Nuoc Mia:Sugarcane juice beats the lemonade stands

Nuoc Mia: Sugar cane juice beats the lemonade stands
By Aly Abaquin


Saigon street food are so plenty we took the streets and raided some of the very popular eats or drinks that every day saigonite partake.... the culinary daredevils that we are but unlike andrew zimmerman of bizarre foods these featured eats are our edible favorites and not near the bizarre kind... be in the morning, noon or evening... we pick three treats aside of course of the popular Banh mi that practically sold everywhere and its Cafe Sua Da Vietnamese iced coffee counterpart...


Meet my neighbor your local lemonade stand but this time its called :
NUOC MIa: Sugar Cane freshly squeeze as this juice stand are very much popular in saigon... the american counterpart being lemonade stands in the USA...

Unlike in the USA wherein every garage sales there always the present of kids selling the perinially culturally Iconic American lemonade stand for .50cents a piece... but in saigon for only 3,000 dong (vnd) .17 cents you get a freshly squeeze sugar cane.

The small NUOC Mia metallic stainless steel stand has this contraption wherein it mechanically squeeze the juice out of the surgarcane tube by putting the product in between two presser roller controlled by a poked stirring wheel more like a the one used in printing presses from the 18th century.... the lady made sure every juice from the cane is sucked out by repeating the process as soon as the cane become bare fibers....

True blue sugarry sweetness direct from the cane....Sugar overload.. but when we drunk it was suprisingly not very sweet but captivatingly good when the pure juice was poured over iced cubes we decided to take it out.. and every sip is very much appreciated underneath the heat of the sun.... Haaaaaaaahhhhh at last we see a shade.. all is needed is a swimming POOL as we like to take a plunge so we think.....this juice is a must try for every tourist...