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| Heather Getting Ready to Head to the Airport in Guayiquil, Ecuador to Pick Up Amanda |
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Amanda
Panda Has Arrived For Her First Visit to Ecuador, South America!!!
She even brought us some OMGosh awesome items to help make meal time more fun over the next 2ish months before we return to the United States.
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| American Goodies...Love You, Amanda :-) |
For
the last few weeks we have been trying to think of fun things to do
with Amanda during her visit. One of the top events we wanted to do
was Bodhi's Thai Lunch. This was and remains one of the best things
we have done since arriving in Cuenca. The food, the view, and
Bohdi's Family are wonderful. So last week, Heather e-mailed Bodhi
to see if the Thai Lunch was an option for this week. We were so
thrilled, it was available.
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| The Freezer We Sold |
Well
today was the day...it was an amazing day from start to finish. We
started the day with selling one of our bigger ticket items for the
move. We sold our freeze that was less than a month old for $300.
Then our friend Roman picked us up and drove us to Bodhi's for his
AMAZINGLY YUMMY Thai food. We arrived a little early (30 Minutes) and
enjoyed some white wine, red wine, and Coca Cola drinks before
everyone else arrived. I was able to spend a few moments talking
cooking with Bodhi. I also brought one of my knifes for Bodhi to try
out. He had never used a Japanese Nakiri before and he said he loved
it. I even left it with him so he could use it to prepare all the
salads.
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| Bodhi's |
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| Organic Salad |
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| Chicken Satay with Cucumber Salad with Peanut Sauce |
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| Chicken Satay |
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| Peanut Sauce and Cucumber Salad |
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| Salty Hot, Vinegar Hot, and Hot |
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| Pad Thai with Chicken |
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| Bodhi's Cookie Monster Ice Cream with Ecuadorian Chocolate Sauce |
It
had been almost a year since our last visit and we regret that we did
not make it there more often. The entire meal was delicious!
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| Amanda Panda and Mama |
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| Red Wine |
In
our first review of Bodhi's Thai we really only had one negative
thing to say about the experience. And I am really glad to say that
Bodhi improved that issue! Bravo on the bigger glasses Bodhi! We were
very impressed not only with the generous sizes of the portions, but
he read our previous review and he acted to correct the only issue we
had found. It is so impressive that he listened. So many
restaurants and chefs refuse to grow and learn. Bodhi listens and
continues to seek improvement. Very impressive!
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| Amanda and Mama |
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| Heather and Dan |
This
time we all decided to have extra satay chicken and the Pad Thai.
Good decisions, we enjoyed everything immensely! The salad was
delicious, as well. There is no negatives for eating here. Not one!
Well, maybe one, We wish we could pack up Bodhi and drag him all over
to wherever we live so we can always have his delish food!
Even
Amanda Panda who flew in from Florida, USA is in love with Bodhi's
food! We believe this is the best restaurant in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Our rating stands...5 shamrocks!
After our outstanding day we asked Roman to show Amanda Panda Cumbe, Ecuador. He headed toward town and we stopping at his families Tia. Then he drove us all up to an overlook above town to get a beautiful panoramic view. At the overlook, we also met a sweet Andean Family and they let us into a quaint Catholic Church up on the mountain.
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| Roman's Families Tia in Cumbe, Ecuador |
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| Dan, Heather, Amanda, and Mama |
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| Roman, Heather, Amanda, and Mama |
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| Roman's Truck |
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| Amanda and Mama |
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| Roman and Dan |
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| The Bowen's <3 |
All in all we would give this entire day an A++++++!
