1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:00,560 Foreign. 2 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,520 Hey, what's up, everybody? My name is Becky, and I am here with 3 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:14,800 three very special guests. And so I want to give you guys an opportunity 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,920 to introduce yourself with your name and with your Asian heritage. 5 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,400 Yeah. My name is Melissa, and I am of Filipino descent. 6 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:24,880 My name is Chris, and I'm Vietnamese. 7 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,200 My name is Emily, and I'm Mien. 8 00:00:28,070 --> 00:00:31,350 And I feel like the best way that we can truly appreciate other 9 00:00:31,350 --> 00:00:34,350 cultures, aside from sitting down and talking about conversations 10 00:00:34,350 --> 00:00:37,670 and just our background and traditions, is also sharing it over 11 00:00:37,670 --> 00:00:40,710 a meal with really good food. And I am the biggest beneficiary 12 00:00:40,710 --> 00:00:43,830 of today. And so we're here just to talk about some meals. And 13 00:00:43,830 --> 00:00:47,350 so, Melissa, would you start with what meal did you bring today? 14 00:00:47,830 --> 00:00:51,350 And, yeah, just list out the name and kind of what goes into how 15 00:00:51,350 --> 00:00:51,990 you make it. 16 00:00:52,390 --> 00:00:57,530 Okay. So I brought the Filipino staple, the lumpia Shanghai, 17 00:00:58,490 --> 00:01:02,170 and that is one of the most popular dishes that you'll find in 18 00:01:02,170 --> 00:01:05,490 the Filipino culture. It's like a little mini egg roll, as a 19 00:01:05,490 --> 00:01:07,770 lot of people may recognize it as. 20 00:01:08,970 --> 00:01:10,649 Yeah. Okay. Okay. 21 00:01:10,649 --> 00:01:11,930 What about you? Okay. 22 00:01:12,170 --> 00:01:18,050 This is called yoi kuon. In American, like, culture, you'll just 23 00:01:18,050 --> 00:01:22,930 call it, like, a fresh spring roll. So there's shrimp and pork 24 00:01:23,170 --> 00:01:30,050 noodles and a bunch of herbs, and you dip it with a peanut sauce. 25 00:01:30,050 --> 00:01:33,530 It's like a peanut hoisin sauce. So usually it's like an appetizer 26 00:01:33,530 --> 00:01:36,370 in restaurants. It doesn't always have to be an appetizer, but 27 00:01:36,370 --> 00:01:39,290 it's usually paired with something else. It can be. It's so 28 00:01:39,290 --> 00:01:40,850 versatile. You can eat it with anything. 29 00:01:40,930 --> 00:01:42,690 Okay. Okay. And what about you? 30 00:01:42,690 --> 00:01:47,010 And I make kapoon, so it's something that I grew up with. It's 31 00:01:47,010 --> 00:01:53,730 noodles. It's a curry soup. So it's like red curry with Thai curry. 32 00:01:53,970 --> 00:01:57,490 You can make it with chicken, or you can make with fish. It's something 33 00:01:57,490 --> 00:02:00,770 I grew up with eating because it was easy to feed a big group of. 34 00:02:01,970 --> 00:02:06,170 A big group of families. Also, it's just really homey and that curry 35 00:02:06,170 --> 00:02:07,650 ness of it, so. 36 00:02:07,730 --> 00:02:10,490 Yeah. All right, I'm gonna get two, because I'm already. I already 37 00:02:10,490 --> 00:02:12,290 grab a couple. Okay. Okay. 38 00:02:12,450 --> 00:02:14,090 This is how the Filipinos do it. 39 00:02:14,090 --> 00:02:14,530 Okay. 40 00:02:14,690 --> 00:02:17,410 You grab some while you're eating some already, so. 41 00:02:18,330 --> 00:02:20,570 And then do we, like, spoon the sauce? 42 00:02:20,650 --> 00:02:21,010 Yeah. 43 00:02:21,010 --> 00:02:25,130 So there's two different sauces. There's a oniony, vinegary 44 00:02:25,130 --> 00:02:29,290 sauce, which is my personal favorite, or the classic sweet chili 45 00:02:29,290 --> 00:02:33,769 sauce that everyone usually uses for their dipping sauce. 46 00:02:33,769 --> 00:02:34,330 Okay. 47 00:02:36,330 --> 00:02:39,690 I'm shaking so much. And you said it's onion and yeah. 48 00:02:39,690 --> 00:02:44,870 So there's onions, pepper vinegar, apple cider vinegar, a little 49 00:02:44,870 --> 00:02:48,430 bit of sugar, because Filipinos like their entrees sweet. 50 00:02:48,990 --> 00:02:52,950 So you'll like, taste that little hint of sugar in there. 51 00:02:52,950 --> 00:02:55,070 Okay. Okay. Okay. Do you want me to try it? 52 00:02:55,070 --> 00:02:56,230 Then I'll do this. 53 00:02:56,230 --> 00:02:57,310 So I. Julia, do it too. 54 00:02:57,310 --> 00:02:59,150 I'll try this with Charlie after. I kind of want to try this 55 00:02:59,150 --> 00:02:59,950 one version. 