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Lunch from Kuadin Market on day 31 of my two months trip in Laos.

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The best part of the meal is dessert and Nam Varn Lodchong is my favorite Lao dessert.

After shopping at Talat Sao, it was time to head over to Talat Kuadin to see what we would like to have for lunch.

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For breakfast on day 31 of my two months trip in Laos it was stir fry and jeow. Aunt Kian made the stir fry while Aunt Phone made jeow phak ee kood.

I spent my morning taking care of Sidney and later took a walk to Gok Pho market to order a batch to Lao green papaya salad and Lao sticky rice noodle salad. Aunt Kian prepared the pickled fish she bought in Pakse and heated the famous savan ping kai for us.

For breakfast I ate khao thom made by Aunt Kiane and the rest of the relatives for the Morning Alms Offering (Giving) after Grand-Mama’s funeral. It is a tradition to give out the left-over to relatives and friends.

I found it comforting and was reminded of the same old tradition from my sister’s funeral when I was a young kid in Laos. So much memories and so much emotions but so loss of words to express my feelings at that moment.

For dinner Aunt Phone made what she called “Koy Moo” or Lao minced meat salad using pork. I don’t normally eat pork or beef for that matter but I when Aunt Phone made her favorite dish I had to give it a try. Just a few bites to make her happy.

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For lunch it was tum maak houng or green papaya salad from Gok Pho market and grilled chicken from down the street. Well, it was more like certain parts of chicken that I was not quite fond of unless it is chicken liver from Go Chicken Go.

It’s time to renew my passport before going on another trip. The passport photo for Dutch passport uses a different size than American passport so I had to find a photographer that can take the correct size photo. It was not raining on Sunday afternoon so it was a good time to go out and get things done.

As fate would have it, the photographer that I want doesn’t work on Sunday. It was a good day to walk around town though and then finished off with sushi and sashimi for dinner.

Photos taken by Sony Ericsson Satio.

I had an appointment with my dental hygienist on July 28, 2009. It was a quick routine visit and I went to de Bijenkorf afterward for lunch and a little shopping around the city centre. On the menu for lunch was Thai curry chicken sandwich and I had to try it out if nothing else it was a good opportunity to examine the ingredients. I have this habit of trying out the food and then later try to replicate it in my own little kitchen.

I celebrated the 4th of July early by taking Johan out for dinner on the 3rd of July. It was not so busy since we were there early and had a nice view of the water. I usually don’t eat red meat but made an except for this special occasion. There were mostly tourists at the restaurant and they all spoke English so I felt right at home for the evening.

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