i did, though, have a chance to visit quy thanh's parent's village, which is just on the outskirts of the city (or rather on the outskirts of the outskirts, since i am on the real outskirts, whatever outskirts actually are), it was great and filled with an amazing spread of food that looked like this:
his family was so nice they made some of this for me:
this is tofu in a kind of basic tomato sauce, one thing that i can say about vietnamese cuisine is that it is totally into tomatoes, they are in a lot of food here, including in these lite sauces that you don't really get in thailand, this was really wonderful!
but this was the kicker, it came right at the end of the meal (which seems to be a pattern here to have soups with rice at the very end of meals), it is a LOTUS SEED and mushroom soup, the lotus seeds were incredible and tasted a lot like chickpeas!!! i was in awe, it was easily one of the best things that i have eaten since i got here, way to go quy thanh's mom!!!
anyway, of course it wasn't just the food that made it a great day there was also these guys:
who, in thanh's estimation, helped me drink 30 "rounds" of rice vodka, which was great (although each round was in tiny tiny glasses that thanh constantly reminded me to be careful not to eat as i drank the vodka) ...
and let's not forget these guys:
who it should be made clear are laughing at me not with me, and this guy:
he is thanh's adorable son, he think's that my name is "mr. hello," he's three and likes cats a lot ...
but luckily, this guy:
was not there, he is a crocodile, to be eaten, that we encountered at the entrance to this fancy restaurant, that quy thanh mentioned specializes in "thai" flavored vietnamese food, but when i asked him what that meant he said that he had no idea, ha! take that thais!
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