topic 3 food

 

Obviously Japanese food is drastically different from Cambodian and Vietnamese. I don’t know much about Japanese food other than it's delicious. But Cambodian and Vietnamese foods tend to be way spicier than Japanese food. We mainly use herbs and fish sauce to make our dishes while Japan opts for soy sauces.We don’t have a lot of deep fried or raw meat dishes like Japan does. Food and cooking was always very important and personal to me as well as my family. In our house it was our form of communicating. My family and I don’t express ourselves through words very well but we always showed our love through food. When I moved to Kansas city I remember feeling so lonely without my family and I was very homesick (especially since the dining hall food was only burgers and fries). To remedy this I would search up nearby Vietnamese restaurants and order takeout from there. Bánh mì reminds me of my dad because he would always bring these sandwiches back whenever he came back from his friend’s house. Bun bo hue ( is better than Pho in my opinion) brings me back to my cousin’s house where we would have the whole family over and it was a great time! Now that I am on my own I cook for my friends and I feel like I have my mom right next to me while I am in the kitchen.  In general my relationship with food is one of my favorites for me because it can be so communal just like a language.( does that make sense?) Food has the amazing ability to bring people together and give people more insight into a culture. All while tasting absolutely delicious.