Me Learning How To Cook

Saigon

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November 23rd 2007
Traffic chaos again. We started out the day 3 hours in the van towards the Mekong Delta where we had a Vietnemise cooking class. I did the learning and the cooking and Siuyee did the eating because I had my first bout of the runs. First off before we started eating the old man there toasted something which I am not sure what he said , but it was a rice wine and a licorice liquor combinati ... read more

Asia » Vietnam » Southeast » Ho Chi Minh City

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The conquest of Vietnam by France began in 1858 and was completed by 1884. It became part of French Indochina in 1887. Independence was declared after World War II, but the French continued to rule until 1954 when they were defeated by Communist forc... ... read more