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we went to watch professionals cook today. we did about thirty seven other things but this is the one that currently sticks out in my mind.

it is a nice restaurant and they were nice enough to give us lessons. the kitchen was clean and small. there were four of five men working there in smart shirts.

they taught us how to make spring rolls. the chef took two cleavers and started making a wonderful thump-idy-dump-idy-thump rhythm. he chopped everything.

they cooked beef in bamboo shoots on a large grill. the man who grilled was wearing a gas attendant’s shirt.

they grilled fish and chopped up mangos and added baby shrimps and served it all with a smile and we all left full and exhausted.