PART 2 · LESSON 11 OF 30 · 30 MINUTES
The First Bowl
Uncle Boon's boat-noodle stall at the night market at the mouth of the soi, a November evening: Tee's American, what'll it be; boat noodles, please; thin or wide, dark broth or clear; thin, dark, pork; beef for me, no bean sprouts, extra meat; here the bowls are small, just say how many; two bowls first, then; two? the record is twenty-one, look at the stack of bowls: ordering boat noodles by their parts, and counting bowls.
Audio instruction: English
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THE STORY
The night market at the mouth of the family's soi off Charoen Krung, a November evening, Jack's first time at Uncle Boon's boat-noodle stall with Tee: Uncle Boon speaks plainly and calls Jack Tee's American; Jack and Tee say the polite word and Uncle Boon to him.
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