Chica-Joey-Asia2018

Today... We learn to cool some Thai meals... This is a view of part of the grounds from the cooking school. Lotus flowers in the pond... This is Kate, showing us lemongrass grown on Grandma’s Farm. Some of Grandma’s farming land... One of the chicken coops...  Lucky chickens 🐓 😜 Feeding the chickens... One of the workstations at the school. All of the cooking areas are outside under a well covered and well ventilated area. I’m ready for my lesson... Also ready...   you can see the covered structure of the class area in this photo. Preparing with an apron and hat... Chopping for the soup we’re making. Chop chop chop... Coconut milk soup. Pad Thai... Making curry... Panang Curry coming up...😜 Red curry... Continuing on making spring rolls with rice paper. Presentation... Ahhhh...  Mango sticky rice...😀 Here we are with our two lovely hosts. Left side is Kate and kneeling down on the right is Joyzaa (Joy) - who we learned i...

This is actually quite fun for us. When we we’re here last year we made several friends (the staff) at the Hard Rock Cafe. All the ones from last year who are still there, recognized us immediately. It kind of got to the point that they all treated us like we we’re the only people there. Even the manager came to our table (because of the ruckus) to greet us and welcome us back. This is Eak (Eric to us) Tua told us that he was a queen for his Halloween costume while working on that day. He said it was very easy for him 😜 The hostess, Lomchoy was the first to greet us when we arrived. Mam, the only one who wasn’t there last year, instantly made friends wit us. If you’ve been to Hard Rock Cafe, you might recognize that they wear a number of pins on their uniforms - kind of like achievement pins. Well... a couple of the staff gave us a few of their personal pins while we were there. 😃😃😃

Here are some photos of the orchid farm... The butterfly garden...