Cooking up a storm in Hoi An

Hoi An was our next stop, a town famous for it's many many suit makers. Every corner has a tailors able to make you what ever you desire - unless your Mike and Steph who'd rather spend their money on a cooking course, boom!

We spent the day at the red bridge cooking school, we first visited a farm to pick up some fresh herbs and then onto the local market which was a proper locals market not the ones just for tourists. Everything was so fresh and brightly coloured, it was great to see the real Vietnam.

Back at the restuarant we learnt how to cook pho bo (beef noodle soup, a fav of mine and stephs) prawns in lemon grass seasoning, bbq chicken and green papya salad and a sea bass claypot - bellissimo! Everything went smoothly untill Steph nearly took half her thumb off with a meat cleaver, it's all good though her nail saved the day!

It was a great day which we finished off in the pool, slightly stuffed from all the food we ate!

M & S
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