56 00:03:01,230 --> 00:03:02,350 Yeah, I'll take some too. 57 00:03:02,430 --> 00:03:05,110 Go ahead. Got the vinegar? 58 00:03:05,110 --> 00:03:06,110 Yeah, I'll eat this. 59 00:03:06,110 --> 00:03:09,790 This is delicious. I've had these before at restaurants where 60 00:03:09,790 --> 00:03:11,110 they've been ordered for me. 61 00:03:11,110 --> 00:03:11,630 Yeah. 62 00:03:12,310 --> 00:03:13,590 But they are delish. 63 00:03:14,390 --> 00:03:19,710 They usually come in with pork. This one in particular is with 64 00:03:19,710 --> 00:03:22,550 chicken. I just wanted to make sure everyone's flavor palette was 65 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:26,070 10. Not a lot of people eat pork, but it's usually made with 66 00:03:26,070 --> 00:03:30,950 pork. Minced vegetables, a lot of garlic. But this one in particular 67 00:03:30,950 --> 00:03:34,590 is made with chicken. Family favorite, anyone? And everyone is 68 00:03:34,590 --> 00:03:37,030 eating this at parties. There's not even a question on what's 69 00:03:37,030 --> 00:03:38,030 in that. They'll just eat it. 70 00:03:38,030 --> 00:03:40,950 It's like, who's making it? As opposed to, should we have the. So, 71 00:03:41,270 --> 00:03:43,710 okay, you gotta get it. What do you guys think? Does it remind 72 00:03:43,710 --> 00:03:44,470 you of anything? 73 00:03:46,070 --> 00:03:49,270 We have a similar version. This is like the regular egg roll. 74 00:03:49,350 --> 00:03:49,750 Right. 75 00:03:51,110 --> 00:03:52,470 We've never had chicken before. 76 00:03:52,870 --> 00:03:54,070 This is the first time I've ever. 77 00:03:54,070 --> 00:03:57,950 Had it with chicken. This is super good. Yeah, Yeah. I really 78 00:03:57,950 --> 00:03:59,510 like the texture and the flavors. 79 00:03:59,830 --> 00:04:00,230 Yeah. 80 00:04:00,230 --> 00:04:02,670 So we have something similar too. But ours is called egg roll, 81 00:04:02,670 --> 00:04:06,310 but it's made not like the Vietnamese kind. So ours is like 82 00:04:06,310 --> 00:04:14,200 with the vermicelli noodles and cabbage, carrots, minced pork 83 00:04:14,440 --> 00:04:19,800 with mushrooms, like a type of mushrooms in there. So. And then 84 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,240 you just mix it all together with all the seasonings. So it's 85 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:22,760 very similar. 86 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:24,680 And are they deep fried or pan? 87 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:25,080 Yeah. 88 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:25,280 Okay. 89 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:25,800 Deep bread. 90 00:04:25,800 --> 00:04:28,160 That's also why I'm not right. Anything. 91 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:28,920 Pride is good. 92 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:29,560 Deep bread. 93 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:30,680 And I'm there. Okay. Okay. 94 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:31,760 Deep fried. 95 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:34,920 I mean, I've seen people kind of like saute it and let it get salt 96 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:39,680 soggy quickly. I like mine deep fried this size. So this one's 97 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:42,600 called Shanghai because they're smaller. There's a lot of 98 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,560 different varieties of lumpia. You'll see the bigger varieties, 99 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:49,160 vegetable varieties. I really like these Shanghai versions because 100 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,800 they're snack size. So you could get away with eating a lot 101 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:53,680 of them. And nobody knows. 102 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,400 Yes. No one knows if that's your first or your fifth. 103 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:57,040 Exactly. 104 00:04:57,280 --> 00:05:00,720 And is there a way. Is. Am I eating it right? Is it okay to eat 105 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,280 it with my hands, or is there, like, another way to eat it? 106 00:05:03,280 --> 00:05:05,800 Oh, yeah. We're Filipino, so we eat everything with our hands. 