Lost In Viet Nam

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Lost In Viet Nam A love story

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Lost In Viet Nam. A love story. Field Study Aims. Better understanding of street food in Saigon and Hanoi Learn where the food comes from Find differences between hanoi cuisine and saigon cuisine See how cities affect minority groups on outskirts. Changes. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Lost In Viet NamA love story

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Field Study Aims

• Better understanding of street food in Saigon and Hanoi

• Learn where the food comes from• Find differences between hanoi cuisine and

saigon cuisine• See how cities affect minority groups on

outskirts

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Changes

• Original plan to volunteer at food stalls fell through.

• Fell in love with the city again and was inspired to write

• Wrote more in the past 6 weeks than I have in the past 2 years at Evergreen.

• Developed my own recipes throughout my time here

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• Immersed myself in street life culture in Saigon and Hanoi

• Daily sat on the street at a café, drinking tea and talking with locals

• Had several near death experiences in the city.• Found myself and discovered what I want to

do with my life.• Improved my Vietnamese

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Changes Cont

• Took nearly 2000 pictures.• Stayed at a Vietnamese house for two weeks

and cooked meals for the family• Spent four days in a mountain town (city)

populated by hill tribes.• Spent a weekend at a fancy hotel living the

high class life in Saigon• Experienced birthdays, deaths and births

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Week 1

• Drove nearly 20 km to district 9 on the outskirts of Saigon.

• Had a feast with a Vietnamese family, didn’t spend any money

• Used a makeshift grill

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Use what’s at hand

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Week 2

• Mi quang-Turmeric noodle pork and shrimp dish

• Sparrows• Thai-style Vietnamese hot pot• Chicken Feet

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Weekend in Hanoi

• Flew solo in the kitchen for the first time• Made caramelized catfish• Saw a woman who runs a pho stall making her

chili sauce• Ate some spring rolls• Rained like crazy

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Frogs and traffic

• Met an old friend• Got stuck in traffic• Ate some frog curry

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Chicken

• Chicken salad• Chicken soup• Chicken pieces

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Nha Trang

• Locals• Tourists• Fun in the sun

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Moving North

• Went back to Hanoi• Cooked for a family• Took an overnight train to Sapa, a mountain

town about 9 hours northwest of Hanoi.• Motorbiked and hiked through the hill tribes.

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