17 Feb 2014

Sunday, February 9, 2014

My second day of work felt much smoother in comparison to the first! And the students’ enthusiasm was pretty contagious.  We just built off of each other and I had so much energy.  I definitely enjoyed my classes today and was able to connect with students more J

On the street where our hotel is, there was a small street vendor selling a rice dish.  I wasn’t quite sure what it was (I gathered there was rice, vegetable and seafood), but for about 17,000VND (less than $1), I figured, why not? That’s definitely the attitude you have to take when trying new and unknown foods when traveling abroad. Just give it a try. And learn to trust the local Vietnamese cooks. They know what they’re doing.


So, from what I gathered, this dish contains: sticky rice, small dried shrimp, some pork pieces, dried fish (flake/strips), cilantro, onion, red hot chilis, cucumber, carrot and a type of light soy/chili sauce that you pour over. I enjoyed it, but I enjoyed it even more when I took out the fish flakes.  That strong fishy taste isn’t my favourite, but without it, it was pretty good!


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