Two days until the Asian Cultural Festival's launch and I'm freakin excited. The committee and some of our set up volunteers met earlier tonight to go over logistics of the park and a run through of everyone's role for Saturday as well as working out any kinks we still have.
After wards, we headed out to dinner to Phuong Trang on Convoy St....which was freakin crazy! First, we somehow managed to fit 13 people around a 10 person table. Second, we ordered the 10 course family style meal. And ended up getting an extra dish (or maybe two--we lost count). And we killed it all. Plus two or three bowls of rice.
From memory:
Fried Shrimp
Clams
BBQ Fish
Fish
Ribs
Cold meat cuts
Beef and spinach
Noodles
Walnut shrimp
Crab
Soup
Man. Stuffed crazy. But how the heck does this relate to APAHM? Well, personally, family meals have always been a time for the family to get together for a while each day (usually dinner at my house). It brings a kind of connectedness that you only get with meals. We don't usually go out to eat, for various reasons, but in retrospect, I think that's one of the smartest things my parents ever did (and still do). When we were at my relatives' house (or one of their friends/coworkers house), we were able to eat "traditional" dishes. We didn't whine or complain, nor were we finicky eaters. And everyone was so impressed because their kids would only eat "American" food like hamburgers and french fries. Some kids even refused to eat anything else. And my parents would smile and say yeah, they eat whatever we make at home (well, almost anything). Today, food is such a big deal when you think of "experiencing other cultures." And I'm glad my parents didn't take us out all the time because we have such a wide variety of choices now, and we don't freak out at trying new things, and we have a deeper appreciation for food and the culture we come from. (Thanks mom and dad <3 )
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