11 Apr 2014

Saturday, March 29, 2014

I taught for a bit in the morning at my language school and then had a couple hours free before I had to be back for a meeting (and they had tons of fruit for us, yay!), so I relaxed a bit and grabbed some lunch. 

After the meeting, I joined a few other native English teachers from my language school for a beer at a nearby beer garden, then we decided it would be cheaper and also more fun to grab a few convenience store drinks and head out to a park to hang out for a while, listen to music and to enjoy the late afternoon outside.  Apparently you can’t walk or sit on grass in Ho Chi Minh City because we got in trouble for putting down our picnic blanket on the ground! Quite different from back home! I think they just want to keep up and maintain the grass since there’s so much concrete in big cities! 

Afterwards, we grabbed some egg and com tam and met some others at a nearby “Beer Pong” Bar. They have all the beer pong equipment and giant manuals that describe a variety of different drinking games involving ping pong balls and a table. The bar is actually called “Beer Pong” and it’s nestled in an unassuming alley street that happens to be less than a 5 minute walk from my house! So much to discover around here... So many hidden places!


Now... what you've been drooling for...

No, my dish of the day was not served at a fancy restaurant! This Eggs Florentine (smoked salmon, spinach, poached egg and buttery hollandaise sauce on top of a toasted English Muffin) was cooked up by Patrick and I.  Makes me incredibly happy that I thought to bring a couple packets of hollandaise sauce dry mix with me from home!  Eggs Benedict/Florentine is definitely my kryptonite. Mmmm.  Brings me down to my knees. Moreeeeee!!!


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