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		<title>Cook &amp; Meet Photo Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to our customers of March 19th 2008, Hendrik &#038; Sibylle from Germany. They did Connections Vietnnam &#8216;Cook &#038; Meet&#8217; multi experience which took them to our chef&#8217;s house in the Tan Phu District of Ho Chi Minh City. They chose one of our most popular menu items, Spring rolls and Pho, being the combination [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks to our customers of March 19th 2008, Hendrik &#038; Sibylle from Germany. </p>
<p>They did Connections Vietnnam &#8216;Cook &#038; Meet&#8217; multi experience which took them to our chef&#8217;s house in the Tan Phu District of Ho Chi Minh City. They chose one of our most popular menu items, Spring rolls and Pho, being the combination of very traditional Vietnamese foods! During the morning they visited the local market to shop for their ingredients and then returned to the house to have fun creating &#8216;<em>the best rolls we ever had in our long history of eating spring rolls</em>&#8216;. </p>
<p>With their cooking class over, and a full belly, they then went on to enjoy our &#8216;Meet&#8217; Saigon city tour in Cholon, District 5, Saigon&#8217;s chinatown. This is a great place for exploring the city&#8217;s old pagodas and temples. </p>
<p>Follow their day with their great photo report that Hendrick kindly put together for us! Just click on the first photo below and enjoy the slideshow&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Cook from $30pp</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Connections</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cook is Connections most popular service -- discovering how to cook Vietnamese food is fun!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.itsthefinalword.com/?page_id=14">Cook</a>, our Saigon cooking class, is Connections most popular service, and our customers have enjoyed the opportunity to get up close and personal with Vietnamese cuisine.</p>
<div id="attachment_128" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 310px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-128" title="Salad" src="http://www.itsthefinalword.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/_mg_0916-600-x-400-300x200.jpg" alt="Yummy!" width="300" height="200" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Yummy!</p></div>
<p>A recent customer, Laura, had this to say&#8230;!</p>
<p><em>Hi Chi,</p>
<p>I would like to thank you and your company very much for a wonderful morning in HCMC. I really got along well with Van and we had a fantastic time cooking together. Keep up the good work and I will be sure to tell others about it who are heading to HCMC so they too can enjoy the opportunity.</p>
<p>Once again thank you and please pass on my thanks to Van who was just fantastic and such a great person.</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Laura</em></p>
<p>Thanks to Thuy Van, one of our star student guides. She is 20 years old and studies at the Economics University of Ho Chi Minh City. </p>
<div id="attachment_136" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><img src="http://www.itsthefinalword.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/thuy-van-300x225.jpg" alt="Thuy Van" title="thuy-van" width="300" height="225" class="size-medium wp-image-136" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Thuy Van</p></div>
<p>You can see more of our testimonials <a href="http://www.itsthefinalword.com/?page_id=132">here</a>. </p>
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