Hoi An: lantern making and Tra Que vegetable village

June 20, 2017 Leoniedukes 2

Tra 20 June

The day started with a lantern making class, where I got to make my own traditional silk lantern. I then went for a bike ride to a village that grows herbs and vegetables.

The lantern making workshop is in an old temple.

Inside the workshop – the workers here seemed pretty happy, with frequent bouts of singing and laughter.

My completed lantern. It only took 2 hours, compared to the workers 20 minutes.

Tra Que Village – the houses are arranged around a large herb and vegetable garden.

It was the middle of the day so only a few workers were out.

I stopped at a nice restaurant for lunch – these are fried wontons with tropical salsa

On the other side of the main road there was another garden surrounded by houses

2 comments

Beryl says:

June 21, 2017 at 11:29 am

Love the lantern . . . but isn’t salsa Mexican rather than Vietnamese?

1. Leoniedukes says:
  
  June 21, 2017 at 12:50 pm
  
  It seems to be a traditional dish, I think salsa is just a translation we understand (although I could be wrong). It was not spicy, I think a mix of tomato, onion and mango mostly. Almost a chutney.

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