Today’s dish of the day is an appetizer, served like a gift
to us on a small plate as soon as we sat down at our table. And inside our mystery gift? A piece of Vietnamese
sausage! Sausage wrapped in a large
banana leaf. What’s most fascinating to me is its presentation. Such a
simple appetizer is presented in an appealing and intriguing way. It’s also incredibly
environmentally-friendly! Similar to lots of other sticky rice, meats and other
traditional foods in Vietnam, it is bought/served in a natural material that
can decompose, as opposed to plastic.
Too bad Canada doesn’t grow banana leaves!
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| Sausage wrapped in banana leaves! |
Today we ventured to the Jade Emperor Pagoda, which is the most famous Taoist temple in Ho Chi Minh City. It’s also known as the Tortoise pagoda and it lives up to this name, as in fact, there are hundreds of tortoises living in a pond (some with painted messages written on their shell), right at the foot of the pagoda! It’s located at 73 Mai Thi Luu Street, District 1 and was constructed by the Chinese n 1909. It was free entrance, but we had to pay to park our motorbike, as usual in motorbike parking lots here. It’s worth a visit, especially if you’re interested in Buddhism!
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| The outside of Jade Emperor Pagoda |
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| Hundreds of tortoises at the temple! Some even had messages written on their shell... |
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