Once again, Hai and I are in Saigon preparing for the main festivity of this year, or any year … TET, the Vietnamese Lunar New Year! The Year of the Dog I thought it would be fun to look back & remember our preparations last year for the Tet Holiday. *************************************** TET – 2017 (re-post) [Read on …]
It’s Tết in Vietnam! And it’s the most fun time of the year to be here in Vietnam! There are Tết traditions-a-plenty, including specialty foods, cleaning frenzies, and wonderful family gatherings. Hai and I wish everyone: Chúc Mừng Năm Mới Read more here about all the Tết traditions in Vietnam. And re-visit the fun time that Hai and [Read on …]
Tet is coming. It’s time for Chả! Of course, in Vietnam, it’s always time for chả. Chả in your bánh mì, chả in your bún mọc, chả in your bánh cuốn, chả in your bánh dầy or chả with just about anything else if there’s room on your plate – breakfast, lunch or dinner. BUT, at Tet, it’s [Read on …]
TET VIETNAM – Year of the Horse Hai and I were lucky enough this year to enjoy a whole host of holidays together with friends and family in the USA. There was Thanksgiving in San Diego with our good friend Pat. Then there was the annual Christmas Eve potluck, gourmet feast in Berkeley with a [Read on …]
The festival is the best epitomizes Vietnam’s cultural identity Meaning of Vietnamese New Year The festival which best epitomizes Vietnam’s cultural identity is Vietnamese New Year or Tet. “Tet” is the phonetic deformation of “Tiet”, a Sino Vietnamese term which means “Joint of a bamboo stern” and in a wider sense, the “beginning of a [Read on …]