Mời cả nhà ăn cơm!

Schämt euch nicht für das Essen, was ihr esst. Own it. Und schämt euch nicht nur nicht dafür, was ihr esst, sondern auch, wie ihr esst. Also dig in. Esst mit den Händen, schmatzt, schlürft. Und schämt euch nicht für eure Identität. Essen ist so verbunden mit dem, wer wir sind, was wir sind, wie wir sein möchten.

Back to food, everyone has different tastes. So how you cook depends on what you like. A deep knowledge of ingredients is also important, and I’m still learning. How to prepare particular ingredients is something that I feel comes with auntie knowledge, as well as how they grow and their medicinal benefits.

The pricing in Vietnamese restaurants is not aligned to the amount of labour and ingredients required. Different types of cuisines are able to charge a certain amount because of where they are from. In my opinion, Vietnamese food is often so much more difficult. It should actually cost a lot more, especially due to limited access to the ingredients in Germany. Perhaps this has also not allowed Vietnamese restaurants to do food in the way that they want to.