Day 5 - Conclusion

This had to be one of the highlights of our trip so far. The evening cooking demonstration at the cafe. While volunteers could have a go at doing some of the cooking it was mostly show and tell. The demonstrator was delightfully funny, the people at our table fabulous company ( Herbert and Walter a gay couple from Holland and a guy from Israel, name escapes me).

The Dutch guys were quite irreverent and we tried to convince them to come to Australia. Herbert was an ex KLM pilot and had been to Australia only for 36 hour stop overs, and that's just not enough to see the country..

The demonstration had lots of sexual innuendo, marital advice and snippets of what the Vietnamese felt about the Chinese. There was also identification of cooking utensils, Asian fruit and veges and what aluminium foil is called in Vietnam*.

In good cheer we went to the tailors for a fitting. Dawn's trench coat is a triumph and my suit needs taking up and in.



Yum in Vietnamese means horny


* rubbish