107 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,480 I'm Mexican, and we get the same. 108 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:10,600 So you're not eating it with your hands. You're not doing it right. 109 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,360 That is delicious. I'm definitely going to come back for 110 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,679 a couple dozen more after this, but I would love to get started 111 00:05:18,679 --> 00:05:21,640 on these. And so is this the same way we can just grab it with 112 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:22,120 our hands? 113 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:22,840 Yeah. 114 00:05:22,840 --> 00:05:29,090 I'm going to go ahead and grab mine, then. Ooh. Okay. Thank you. 115 00:05:33,650 --> 00:05:37,370 And I'd love to hear a little bit more about what goes into how 116 00:05:37,370 --> 00:05:42,330 you make these. Any childhood memories that this, like, kind of 117 00:05:42,330 --> 00:05:44,370 brings up whenever you're cooking it? 118 00:05:44,530 --> 00:05:46,450 Yeah. So this is super simple. 119 00:05:46,450 --> 00:05:47,010 So you'll see. 120 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:49,850 I mean, you're able to see everything in it because the rice 121 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:55,690 paper is clear, right? So you got the shrimp and pork, the vermicelli 122 00:05:55,690 --> 00:05:59,960 noodles and the herbs. So there's, like, mint, and then there's 123 00:05:59,960 --> 00:06:06,480 the purple herb as well. And so, like, my favorite memory is, 124 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:10,560 like, this is a type of meal where you can't, like, take it and 125 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,600 then go sit in front of the TV and eat by yourself. Like, this is 126 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:19,120 a very communal dish, because if you were to eat it at our house, 127 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:23,360 there's, like, the rice paper, which is completely dry, and then 128 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:26,160 you have a bowl of water, and in the middle, and you have to dip 129 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,560 the rice in to wet it to make it, like, soft like this. And then 130 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,920 you have to grab, like, the ingredients that you want. Like, 131 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:35,240 some people don't like shrimp, or some people, you know, want more 132 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:38,520 herbs or whatever. And you put it all in there, and then you wrap 133 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:41,360 it up, and then you eat it. So everything's at the table. You can't, 134 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:43,440 like, leave the table. You have to be there. 135 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:44,640 This isn't a TV dinner. 136 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:51,640 And I remember my mom would be like, yours is so ugly, so skinny, 137 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:55,240 and I need to do it. Why do you. You know, the shift has to look 138 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,840 nice and, like, all these things and stuff. She ends up just 139 00:06:57,840 --> 00:07:02,120 making it, like, you know, and so that's, like, one of my, like, 140 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:05,840 favorite memories is, like, I'll sit next to the mom and, like, 141 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:09,240 make sure, you know, I'm doing it kind of right. But she just ends 142 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,280 up, like, hijacking it. I'm like, nick. Yeah. I turn around, 143 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:14,640 and there's, like, five already made. I'm like, this is what. 144 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:15,720 You sit next to her. 145 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:18,280 So is that why you purposely sit next to her? 146 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,660 You know, so so it's super fun. And then this is like the. Oh, 147 00:07:22,660 --> 00:07:23,700 I didn't even try the peanut. 148 00:07:23,700 --> 00:07:23,900 Peanut. 