Party, Cambodian Style.
on Mary In Cambodia (Cambodia), 15/Dec/2011 09:24, 34 days ago
Party, Cambodian styleThis week I finished my 2 year placement with VSO here in Sisophon.. It has been a week of surprises. On Tuesday my arranged study visit was interrupted when members of the District office arrived, not to see what work was being done but to present a‘letter of appreciation’ and a gift Wednesday was definitely a quiet goodbye, wrong again. I arrived at Koy Meing at 8 o’clock to find the female teachers busy lighting fires and chopping ingredients. The male teachers were errand boys scooting off here and there at the women’s bidding. The students were abandoned. A party was being prepared. 3 hours later all was ready. The students were called to order, speeches were required and finally the food, a real feast was set out. Baan Chow is a traditional Cambodian meal and very delicious.  Koak Lun actually closed the school and the feast was prepared at a teacher’s house. There was a warm welcome and Hannah and I had a lesson on how to make Baan chow from scratch the traditional way, grinding the rice into flour to make the pancakes, cooking over a fire, everyone helped and it was all such fun. Two hours preparation produced the menu.:-    Crickets, deep fried with garlic and chilies.     Deep fried fish, very fresh·    Baan Chow.  Milling the rice for the pancakes.Preparing to fry the crickets.What a feast!