Obama dines at streetside eatery for pork noodle soup, Hanoi Vietnam

Obama dines in pork noodle soup at Hanoi streetside eatery. The streetside restaurant owner, was stunned after Barrack Obama stopped off there for a $6.00 meal.

The 54-year-old restaurant owner Nguyen Thi Lien said that she has ladled out countless bowls of pork noodle soup but despite of that, she was still stunned when Barack Obama dines in, the powerful leader of the United States, pulled up a plastic stool and slurped down “bun cha”, a Vietnam’s delicacy made up of grilled pork and noodle.

The president came in with a chef and food critic who fronts a travel show about hidden culinary gems around the world. Obama managed to make a break to sample the dish in streetside despite of his hectic schedule.

On the other hand, the owner knew that a foreign television crew was on the way to her restaurant but she had no idea that they would bring a very special guest, the US President. “His presence in our restaurant was a great surprise for my whole family, who could never have imagined it, even in our dreams,” she said.

In a photo captured, the US president was spotted sitting on tiny plastic stools that are a common feature of Vietnamese street restaurants with Bourdain.

“Total cost of bun cha dinner with the President: $6.00. I picked up the check,” Bourdain later tweeted.