Today’s dish features Ostrich
soup! From a small local eatery in the coastal area of Mui Ne, this soup is
made from diced ostrich meat, rice, carrots, corn, green onion, fresh basil and
cilantro. If you’re wondering how ostrich tastes, it tastes slightly chewy and
gamey, but not overpoweringly so.
The next day I saw a tourist attraction near the white sand
dunes where you could ride ostriches! I felt so bad for eating ostrich the day
before, so there was no way I could ride one!
Dish of the day: Ostrich Soup
Where it’s found: Mui Ne, Vietnam
Breaking it down: Diced ostrich meat, rice, carrots, corn, green onion,
fresh basil and cilantro
Day 3 f our trip to Mui Ne involved waking up for a big
buffet breakfast at our resort’s outdoor terrace, followed by a half hour
morning drive on our rental motorbike to the huge white sand dunes. Despite almost completely running out of gas,
almost getting a flat tire on the bumpy dirt roads and almost sliding out of
control on the sandy parts, we finally found the beautiful dunes. We knew straight away we had reached them
once we saw them – they were gorgeous white hills of desert in the backdrop of
a green oasis, nestled beside a crystal blue lake. Many people rode 4-wheelers and jeeps on them
to avoid walking in the heat. It was
definitely a good leg workout (and was incredibly hot, even by 9 in the morning). We climbed up to one of the highest dunes for
the view, taking it all in! Although we
didn’t go see it because we needed to get back to the resort in time to return
our motorbike, there is a quaint fairy stream nearby that is apparently worth
the visit, too.
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