Sunday Lull

I went for Vietnamese food today. They bring this platter (this is for two people) along with dried rice paper and a bowl of hot water. The rice paper gets placed, one sheet at a time, in the hot water, and the water softens the rice. It gets picked out with chopsticks and put on a small wooden board. Then comes the fun part: you stuff the rice paper with all this stuff, wrap it up (it's really sticky, so it sticks easily) and gobble it up. It's really good.

As per Leanne's request, here is a breakdown of what you see above, clockwise from the large pile of brown goo at the top (actually pieces of beef with sesame seeds sprinkled on top), tomatoes and shredded lettuce (closer to middle), radish sprouts, imitation crab, mushrooms, picked radish, pineapple (closer to middle), carrots, cabbage, sprouts (closer to middle), cucumber, egg shavings (this was my first time seeing egg shredded), red and green peppers, shredded kale (or something like it). In the centre, shrimp and blanched bean sprouts. There is actually very little there that you don't know. And now you know.

This is my friend, Stella, who I dined with.

Speaking of "gobbling", Koreans do have a Thanksgiving holiday, thankfully. In fact, we are off from October 1-5 (over a weekend). If anyone wants to come for a visit then, it is a great time of year to come. The leaves will be changing, the temperature will be bearable, and I'm sure by then I would love to have a visitor. Just a thought :)