Today started with our bus collecting us from the hotel at 9.00am to take us to the Vietnam cookery centre. We were welcomed by our host Lin who took us through what we would be cooking for the morning.
The menu was as follows:
Vietnamese spring rolls
Sour clams soup with dill
Caramel pork in clay pot
Steamed rice with coconut juice
Saute banana in coconut milk
Dipping fish sauce
Most of the preparation was already done for us, so all that was required was for us to follow along with the instructions. We had the opportunity to sit down and enjoy our meal after slaving over the hot stove all morning, we all enjoyed our food immensely and I daresay, in some cases stepped out of our comfort zone, when it came to tasting various foods from the Vietnamese culture. We all graduated with our cookery certificates, and I am sure we will all be experimenting on friends and family after we get home.
After returning to the hotel, the afternoon was free time to continue exploring the city and visiting some markets. I was given a cooks tour of the back streets around the markets in search of an ATM by a local street trader, I think I got to see more of the local culture than I would have otherwise. I managed to find my way home safely eventually.
The day concluded with a visit to the local Italian restaurant (after Carolyn lost her way to the Japanese Restaurant that we were going to), this was an unusual choice, but I think we were all in need of some comfort food.
Tomorrow we take a tour on the Mekong River so check back in then for an update.
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