I love Ton That Dam Market, the oldest wet market in Ho Chi MinhвЂ™s city centre, for fish, fruits and vegetables. People here tend to go food shopping daily, pulling up beside the stalls on their motorbikes to buy what they need for each meal. On my street alone, neighbours sell fresh seafood, star fruit (from their own tree), eggs and avocados, which they buy early in the morning from a wholesale market and then resell. You never know what youвЂ™ll find when youвЂ™re out and about so I often end up getting some pretty random fruits or vegetables. I buy items as and when I need them, going several times a week to various stores and street stalls. The main difference between grocery shopping in Ireland and Vietnam is there is no such thing as a вЂњbig shopвЂќ here. I like to eat it sprinkled on top of scrambled eggs. Pizza 4Ps scamorza cheese (в‚¬2.65/ 70,000 VND for 115g) This speciality cheese is made by a local brand. Reed avocado (в‚¬1.14/30,000 VND for 1kg) I like the Reed avocado, which is larger and rounder than the typical Hass avocado found in Ireland, and has a much creamier and smoother texture.ДЎ0. Avonmore salted butter (в‚¬4.13/ 109,000 VND for 200g) I canвЂ™t live without butter and am convinced Ireland has the best dairy products in the world.Д©. ItвЂ™s more than double the price of local Vietnamese salmon but itвЂ™s worth it.ДЁ. Salmon (в‚¬8.25/218,000 VND for 865g) I like local king prawns but buy imported Norwegian salmon as I find itвЂ™s better quality. King prawns (в‚¬3.03/80,000 VND for 500g) I cook a lot of fish (my housemate is pescatarian), so I donвЂ™t usually buy meat to cook at home, unless as a treat for our dogs.Д¦. Fresh chillies (в‚¬0.30/8,000 VND for 50g) Fresh herbs and chillies are an essential part of Vietnamese cuisine, so I throw them in most dishes for extra flavour.ДҐ. Red dragon fruit (в‚¬0.95/25,000 VND for 1kg) The variety of fruit is one of my favourite things about living here, and dragon fruit is always in my fridge.ДЈ. Cam sГ nh (Vietnamese green oranges) (1kg, в‚¬1.14/30,000 VND) The lady at my local launderette recently started selling Cam sГ nh from her provincial hometown, so I buy a few whenever I stop by.Дў. Sarah Clayton-Lea's shopping in Ho Chi Minh, VietnamДЎ.

She is the founder of Big 7 Travel and currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City with her two foster dogs. Sarah Clayton-Lea ( 28) from Ashbourne, Co Meath, has been based between Vietnam and Thailand for the last three years. Here, they show us 10 things that are always in their shopping basket

To mark the beginning of The Irish TimesвЂ™ Food Month 2021 we asked some readers around the world to tell us about the food they eat, how they shop and the food culture where they live.

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