Choko Stir-Fried with School Prawns

I MET A FELLOW TRAVELLER IN DALAT. HE WAS FROM AUSTRALIA AND HAD HEARD OF MY RESTAURANT, RED LANTERN. HE ASKED ME TO JOIN HIM FOR DINNER, EXCITED THAT I COULD ORDER ALL THE LOCAL DELICACIES FOR HIM TO TRY. WHEN A PLATE OF CHOKO AND PRAWNS ARRIVED, HE COULDN’T HIDE HIS DISAPPOINTMENT. ‘IS THAT CHOKO? WHAT’S SO BLOODY SPECIAL ABOUT CHOKO?’ I TOLD HIM TO JUST TRY IT (I WAS SURE HE’D ONLY EATEN THEM BOILED). AFTER TASTING THE CHOKOS, WHICH HAD SOAKED UP ALL THE FLAVOURS IN THE STIR-FRY, HE RAIS