Spring Rolls & lunch with the Mayor

The mayor brought us to his home, where his wife and daughter taught us how to make rice paper for spring rolls by hand. We all had a turn and it was very fun, reminded me of when we made bread at the community oven in Morocco. We then made pork spring rolls, with some of us rolling perfect little tight rolls and others not so much. Luckily the ladies took over and made an amazing lunch with several dishes: spring rolls, noodles, beef stir fry, fermented fruit salad, broccoli raw, sticky buns, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something else. Between making a mess with the spring rolls and actually eating, we had a real treat with the mayor. After a shot of rice whiskey, he pulled a lute off the wall that was over 100 years old and sang for us in front of the family altar. A fun jovial guy, he was a delight to be around. He spends the majority of his time teaching the youth in the village how to play traditional music.Read more