My first day of work! It was a
whirlwind, with everything new and muddy.
The support I am getting though is incredibly helpful and I know it
won’t be long until I’m completely comfortable teaching here. After a long
morning and HIGHLY energetic children J,
I came home and with the sun-ablazing, needed something refreshing. Before heading over to a pool a 10 minute
walk from our hotel, we naturally chose to eat piping hot soup in the 33+
degree weather. Makes sense, right?
We stopped at a place advertising "Hu Tieu Mi" (plus accents). We had no idea what it was, but google translate tells me "tieu" is pepper and "mi" is noodles. Hm, ok. Following a confusing moment in which
the man brought us only 1 bowl but with 2 types of noodles- vermicelli and egg
(instead of 2 bowls with 1 type of noodle in each), we got another local man
with passable English to tell the vendor we wanted another bowl.
We weren’t quite sure of everything
in it, but here’s a basic rundown of the main ingredients: egg noodle,
vermicelli noodle, beef broth, a quail egg, liver (I think), ribs, pork pieces,
a couple of meat balls (or fish balls??), little crispy crouton-like pieces,
green onion, cilantro, parsley, lettuce, red pepper hot sauce, soy sauce,
garlic, red chilis, lime... It seemed like a long list of questionable
ingredients and to be honest, had me skeptical at the beginning. I wasn’t
particularly confident about it. But one bite in and I was hooked. When it comes to local Vietnamese food, you
just have to learn to trust them on it! They know how to make anything tasty. And for just over a $1, how can you go wrong?
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