I spent some time lesson-planning and also organizing and
figuring out some confusion about my Masters courses and requirements. I Patrick and I ate com tam for lunch at a
local restaurant nearby that we had yet to try (I got tofu and meat in a
delicious sauce with rice, veggies, a side soup and a banana – for
25,000vnd/$1.25). The soup tasted a little moldy though... perhaps it was a
little off... let’s just say that Friday night my stomach was not feeling the
greatest, so it doesn’t stimulate any unappealing imagery... Too late? Oops!
I taught kindergarten in the afternoon, spent a while
marking listening exams (for my middle school) and then at night, I taught a
private class to one of my Japanese students who is in Vietnam on business.
At the cafe where I did my private class, I decided to try
the unconventional “chocolate juice with mint flavouring”. Chocolate juice? Yes
– doesn't it just sound so much healthier than a chocolate shake? It’s all in the name.
My dish of the day comes from a street vendor that I walk by every day I walk to work. It is called Pho Bo Vien, or “Vietnamese Beef meatball and noodle soup”. It cost 30,000 ($1.50). I thought I was ordering Bo Kho because that’s what the sign said, but later on, Google
taught me otherwise! They had two types of beef soups to choose from. The first
one was Bo Kho (a thicker Vietnamese beef stew with a dark broth and carrots in
it that is often served with a baguette). The soup that I chose had beef
meatballs, some type of root vegetable, thin noodles, lots of herbs and green
onions and a variety of greens on the side to put in the soup. There was also the typical lime wedges and
the salty-spicy side sauces to add in, like many Vietnamese soups are served
with.
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