Banh Tom

I confessed to my Vietnamese teacher last week that I was losing my motivation to study Vietnamese since I won't be needing it much longer and proposed that we do something else with our time together, since she's become as much of a friend as a teacher. She agreed and we spent a few hours together last week visiting local markets and sampling various Vietnamese sweet soups that they make with various ingredients including rice, beans, noodles, bananas, mushrooms and always topped with sweet coconut milk.

This week she came over and showed me how to make banh tom, Vietnamese shrimp and sweet potato pancakes. Delicious. I should have suggested this months ago!