Is it lunchtime yet?
on Moni Brar (Malawi), 28/Apr/2011 08:48, 34 days ago
There are many great things about my job - the people I work with, the office environment, the casual atmosphere, the flexibility - but one of the most unexpected and wonderful surprises has been lunchtime! I'd like to introduce Huong...She cooks lunch for the office staff every day and she charges us each 30,000 VND ($1.50 Canadian). Around 11:30 am, the smells of highly-anticipated Vietnamese dishes start to waft through the office. At noon, we all eagerly head for the lunch room/kitchen where she cooks and serves up a fresh, hot meal. It's the best Vietnamese food I've had so far! This was today's lunchtime feast...This is the sweet and sour soup...My new favourite dish - a beautiful salad with crunchy green papaya, shredded carrots and loads of fresh basil and mint.And another favourite of mine - freshly fried peanuts with coarse salt.I love the fact that Huong sits with us and shares the meal. I hope to get to know her better in the coming months...who knows, maybe she'll share some of her cooking secrets with me and I can become half the cook she is?