Today is Day 2 of my five-day Traditional Thai Message course with Baan Nit (Baan means home). Mama Nit is one of the teachers, but my instructor's name is Pen, and I am studying with one other student, a talented Japanese masseuse, Miyako. Ha ha, if you're nice, I'll give you a body-melting massage when I'm back!
Boom (far right) was our charming Thai chef...she learned the tricks of the trade from her mom. David, Sally, Jane and I (wow, we have names straight out of "My First English Book") had a great time pounding the hell out of the curry paste.
Last Sunday, I took a Thai Cooking course, where we prepared 5 delicious dishes...
- Chicken with Cashew Nuts
- Sweet and Sour Vegetables
- Tom Yum Gung (yes, the tasty tasty Thai Seafood soup!)
- Pork in Red Curry
- Mango in Sticky Rice (this is THE BEST dessert)
LOL, I'll make you some authentic Thai food!
Back to Vietnam for a sec...the Halong Bay trip was spectacular. Gorgeous scenery and amazing seafood. The limestone karsts jut out at amazing angles and one of the caves can fit 3000 people inside at once!! Will post the photos soon...
And my sister, Esther, found that if you google blog search my name, mine comes up under the related blogs! Cool!
http://www.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&q=mary+lee&btnG=Search+Blogs
Ok, lunch break (a relaxing 2 hours) is over now...back to the back breaking work of massage!
1 comment:
Ahhh.. May I have an order of:
Chicken with Cashew Nuts
Sweet and Sour Vegetables
1 portion of regular rice
Mango in Sticky Rice
About an hour or so after I finish my food, I'd like one of your body-melting massage.
Wait - when you said body-melting, did you mean "I'll pound you into a pulp" type melting?
If that's the case, I'll take a 1/2 order of the massage - stop just before the "melting" point!
Good girl. Glad you're not just doing the touristy sight-seeing and are actually doing some serious planning.
Yes, yes: the skills you acquired in Thai massage and cooking will certainly help you land a husband - much more so than a degree in engineering physics! Good thinking! Wish I'd thought of that before!
Oh, hope it's safe to consume Thai chickens. I guess it's the Vietnamese ones that are notorious for the Avian flu.
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