"Let's go for a little walk Josh", I said last night. Ok I had an ulterior motive - yesterday morning when I was leaving the gym I noticed all these tents set up outside the local mall - so I really wanted someone to investigate it with me. It was a really nice evening for a walk and Josh volunteered to come with me - well there was only him and I here so I think he felt obligated!
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| Food Display |
If you have ever been to a food and wine festival, (for Sydneyites the Darling Harbour one) this was a little the same. Emphasis on the little though. There were Vietnamese food treats, of course wrapped in banana leaves and banh xeo to name a few.
Josh reluctantly agreed to try something, he had what looked tasted a little like waffles (it was nice) and I had a coconut thing which looked like a curry puff but was most certainly sweet. (not so nice).
We then tried a banh xeo, a rice pancake with prawns and meat, which we both really like and it was really delicious. So yes we sampled food just like any other food festival except this one cost us 70,000 vnd, about 3.50 AUD.
When we left home in the early evening we just popped our shoes on and headed off - if only we had known that we would be interviewed by the 2 biggest TV stations in Vietnam maybe Josh would have chosen to wear a t-shirt without holes and I might have at least done my hair!!
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| Watermelon |
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| Josh's waffle - no maple syrup though |
Whilst we were
wandering around a lady approached us with a notebook with questions in English, then pointed to the camera, before we knew it, the camera's were on and we had a microphone in front of us and if being the only Western people around created attention - being filmed certainly had us as the centre of attention.
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| Cooking Bahn Xeo |
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| Banh Xeo |
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| Josh eating Banh Xeo |
After we had given our views of the food festival and walked away Josh informed me that that had been VTV the second biggest TV station in Vietnam. We then just continued walking around only to be approached by another TV station, I explained that we had already been interviewed, well tried to explain and they got the idea because they thanked us and walked away, only to come back and tell us that they were from a different TV station, this time is was HTV the biggest TV station in Vietnam. This time there was an English speaking interviewer asking us what we thought of the food festival. I now have empathy for people who are interviewed on the spot it's really hard to think of something slightly intelligent to say while a big light is shining in your eyes, a microphone is in your face and people are staring at you - I don't think I will ever be a famous person.
Josh and I wonder if on some Vietnamese channel one night our moment of fame will be broadcast for all of Vietnam to see - I some how doubt it but it certainly gave me something to blog about.
When we left home in the early evening we just popped our shoes on and headed off - if only we had known that we would be interviewed by the 2 biggest TV stations in Vietnam maybe Josh would have chosen to wear a t-shirt without holes and I might have at least done my hair!!
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