My Cultural Experience

Wow, has it been a crazy year so far or what?! Yes I know I haven't let you in on anything in probably 2 months or more but it has been a world win of craziness. First thing that happened is that I went back to school. I work 40 hours and then go to class at night. ( Can someone say exhausting?!)Then a position opened up at work that I was given. (Can you say exhausting?!) But that was worth it. I love what I do. I have been wanting to be this for several years now. And then lastly I am n\moving next week and so I have to get everything transferred, cutoff and packed up ( Can you say exhausting?!). Ok enough with the exhausting crap let start this entry.




One of my classes is speech. In this class we had an assignment called "My Cultural Experience". In this assignment we had to pick a culture different that our own and experience something in that culture. (Food, Religion, Ceremony). Some examples would be the Hong Kong market or a Buddhist temple or...



Going to a Vietnamese restaurant, like I did. I went to PHO SAI GON. It is a restaurant in the montrose area and after experiencing it we put it on a slide show and talk about it for 3-5 mins. I am just going to tell you about my experience. I had some good and strange food. Here we go...




First we ate with these:








We started off with some Green Tea. Very refreshing.

The cups were tiny.

Then Vietnamese egg roll.

CLOSEUP: It is filled with vermicelli, carrot, prong, crab meat and served with fish sauce.

Next we has pho, it is a type of soup. It has chicken or beef, parsley, vermicelli, green onion and comes with sides to put in it.


Sides: Mint ( loved this stuff, it was a nice ying and yang thing going on)

This dish is basically meat (steak) and rice with a side of veggies.

In Vietnamese tradition you are served a big plate for everyone. Then you have a little bowl that you put a little bit of steak, rice and veggies. Then a little fish sauce on top. It was so good. No greasy or heavy. That is what I really liked about this. I was full but not full and sleepy.

Lastly I had dessert. It was strange. It was made of gelatin (green), tapioca (red), and shaved ice with coconut milk. It tasted good because I like coconut but the texture was not very appealing.

CLOSEUP- worms!!! ( just kidding it the dessert)

So what I learned from the Vietnamese culture is basically:

1. Why the women are so skinny.

2. They are very gracious

3. Use nothing but fresh ingredients.