149 00:07:23,900 --> 00:07:24,140 So. 150 00:07:24,140 --> 00:07:25,140 Okay, let me try it. 151 00:07:25,140 --> 00:07:28,820 There's no flavor, because it's not. There's no, like, seasoning 152 00:07:28,820 --> 00:07:32,020 in this. All the flavor is in the sauce. Yeah. So it's a peanut 153 00:07:32,020 --> 00:07:33,100 hoisin, garlic. 154 00:07:33,820 --> 00:07:37,060 I still really like it. I feel like I can taste a lot of the mint, 155 00:07:37,060 --> 00:07:40,060 and I love mint, and so that's really, really nice. 156 00:07:40,140 --> 00:07:40,700 Yeah. 157 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:43,860 Really refreshing. And I don't feel like this is a meal that I would, 158 00:07:43,860 --> 00:07:46,740 like, hate myself after I eat it. Like, you know what I'm saying? 159 00:07:46,740 --> 00:07:48,140 I feel like I could eat a lot of this. 160 00:07:48,140 --> 00:07:48,500 Yeah. 161 00:07:48,500 --> 00:07:52,130 And never get out all my veggies and. Yeah, it's fresh. 162 00:07:52,280 --> 00:07:52,840 What do you mean? 163 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:54,280 Yeah, it's really good. 164 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,000 I'm going to try the peanut sauce next. And is this exactly what 165 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,120 it sounds like? It's just peanuts. Okay. And you said it's 166 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,160 like, this is pork and then shrimp. 167 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:03,640 Yep. 168 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,120 And then are there other toppings that you typically can use, 169 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,680 too, or is those the staple ones? 170 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:09,840 Those are the staples. You can have different herbs. Like, some 171 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:17,320 people can put cucumbers, carrots. But we, like, if you're 172 00:08:17,320 --> 00:08:20,280 at a Vietnamese house, like, there's always these two. Like, the 173 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:23,050 mint and the purple leaves are always going to be in the garden. 174 00:08:23,050 --> 00:08:26,810 Like, so you just go. Go out in the backyard, and you just snip 175 00:08:26,810 --> 00:08:29,690 it and then bring. Wash it and bring it in, and they grow. Like, 176 00:08:30,970 --> 00:08:34,370 every year they come back. I have a garden, and I never. I never 177 00:08:34,370 --> 00:08:38,330 water it, and somehow it comes back to life. Like, they know I'm 178 00:08:38,330 --> 00:08:42,650 Vietnamese, and so, you know, grow for me, and, like, they'll hop 179 00:08:42,650 --> 00:08:46,850 over, like, to our neighbor's side, and I'm like, I China contain 180 00:08:46,850 --> 00:08:47,010 it. 181 00:08:47,010 --> 00:08:48,170 But, yeah, they love that. 182 00:08:48,430 --> 00:08:52,150 So you'll always, like, this is a. These herbs are always in there 183 00:08:52,150 --> 00:08:54,910 because they're just so readily available. You know what 184 00:08:54,910 --> 00:08:55,110 I mean? 185 00:08:55,110 --> 00:08:57,390 Yeah. That's good. That's good. Okay. 186 00:08:57,390 --> 00:08:58,630 I really like the freshness of it. 187 00:08:58,630 --> 00:09:01,310 Me, too. It's, like, very refreshing. I really like it. The 188 00:09:01,310 --> 00:09:04,950 peanut sauce is really legit. I don't think I've had peanut sauce 189 00:09:04,950 --> 00:09:09,670 not in already mixed into something before, so. And you mentioned 190 00:09:09,670 --> 00:09:14,110 having an outdoor garden. Is that, like, really common? Almost, 191 00:09:14,110 --> 00:09:17,900 like, necessary for soup for Vietnamese cuisine. Okay. 192 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:18,540 Yeah. 193 00:09:18,540 --> 00:09:21,980 Because there's herbs in almost every dish that we. There's 194 00:09:21,980 --> 00:09:25,900 always a vegetable and whatever dish. And so it's, like, 195 00:09:25,900 --> 00:09:30,540 pretty cumbersome to, like, go to the grocery store or the Asian 196 00:09:30,540 --> 00:09:33,660 store. Right. There's not like a. It's not like a Walmart. Right. 197 00:09:33,660 --> 00:09:37,580 There's only like, a pioneer is where all the Asian stores are, 198 00:09:37,580 --> 00:09:41,630 you know, so we usually just go once a week and get what we. But 199 00:09:41,630 --> 00:09:45,510 the herbs don't always stay fresh all that time. So it's always 200 00:09:45,510 --> 00:09:48,470 important to have something in your garden. And if I don't have 201 00:09:48,470 --> 00:09:50,310 it, like, I'll go to my parents, and if they don't have it, 202 00:09:50,310 --> 00:09:55,270 they come over to mine. I'll look out the window, and I see my 203 00:09:55,270 --> 00:09:59,910 parents is like, take all you want, and they just, like, grow. 204 00:10:00,070 --> 00:10:00,870 So, okay. 205 00:10:00,950 --> 00:10:04,910 Yeah, we just share the different kinds of herbs and vegetables 206 00:10:04,910 --> 00:10:06,110 that we have. So I'm curious. 