury junk and then take a train to Hue – see a bit of the countryside and then finish in Ho Chi Minh. We have a couple of days in Hanoi and HCMC so should be able to sample the street food.
Its was much easier to find veg food in Oz than Thailand partly due to language difficulty and also the fact that there is fish sauce in pretty much everything.

Hi Narayana – awesome to hear that you’re heading to Vietnam. I’m sure that the tour will be lots of fun! Vegetarian food isn’t hard to find – especially if you have someone who knows how to ask in Vietnamese – but the street food is definitely worth checking out if you have some free time to wander around the cities and towns. I would say finding veggie food in Vietnam is very comparable to Thailand. Research always helps for vegetarians… Where are you cycling from, to and through?

Sure, once I go there and explore anything new then I will let you know :)

Awesome, Jay! Glad it was useful, and you should definitely make a trip to Vietnam! Let me know if you find any other veggie food when you’re there that I missed =)

Oh awesome! Yes, I spent a month in New Zealand – such an incredible country :) I didn’t visit Palmerston North though – what’s it like there?

Hi Charlie,
Actually my shop is in Palmerston North – New Zealand. I saw you got some great moments in this country, right? :)

Thanks so much for helping with our Vietnamese translations! That’s great, I will update them in my blog post now :)

Sounds great. I had some really good Phở chay before and would definitely want to visit you if I come back to Vietnam!

It’s an interesting post about vegetarian food in Vietnam. I just correct some words for you guys in Vietnamese, and hope it helps you when you travel to Vietnam.

From your post: “Com-chay” for the vegeterian bread, it actually is “Banh mi chay”, you can google “Banh mi” term to see how great the baguette in Vietnam.

“Com chay / Cơm chay” means “vegetarian rice”

“Ăn chay” (pronoun: *anh-chay*): means vegetarian people.

If you have a chance to travel to Palmerston North, plz visit our place (Healthy Vietnamese Street food) on the Square, we serve “Banh mi chay” and the Vegetarian noodle soup (Phở chay) in the winter ;)

Hope to see you there!