Mời cả nhà ăn cơm!

As I grew older there were some things I didn’t know. I’d research online on how to make particular things and I still do. Unless it’s quite a tricky dish, I will ask my parents, but the way that they communicate is like: „This much ginger (showing me their thumb), like this much soy sauce or like this much fish sauce (making a pouring action for a few seconds), you just taste it and you know.“ It’s not very precise. So, when I have to do large quantities for catering, I use online recipes, then do a trial and then talk to my dad about it to make adjustments.

The access to ingredients has changed since living in Germany. I have to eat a lot more warming foods than colder fresh food that is often eaten in Vietnamese cuisine. I try to not eat too many salads during the colder months, which are quite a few months here.