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Perhaps Vietnamese food at the back (3,7)

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I believe the answer is:

far eastern

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'perhaps vietnamese' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'food at the back' is the wordplay.
'food' becomes 'fare' (fare is a kind of food).
'at the back' becomes 'astern' (I've seen this before).
'fare'+'astern'='FAR EASTERN'

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(Other definitions for far eastern that I've seen before include "from the Orient" , "Chinese?" , "from Japan, say?" , "Perhaps Japanese" .)

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