Happy Vietnamese New Year! Welcome to the Year of the Water Buffalo! Projects in progress will come to fruition.
If I were in Vietnam, I would not have been working over the past two weeks nor would I work over the next coming weeks. Instead, I would be eating my fill and spending time with my relatives. But, here I am in the States. So what does that entail?
Well, I have brought in the New Year with dragons and firecrackers and honored my ancestors by going to Temple with my mother and stepfather. No sweeping for the next few days so that I don't accidentally sweep my luck out with it. Theoretically, no working either, unless I want to have to work like a dog for the rest of the year. And, there has to be some form of gambling involved. So, I'll go out and purchase some lottery tickets. Wish me luck!
What would you be eating? How does Vietnamese food
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Too bad you couldn't be there just for the holiday.
Good luck with the lottery.
I would say the major difference between Chinese, Vietnamese, and Thai resides in the sauces. There is a lot of shared history in the region and the food reflects it.
ReplyDeleteSo, last night we went to a temple of Thai monks and had what my mother refers to as "long life" noodles so named because if you eat them you theoretically live for a long time. Today, we went to temple for my grandfather's memorial service. Afterwards, we had spring rolls, curry, noodles, sticky rice, and tofu served three different ways. It's quite amazing what can be done with tofu. One tasted like chicken, another like beef, and still another like pork. (Buddhists are vegetarian hence the tofu.) Oh, and there were also sweet jellys made from coconut milk. Think yummy, gummy candy.
And thanks for the wishes Mary!
ReplyDeleteI had to add moderation to my comments. I guess my reference to gambling invited some bot to target my site. Oh, well!