Monsoon
“The owner settled himself at a table inside to eat his lunch. The clatter of dishes and chatter drifted from the kitchen. The jangle of bicycle bells and car horns in the street seemed far away in the somnolence of the early afternoon.
Tom stretched. ‘If anything the food in Vietnam is even better than I remember. Simple rural cuisine but served with sophistication.’ ‘Yeah, well, it’s not that “simple”. Some of it takes hours, even days to prepare,’ said Sandy.
‘This is a nice little pl...ace, more for westerners, but I wouldn’t call it sophisticated compared to some places in Hanoi,’ said Kim. ‘Not that I can afford to eat at the Metropole or some of the other tourist restaurants.’ ‘I haven’t had any desire to eat upmarket. I’ve only been in Hanoi a week, and I’m bowled over by what a lovely city it is,’ said Tom. ‘When I was in the south all those years ago Hanoi was far away and a closed city inhabited by communists and the North Vietnamese regular army.MoreLess
Tom stretched. ‘If anything the food in Vietnam is even better than I remember. Simple rural cuisine but served with sophistication.’ ‘Yeah, well, it’s not that “simple”. Some of it takes hours, even days to prepare,’ said Sandy.
‘This is a nice little pl...ace, more for westerners, but I wouldn’t call it sophisticated compared to some places in Hanoi,’ said Kim. ‘Not that I can afford to eat at the Metropole or some of the other tourist restaurants.’ ‘I haven’t had any desire to eat upmarket. I’ve only been in Hanoi a week, and I’m bowled over by what a lovely city it is,’ said Tom. ‘When I was in the south all those years ago Hanoi was far away and a closed city inhabited by communists and the North Vietnamese regular army.MoreLess
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