Hello everyone! Our group members consist of Nga( Zhiying), giao(HuiFong), điệp(YaYing), đậi( kenny) and zhengwei. The dish that we are cooking is cold salad .
The cooking project is really awesome. All of us had never been doing something like that in school before. It was really a very good learning experience for all of us, because not only we learn about Vietnamese’ s traditional food and culture we also get to interact with other classmates who are also taking Vietnamese.
So for this blog post, we shall share with you our interesting cooking experience.
Kenny, Zhiying, Huifong, YaYing and Zhenwei is confident about making cold salad!~ =)
On the actual day, all of us gathered at Thầy Minh house for the actual cooking. The whole house was packed with people, our group managed to settle down and start arranging the ingredients that we had previously prepared.
Dear Co Bìch taught us how to decorate our final dish. Carrot, cucumber, orange, chilli padi, and etc were used to sculpt into very cute and attractive decorations. She taught us step-by-step, so no worries if you don’t have the experience in food decoration!
We also learnt how to wrap the salad rolls with the ingredients well prepared by us beforehand. The wrapping techniques are taught clearly by Co Bìch. She is indeed a great ‘professional’ cook!
Few points to note:
1. The prawns should be big enough and don’t cut them into small pieces
2. Chicken should be sliced and not diced!
3. Put more herbs inside the salad rolls, because our tutors very like herbs such as coriander leaves, mint leaves and basil
4. Do not buy Italian leaves which Vietnamese food doesn’t include in their recipe XD
5. Remove the stem of the lettuce to aid in the process of wrapping
Our cold salad!~ whee whee!~~
We played some traditional Vietnamese games with Co Le after we had completed our cooking. That was our best moment to build rapport and establish strong bonds with our lovely classmates. Overall, we think that all our classmates had put in a lot of effort in making this Vietnamese Food Festival a success one.
The most exciting moment was when our three wonderful tutors gave their comments on our dishes. Everybody stood around the tables and watch the tutors’ face expressions after they had tasted the food. The teacher’s reactions were really funny and we could not stop laughing!! But the main purpose of their comments was to teach us more about Vietnamese culture and their food preferences. It was a pity for you to miss it!
After the judging and tasting, everybody grabbed their chopsticks and swarmed to the food!! Because we were all very hungry!! Haha!! Within few minutes, the tables were left with little food. OH MY GOD-HUNGRY GHOSTS! We took photos together with our 3 pretty tutors and classmates!! It was indeed special Saturday for all of us!!
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