Yumi hosted this month's cooking club, and we did a tour of Asia! We each represented a different Asian country. I did Vietnam and made fresh spring rolls. Here are all my ingredients:
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Spring rolls!
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I made a hoisin/peanut butter dipping sauce, and a garlic chili fish sauce one.
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Nancy made watermelon margaritas!
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Summer started us off with miso soup.
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Time for spring rolls!
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Shoe break. Look at Yumi's new shoes!
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Yumi prepared a huge spread of Korean side dishes to eat throughout the meal.
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Suzanne's Japanese coconut custard buns.
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Yumi preparing bulgogi.
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Sizzle!
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It was so so so good.
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Serving it up.
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With sticky rice.
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Another fashion break. This time Summer tries on a dress!
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Valerie made outstanding pad thai.
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Yum!
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Then we busted into the coconut custard buns. They were GREAT.
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Summer's dessert. Coconut rose ice cream with lychee berries.
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Nancy made a dessert too! Little roasted pineapple cookies!
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It was a wonderful cooking club! I truly felt like I'd been through Asia and back.