Marmite on toasted homemade bread for breakfast and a bastardisation of huevos rancheros for Nic's lunch: a miscalculation meant there were no huevos ... Undeterred, she crisp-fried some thin slices of chorizo to top her corn tortilla and rancheros sauce before adding a bit of grated cheese, some yoghurt and jalapeños.
Meanwhile Steve opted for Special-K with OJ and an apple for his breakfast before heading off for a morning of meetings. His lunch was a hasty cup of vegetable soup and a low fat strawberry yoghurt before the afternoon meetings commenced with a rather hasty 2 minute laptop shutdown and thankfully a lift to the station to head off home.
And then a nostalgic trip down memory lane for dinner. Not very far, just to October 2012 but frankly with Nic's memory that may as well be 1975. We visited Vietnam in October, travelling from Hanoi to Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An, Mekong Delta and Saigon/Ho Chi Minh. The food was some of the best we'd ever had: light, fresh, bright-tasting, texturally varied, delivered with love and care. Tonight's attempt was to recreate Bún bò nam bô, a dish of vermicelli noodles with lemongrass beef. This was accompanied, as ever with Vietnam food, with a veritable garden full of herbs and crunchy veg, dressed with the ubiquitous and addictive nuoc cham, finished with crushed roasted peanuts and finally, accompanied by the most amazing pickled carrots. It brought the flavours and scents of Vietnam flooding back. Definitely a make-again.
Meanwhile Steve opted for Special-K with OJ and an apple for his breakfast before heading off for a morning of meetings. His lunch was a hasty cup of vegetable soup and a low fat strawberry yoghurt before the afternoon meetings commenced with a rather hasty 2 minute laptop shutdown and thankfully a lift to the station to head off home.
And then a nostalgic trip down memory lane for dinner. Not very far, just to October 2012 but frankly with Nic's memory that may as well be 1975. We visited Vietnam in October, travelling from Hanoi to Halong Bay, Hue, Hoi An, Mekong Delta and Saigon/Ho Chi Minh. The food was some of the best we'd ever had: light, fresh, bright-tasting, texturally varied, delivered with love and care. Tonight's attempt was to recreate Bún bò nam bô, a dish of vermicelli noodles with lemongrass beef. This was accompanied, as ever with Vietnam food, with a veritable garden full of herbs and crunchy veg, dressed with the ubiquitous and addictive nuoc cham, finished with crushed roasted peanuts and finally, accompanied by the most amazing pickled carrots. It brought the flavours and scents of Vietnam flooding back. Definitely a make-again.
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