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While we peel, crush and slice vegetables, meat and shrimps, Miss Pham prepares the seasoning with noc mam (a popular Vietnamese fish sauce), soy sauce and homemade vinegar (made with wine, banana alcohol and mineral water).
Lam crushes peanuts for the salad garnish.
A few hours later, here we are, enjoying a fabulous hearty meal along with some fruit wine. Nobody knows which fruit(s) this wine is made of, but it’s very good. Only 4% Vol. of alcohol.

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My friend Yen invited me to sneak in a Vietnamese cooking class. We were supposed to be only two tourists along with Yen and our cook. At the last minute, some friends of Yen joined us. We ended up being seven aides to the cook!

Yen wrote a list of ingredients and we headed off to the local farmers’ market. If wish you could smell the blend of fruits, meats and dried fish!

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