Comfort Food
December 22, 2008
A few food vendors pass by our office daily, selling their homemade food door-to-door, but the Nam Pachok lady is my favorite. Nam Pachok is a delicious fish curry soup that’s made with lemongrass and coconut milk. She carries all the ingredients, including bowls, chopsticks and condiments on her shoulders as she walks down the street. My mouth watered as she garnished my bowl with bean sprouts, cabbage, cucumber, banana blossom and mint. Next she layered in some fresh Khmer noodle before ladling in the soup. She waited patiently as we all finished eating since she needed the bowls back. I didn’t eat fast enough because eventually she couldn’t wait for me so Miss Kim, our receptionist, gave her one of the bowls in our office kitchen in exchange. This is definitely one my favorite comfort food of all time. Delicious.
