MissTtravels

Day 7

A day of learning things

We had a very relaxed start to the day. A late breakfast and a chance to chill.

We headed for town (the hotel is a little bit out of Hoi An old town) about 9.30, and went a cooking class at the Green Mango restaurant. We learnt 4 Vietnamese dishes and a dessert.

The class began with a trip to the market to pick up herbs and vegetables, which was a learning opportunity in itself.

We (5 people) did all the prep and cooking under the guidance of chef Pinky. Pho, spring rolls, banana flower salad, fish in banana leaves, followed by mango sticky rice.

Of course we all enjoyed eating it at the end.

Back at the hotel we had few hours of chill time before attending a lantern making lesson. Silk lanterns are a very Hoi A thing, and we got to make one each. Just Ruth and I and a teacher called Ha. Mine is pink/purple and Ruth’s is green. Not difficult to do, and really fun.

Later on we joined some the other members of our group for another dinner by the river.