207 00:10:06,110 --> 00:10:06,430 Why not? 208 00:10:06,430 --> 00:10:09,440 Okay, that's cool to know. Is there anything like that for you 209 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:13,000 with. With anything like this or anything other in your cuisine? 210 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:15,400 Is there anything that, like, you have to have in your house at 211 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,360 all times, whether it be, like, fresh. Fresh herbs or fresh 212 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:20,400 mint or whatever? 213 00:10:20,560 --> 00:10:24,320 Rice, I mean, I think that's a staple of any Asian. 214 00:10:24,320 --> 00:10:25,520 There's a lot of rices. 215 00:10:25,920 --> 00:10:30,920 My favorite is long grain jasmine rice, but I could get down 216 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:33,620 with some sushi rice, too. Like, you know, my kids love steak 217 00:10:33,690 --> 00:10:36,850 sticky rice. So, like, all types of rice is actually readily 218 00:10:36,850 --> 00:10:41,250 available in my household. But growing up, it's rice and then some 219 00:10:41,250 --> 00:10:45,690 kind of, like, ground meats to either make lumpia, to make these 220 00:10:46,010 --> 00:10:50,090 other thing called torta. They're like little meat patties 221 00:10:50,090 --> 00:10:52,570 that my mom used to always cook. So when, you know, when she 222 00:10:52,570 --> 00:10:55,170 was in a pinch and she came home late, that's something that 223 00:10:55,170 --> 00:10:57,450 she just fry up really quickly, we would eat. 224 00:10:57,450 --> 00:10:57,770 So. 225 00:10:57,770 --> 00:11:02,450 Cool. Any ground ground meat with, like, vegetables. It was always 226 00:11:02,450 --> 00:11:04,770 readily available at my house because you could kind of put it 227 00:11:04,770 --> 00:11:07,930 in anything. The wumpia wrapper kind of fry it up or. 228 00:11:07,930 --> 00:11:11,370 So Is there any specific kind of meat that is preferred? 229 00:11:11,770 --> 00:11:12,650 I think pork. 230 00:11:12,650 --> 00:11:13,090 Okay. 231 00:11:13,090 --> 00:11:17,810 You see, pork put in a lot of Filipino cuisine with whatever it 232 00:11:17,810 --> 00:11:21,610 is, but they started putting a lot of, like, chicken and a lot of 233 00:11:21,770 --> 00:11:24,410 other ground meats in it, but I see pork a lot. 234 00:11:24,410 --> 00:11:27,210 Okay. Okay. I actually really like pork, but I don't. I think, 235 00:11:27,210 --> 00:11:30,990 like, in. I don't know if I have a whole lot of recipes that 236 00:11:30,990 --> 00:11:33,910 I can think of to like, make it, aside from, like, pork chops 237 00:11:33,910 --> 00:11:36,070 or something. So. Yeah, that's good to know that. Maybe I'll have 238 00:11:36,070 --> 00:11:36,790 to hit you guys up. 239 00:11:38,950 --> 00:11:39,510 Okay. 240 00:11:39,510 --> 00:11:42,870 Okay, great. So now I would love for you to talk more about what 241 00:11:42,870 --> 00:11:43,750 you brought for us. 242 00:11:43,989 --> 00:11:48,550 So I brought Kaboon. So that's something that you always have noodles 243 00:11:49,110 --> 00:11:53,270 in the house. So you're either making some kind of noodles, but 244 00:11:53,270 --> 00:11:57,340 growing up, we had kaboon. A lot of times we had it with fish, 245 00:11:57,580 --> 00:12:00,540 but I, I don't like to make it fish because I don't like deboning 246 00:12:00,540 --> 00:12:00,780 it. 247 00:12:00,860 --> 00:12:01,980 Oh my gosh. Yeah. 248 00:12:01,980 --> 00:12:05,500 So I was like, no. So we kind of switched over to chicken. But 249 00:12:06,380 --> 00:12:10,940 like I said earlier, it's a red curry paste with like a yellow 250 00:12:11,180 --> 00:12:15,500 Thai curry paste with it. So you saute that for a little bit until 251 00:12:15,500 --> 00:12:20,260 it's kind of. The aromas are coming out of it. And then you put 252 00:12:20,260 --> 00:12:25,150 your coconut milk in there. And then on the side you're boiling 253 00:12:25,150 --> 00:12:29,230 your chicken. So the chicken boils for they. About an hour, an 254 00:12:29,230 --> 00:12:33,750 hour and a half, depending on, you know, how. Yeah. How