Cooking Class

It poured rain again today. The swimming pool over flowed again, which means at least 15 cm fell! I guess it's better than snow though.

We didn't do much other than school work during the day. We stepped out for lunch and on the way back Nadim decided to get a couple of shirts made, so we stopped at a shop and looked at some fabrics. Hopefully they will turn out okay. My shoes turned out quite well, but not so well that I wanted to order more. Phew!

At 4:00 we had an appointment for a cooking class. We trudged off in the rain and our way to the street that runs along the river. It was flooded, and we couldn't go in the front door of the restaurant! We went in a side door and she had opened just for us. We felt bad but she seemed happy to have us come. Not much business on a slow day, I guess.

We stared with making Hoi An spring rolls. It was really pretty easy because all the chopping work was done for us. It was more like a demonstration than anything else. None the less we made all sorts of notes on how to make them and what to put in them. Next was Saigon spring rolls. Both were very good and we figure we can probably put whatever we want in them and it will turn out okay.

Next we made Cau Lau, which is a dryish soup with noodles, bean sprouts, fresh herbs and pork. I'm pretty sure we'll make that again at home. Next we fried morning glory, which is similar to spinach. Then we made a grilled fish wrapped in banana leaf. It was good, but I'm not sure we would find the ingredients at home. We finished with making fried rice with vegetables and pork and shrimp. That was pretty easy too. The girls had great fun stirring things from time to time and they were very proud of themselves by the end of the meal!

On the way home I couldn't resist stopping to buy some lanterns. They are so beautiful. Now we have to find a post office tomorrow to send a bunch of things home!

CM