Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Japanese Bridge or What Was in My Drink

We were invited by a friend during the shutdown of Khmer New Year, to drive out in the province and see a new bridge opened just in time for Khmer New Years.  It is the road to Viet Nam, the bridge was built by the Japanese.  It is an incredible structure.



Anyway, we stopped at a roadside vendor on the way out of town (our friend was driving, her 2 kids with us), and she bought some baguettes of bread... So of course Dad and I have never bought anything at a roadside vendor.  After we crossed the bridge the kids were hungry so she pulled up to another roadside vendor and said let's eat here. She is Cambodian ... I carried the baguettes from the car and she went to the counter and bought a couple of things, and said to grab a drink from the vendors orange crate thing.  Dad said he was fine.  I was really thirsty.
They were can drinks.
That can't be bad...I chose a peach something...So we began to eat.  This really was a stretch for dad to even sit there.  Our friend had bought some pineapple jam and a can of sweetened condensed milk.  MY NEW FAVORITE THING TO EAT NOW is a fresh baguette of bread torn in the middle, filled with sweetened condensed milk.!!!!!  Really, you all need to try it, maybe you all have and I am the one who didn't know... so then I took a sip of my drink.  It tasted great.  Then another...and yikes!!! What came out of the can into my mouth?  It had to be a worm, I instinctively spit it out and choked and gagged, trying not to freak the kids out.  Then I looked in my napkin and in my drink, and it was full of peaches...little slimey peaches.  I know you all would have thought the same thing given these circumstances....So the drink was actually very delicious once I recognized the peaches, haha...And Dad did eat jam on the baguette, even using a knife from the vendor to spread the jam...yes, stressing the whole time.


















3 comments:

  1. a hahahahha mom I can just see you freaking out imagining it's a worm! your worst nightmare! hahahaha and good job dad! I'm so proud! baby steps ha!! sweet n condensed milk in a baguette? hahaha that's so random but I can imagine it actually being tasty tasty! love you guys!

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  2. oh and that bridge is beautiful!

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  3. Hahaha I would have freaked out too. The bread sounds interesting.. I'll have to try it! Those japanese know how to make awesome bridges!

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