big it is 255 00:12:33,750 --> 00:12:37,790 and how tender you want your meat to be. So once that's done, 256 00:12:37,790 --> 00:12:41,390 you kind of shred it. And I kind of put some chicken into like 257 00:12:41,390 --> 00:12:44,470 a mortar and I kind of just unsmash it so you can have like more 258 00:12:44,710 --> 00:12:48,830 flavor in that soaked into your chicken. But that's what kind 259 00:12:48,830 --> 00:12:53,080 of, you know, I grew up on and something I lied to make, especially 260 00:12:53,080 --> 00:12:54,120 when I'm missing home. 261 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:54,560 Yeah. 262 00:12:54,560 --> 00:12:55,800 So I love that. 263 00:12:55,800 --> 00:13:01,840 So I'm. Yes, let's dig into this. I'm so excited. And it just 264 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:05,920 feels like even with all the dishes that you guys brought, there's 265 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:10,560 just like a lot of like always green stuff, like some element of 266 00:13:10,560 --> 00:13:16,050 green stuff in there. And I feel like, I don't know, maybe my 267 00:13:16,050 --> 00:13:20,290 upbringing was just very carb heavy and so I'm just. I just love 268 00:13:20,290 --> 00:13:23,170 that. It just feels like you guys incorporate a lot of like natural 269 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:26,090 things like in, in the meals now. 270 00:13:26,090 --> 00:13:29,370 Like growing up, my parents always had a garden. So like your 271 00:13:29,370 --> 00:13:33,930 green mustard, your cilantro, your green onions, all that stuff 272 00:13:33,930 --> 00:13:35,090 came from the garden. 273 00:13:35,090 --> 00:13:35,570 Wow. 274 00:13:35,730 --> 00:13:38,050 So we didn't eat out a lot, so. 275 00:13:38,770 --> 00:13:41,650 Okay. I'm going to try the quail egg first because I'm just 276 00:13:41,870 --> 00:13:42,470 so excited to try. 277 00:13:42,470 --> 00:13:47,390 Don't get addicted. Take a little boil. 278 00:13:47,790 --> 00:13:50,790 They have like a different texture and I feel like regular eggs. 279 00:13:50,790 --> 00:13:51,070 Yeah. 280 00:13:51,070 --> 00:13:51,710 But if you want more. 281 00:13:51,790 --> 00:13:53,550 Or chicken eggs. Not regular, but. 282 00:13:54,110 --> 00:14:01,150 Yeah. Whenever Emily makes hot pot, she knows to put quail eggs 283 00:14:01,150 --> 00:14:04,310 just for me. Cuz I could go down on like 10 quail eggs. 284 00:14:04,310 --> 00:14:04,990 They're so good. 285 00:14:05,150 --> 00:14:06,430 Yeah, they're so petite. 286 00:14:06,430 --> 00:14:06,870 Yeah. 287 00:14:06,870 --> 00:14:12,440 Yeah, they're really good. It's like kind of firmer than a chicken 288 00:14:12,440 --> 00:14:14,480 egg. I can't do this but the yolk. 289 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,280 Is like super soft and like kind. 290 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:18,520 Of just melts in your mouth. 291 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:22,400 Okay. I'm trying to figure out the process of this because I don't, 292 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,360 I don't eat with spoons like this. And so I'm trying to figure 293 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:26,840 out, I'm trying to master it. 294 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:27,720 You got it. 295 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:28,080 Yeah. 296 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,920 You're doing it. Yeah, you're doing it. 297 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,340 So do you make your own meatballs? 298 00:14:34,890 --> 00:14:36,090 No, unfortunately. 299 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:36,650 No. 300 00:14:36,650 --> 00:14:40,730 It's too much of a frosting. Store bought meatballs. 301 00:14:40,730 --> 00:14:46,450 Yeah, it was iconic. It's so good. And you said this is coconut 302 00:14:46,450 --> 00:14:47,050 milk, right? 303 00:14:47,210 --> 00:14:47,690 Yes. 304 00:14:47,770 --> 00:14:53,090 Is there ever any dairy in like, like any cow dairy in, in your 305 00:14:53,090 --> 00:14:53,450 food? 306 00:14:54,570 --> 00:15:00,380 No, I can't think of any, actually. Not like. Yeah, no. 307 00:15:00,700 --> 00:15:01,180 Okay. 308 00:15:01,180 --> 00:15:03,940 Yeah, usually a lot of it's like coconut. Like you'll use just 309 00:15:03,940 --> 00:15:07,420 like the coconut milk but not like dairy. Dairy. 310 00:15:07,420 --> 00:15:12,180 Yeah, you did put a lot. Do you want a new one? 311 00:15:12,180 --> 00:15:14,860 I need a napkin. No, no. So some napkins. 