Dish of the day: Jasmine tea with Mekong honey, bee pollen and
kumquat juice // Royal Jelly with Honey
Where it’s found: In the Mekong Delta, Vietnam; the ingredients can
be purchased at grocery stores and for royal jelly, at health food stores.
Breaking it down: See the names above (pretty straightforward)
Another busy Saturday of teaching (7:45am to 9:15pm with a
couple hours for breaks), but it went really well. I love teaching here, despite the chaos
sometimes involved with traveling between places. I consider myself very fortunate to have this
opportunity.
Today’s dish actually hails from the future, when I went to
the Mekong Delta (May 26-27), however, I have lots of dishes from that trip, so
I’ll treat you with a “taste” of the trip before those are posted ;)
Sitting at a table overlooking the Mekong River, myself,
Patrick and three others we met on our trip got to taste-test hot jasmine tea with Mekong honey, bee
pollen and a squeeze of kumquat juice (a small citrus fruit, similar to a
lime, except sweeter). We drank our tea with a plate of snacks, including sticky
peanut bars (somewhat similar to brittle), crystallized, candied ginger as well
as dried banana chips with honey glaze.
Following our tea, we were allowed to sample the royal bee jelly, which
is quite plain and bitter on its own, but with a drop of honey to sweeten it,
is quite nice and smooth. We learned how
royal jelly is an incredibly healthy supplement that can be taken daily (a
teaspoon-full) to help your health, energy, youth and is also often used in
dieting. Although they took the
opportunity to try and sell us the products as souvenirs, it was still a very
interesting and yummy experience, especially sitting outdoors amongst bamboo
palms along the water and gorging on sweet tea and snacks!
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| Holding the baby bees. Not the beeeeez! |
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