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Originally Posted by the-rasta-masta
One of my favorite memories was meeting a local who invited us to drink beers with his friends. We sat on those little chairs until wee hours, they had beer in milk jugs and a giant chunk of ice in the middle of the table that we would chip off into our beers. They brought out guitars and were singing song about Ho Chi Minh and telling us how great he was.
The next day this local invited us to his family home for dinner. We sat on the floor of the kitchen and pulled meat off a fried fish. We saw an empty bottle of Johnny Walker Black that the family had displayed almost like a trophy on a shelf, so the next day the guys I was travelling with and I chipped in and bought them a full bottle. They were ecstatic, it was like their greatest treasure and bragging rights for their friends that they had a bottle of good scotch.
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IIRC, cognac is even more popular there due to the French influence. Something like Martell, Courvoisier or Hennessy VSOP would also be well accepted.