312 00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:16,940 There's always behind us. 313 00:15:17,820 --> 00:15:20,780 Don't play with the Asian. Yeah, the Asian spice is a different 314 00:15:20,780 --> 00:15:21,420 kind of spice. 315 00:15:22,140 --> 00:15:25,980 I like it. I always have to have it, but thank you. Like, symptoms 316 00:15:25,980 --> 00:15:26,700 start to develop. 317 00:15:27,180 --> 00:15:30,780 This one that's spicy. Cause my mom grows her own Thai chili. 318 00:15:30,860 --> 00:15:34,680 And then what they do, harvest it and then they dry it out and. 319 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:36,680 Then they blend it and then they. 320 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,200 They stir fry it in. 321 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:42,240 It kind of, it kind of, you know, it kind of tackles the back. 322 00:15:42,240 --> 00:15:44,440 Of the girl, you know, steak. 323 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,839 But it is really good. And is there like, because I feel like growing 324 00:15:47,839 --> 00:15:52,760 up, I only had soup whenever I was like, not feeling well. Is that 325 00:15:52,760 --> 00:15:56,920 like part. Is that a thing or is it soup all the time? Like, you 326 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:58,600 don't need to feel a certain way to have soup. 327 00:15:58,600 --> 00:15:58,840 Yeah. 328 00:15:58,840 --> 00:15:59,400 You know what I mean? 329 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:02,950 It's soup all the time. Different types of soups they make. 330 00:16:03,670 --> 00:16:03,950 So. 331 00:16:03,950 --> 00:16:06,630 Yeah, it's always, always, always on the table. 332 00:16:06,630 --> 00:16:06,950 Yes. 333 00:16:06,950 --> 00:16:07,550 I love that. 334 00:16:07,550 --> 00:16:10,710 Yeah. Like, I always make fun of mother. Mom, why are you making 335 00:16:10,710 --> 00:16:13,470 soup again? It's like once a week we have like a different type 336 00:16:13,470 --> 00:16:17,350 of soup. But then now I was like, oh, I miss it. Yeah. 337 00:16:17,590 --> 00:16:21,190 Yeah, it's like it, it's a little spicy. But the noodles and 338 00:16:21,190 --> 00:16:24,870 the. I don't know, like, I think also the coconut milk helps. 339 00:16:24,870 --> 00:16:28,110 Like it not be. I don't know, it's just a lot of flavor. I feel 340 00:16:28,110 --> 00:16:31,690 like I had spicy things that are spicy and that's all they contribute. 341 00:16:31,690 --> 00:16:35,010 Like, that's the point is just pain. But with this, it's like the 342 00:16:35,010 --> 00:16:39,090 spice is very flavorful like, it's with a. It's good, you know, 343 00:16:39,090 --> 00:16:39,570 Like, I don't know. 344 00:16:39,570 --> 00:16:42,170 I think that coconut milk really helps, like, with the spice 345 00:16:42,170 --> 00:16:45,250 to the. Calms it down a little bit. Then also the freshness of, 346 00:16:45,250 --> 00:16:49,890 like, the vegetables. It just gives that crisp, like. No, it's 347 00:16:49,890 --> 00:16:51,450 not. It cuts through the spice. 348 00:16:51,450 --> 00:16:57,090 Yeah. I love that. Well, and we kind of talked about family or 349 00:16:57,090 --> 00:17:00,650 memory kind of tied to this dish. Do you have a memory tied to 350 00:17:00,650 --> 00:17:01,170 this dish? 351 00:17:02,050 --> 00:17:05,370 Yes. Like, I think what it is, is, like, what I was saying. Like, 352 00:17:05,370 --> 00:17:09,690 we usually make it with fish growing up, so it was like, we'll. 353 00:17:09,690 --> 00:17:12,610 We'll go fishing with my parents, and then when we come home, 354 00:17:13,170 --> 00:17:16,250 like, whatever leftover fish. Is that what they usually. They use 355 00:17:16,250 --> 00:17:19,130 catfish. So we'll go catfishing, like, Saturday mornings 356 00:17:19,130 --> 00:17:20,530 and stuff, like, super early. 357 00:17:20,530 --> 00:17:21,930 It'll be like 4 o' clock. 