Hell yeah, man! My wife's family is from Southern Vietnam or Northern Cambodia... Cambodian by blood but cooks tons of Viet food.
Like you said it's cheap, healthy and fucking delicious. Her parents grow clusterfucks of herbs and shit in their garden so they just go out back, cut about 5 buckets of herbs and veggies and make the best tasting food I've ever had in my life. I'm still begging my mother-in-law to consider opening a restaurant. I don't care much for her company but her cooking is out of this world.
Here are a few goodies I've made in the recent past. I should learn to take better pictures because they don't do justice. If I didn't already have some butter chicken planned for dinner I'd probably make some Viet food. Now I'm craving it hardcore!!
That looks awesome!
Looks just like what my girl cooks.
Funny how your in-laws sound exactly like my girl's family. They have been told by a ton of people to open a restaurant but they don't want to. Plus, they are all Doctors and shit so they are already very wealthy.
My girl's family is from Hue and Da Nang.
I have a ton of those herbs in my backyard already, makes my backyard smell great.
Now that you have me starving, i'm off to lunch at the local Pho Saigon.