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multi-cultural lunch

October 10th, 2007 at 05:05 am

Saving log - $4 tip box
Spending log - $1.84 coffee, milk

Got bought and ate a Vietnamese lunch today with my Viet host, along with four other co workers, one from Thailand, one from the Philippines, and two of us mongrel WASP/Germans. Very fun and I learned of several new places to try around Seattle.

The three south asians all compared the consonants that each language didn't have and discussed intently the dishes they'd order.

I learned that pho (soup) is a breakfast food, although my host said, "we eat it for lunch and all the time."

Chopsticks are rarely used in Thailand - only for noodles in broth. I very much admire the pushing of food with a fork to a large spoon. Its a delicate, beautiful way of eating: a secondary cooking stage because you construct your spoonfuls.

I shared that it was interesting that the United States really took pho under its wing, while in Paris its bahn mi (bagette sandwich with pork pate and thin sliced pickled veggies).

And at the end of the meal as a digestive, my host and I ate 1 raw garlic clove, provided for by the restaurant.

I heard a rumor - which Wikipedia didn't confirm - that Ho Chi Minh studied pastry making with Escoffier. Fascinating what could have been.

1 Responses to “multi-cultural lunch”

  1. denisentexas Says:
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    "that Ho Chi Minh studied pastry making with Escoffier. Fascinating what could have been."

    Okay, I almost spit my coffee out at that! What a thought...

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