freaky food

We've been traveling for about 7 weeks now and have definitely had our fair share of new experiences. Some of the most memorable being the weird food we've tried.
In Phnom Penh, we tried these amazing pork dumplings which were steamed in pots on by street vendors. They also did ones with sweet pumpkin so Claire was set! They were so soft and sticky, obviously a health food! Haha. We've found that they prefer to use pumpkin in desserts rather than in actual meals, and even pumpkin juice is pretty popular! We stumbled across this awesome vegetarian buffet in Vientiane last week, and they had what is one of the most ridiculous desserts i have ever tasted. you get a bowl of kidney beans, then pour coconut cream over the top, add some squares of black jelly and this weird sugar syrup, and top it off with splash of pumpkin juice. surprisingly, it was so freaking good we went back for seconds...duh! Haha.
On the bus on the way to Laos from Cambodia we stopped at some ridiculous hour of the early, early morning to grab something to eat. Climbing down from the bus, I spotted some boiled eggs at one of the stalls and so i grabbed 4 for us to munch on later. It was only as i was halfway through peeling the first one that i realised it wasn't a boiled egg. Turns out half developed chicken foetus is a perfectly legitimate snack in laos. Lovely!
One of our all time favourites are the simple yet divine roasted bananas, or check anh in khmer :) have a look for yourself, dont be jealous- well roast you some when we get back!
Oh my god, i just remembered, last night we went back to visit this lady who named herself 'mumma lee' when we met her the other night. She is a legend! everywhere in vang vieng you can buy pancakes/burgers/sandwiches from vendors on every corner, but mumma lee made us the best thing ever! A toasted baguette with fried banana, nutella, coconut, peanut butter and chocolate. She even let me help with the roasting and chuckled away to herself as we declared our love for her and her sandwich. Funny, funny night!
Just this morning, we walked through the market and saw water buffalo hooves wrapped up like bunches of flowers, as well as something that looked alarmingly like a skinless puppy grilling on a grate at a stall. Ugh.
All in a day's fun in indochina.