358 00:17:21,930 --> 00:17:25,629 My dad's okay, we gotta go. Everybody packed the car, and then, 359 00:17:25,709 --> 00:17:29,029 you know, we'll be out there all day. And then at night, like, 360 00:17:29,029 --> 00:17:31,909 about dinner time, we usually come home. And then after that, they'll 361 00:17:31,909 --> 00:17:35,269 just, you know, clean all the fish, put whatever they want on this 362 00:17:35,269 --> 00:17:39,909 side, and then whatever they want for the soup, then, you know, 363 00:17:39,909 --> 00:17:43,109 they'll boil it and just, like. It's just the love that gets 364 00:17:43,109 --> 00:17:45,989 put into it at the time and love it. So it was just something 365 00:17:45,989 --> 00:17:48,109 we always kind of had together. Yeah. 366 00:17:48,189 --> 00:17:53,330 So is there, like, a culture of, like, we cook together and we 367 00:17:53,330 --> 00:17:56,050 eat together? Like, is that part, like, every. Because I feel 368 00:17:56,050 --> 00:17:59,250 like. I don't know. I think for me, growing up, all I can talk 369 00:17:59,250 --> 00:18:02,410 about is my experience. But, like, growing up, like, you kind 370 00:18:02,410 --> 00:18:04,570 of stayed out of the kitchen if you weren't cooking, and then 371 00:18:04,570 --> 00:18:07,610 afterwards you cleaned. Like, that was kind of the dynamic of it. 372 00:18:07,610 --> 00:18:10,890 Is that kind of how it is, or everybody pitches into. 373 00:18:11,130 --> 00:18:15,010 Usually, like, the women will pitch in. Like, the men are like, 374 00:18:15,010 --> 00:18:18,530 oh, I. I did my job. I, I. When I caught the fish, and there 375 00:18:18,530 --> 00:18:21,930 you go. But a lot of times, like, all the women are in the kitchen, 376 00:18:22,620 --> 00:18:26,020 and then we're all cooking together, you know, and then, like, 377 00:18:26,020 --> 00:18:29,100 the men are just kind of hanging out to the side or just doing 378 00:18:29,100 --> 00:18:34,060 something else, but you eat together. That's the thing. So everybody 379 00:18:34,060 --> 00:18:37,940 played a part in making. Putting that meal together or play 380 00:18:37,940 --> 00:18:41,740 some kind of part in it. But, yeah, we all kind of eat together. 381 00:18:42,540 --> 00:18:45,140 The kids have their own table, the adults kind of have their own 382 00:18:45,140 --> 00:18:47,020 table, you know, so. But yeah. 383 00:18:47,340 --> 00:18:48,700 Is it the same for you guys? 384 00:18:49,590 --> 00:18:53,190 Yeah. Like, with making lumpia, it's kind of Like a communal 385 00:18:53,190 --> 00:18:58,550 experience. Growing up, when we made lumpia, it was a family effort. 386 00:18:58,630 --> 00:19:03,110 So my mom would be the one putting, like, the. The ground pork 387 00:19:03,110 --> 00:19:06,390 and the vegetables together. She'd have this big old silver pot 388 00:19:06,710 --> 00:19:09,790 because she would make them in abundance, because people would order 389 00:19:09,790 --> 00:19:12,950 from her because they love her lumpia so much. So she would just 390 00:19:12,950 --> 00:19:17,830 make a ton. And so she'd have, like, gloves on with, like, just 391 00:19:17,830 --> 00:19:20,470 mixing everything together. She had to, like, put everything 392 00:19:20,690 --> 00:19:24,650 on, like, a wooden kind of thing on the floor so she could reach 393 00:19:24,650 --> 00:19:27,850 it. Cause she's a little on the short side. So she'd be the one 394 00:19:27,850 --> 00:19:31,530 mixing everything, while me and my cousins or my siblings would 395 00:19:31,530 --> 00:19:35,810 be the one ripping the lumpia wrappers apart. Because they come 396 00:19:35,810 --> 00:19:39,050 frozen and all stuck together, and they're so thin. So you kind 397 00:19:39,050 --> 00:19:43,490 of have to be delicate. Be delicate by ripping them, like, apart. 398 00:19:43,570 --> 00:19:46,490 And so we would have a competition, like, who can one rip 399 00:19:46,490 --> 00:19:50,490 them apart the fastest and not rip any of them, like, who has all 400 00:19:50,490 --> 00:19:53,990 the perfect lumpia wrappers? And that's how we would help our 401 00:19:53,990 --> 00:19:57,270 mom. And then someone would be squeezing the Olympia, like, filling 402 00:19:57,270 --> 00:19:59,390 in, Then someone would be rolling them. Then someone would 403 00:19:59,390 --> 00:20:02,350 be closing it up with egg wash. So it's more of a communal 404 00:20:02,350 --> 00:20:05,790 experience for me growing up. And that's why I really love seeing 405 00:20:05,790 --> 00:20:08,470 it in all our gatherings, because it means a lot. 406 00:20:08,470 --> 00:20:10,310 Yeah, yeah, yeah. What about you? 407 00:20:10,310 --> 00:20:13,950 Yeah, it's the same. Like, I hear your stories, and I can imagine, 408 00:20:13,950 --> 00:20:17,150 like, depending on the dish, the different responsibilities that 409 00:20:17,150 --> 00:20:22,300 we're allowed to have. Allowed to have. And so my mom really, like, 410 00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:26,260 likes her food. Like, her pride is in her food. Right. And 411 00:20:26,260 --> 00:20:29,740 so, like, she will do all, like, the main, like, seasoning and 412 00:20:29,740 --> 00:20:33,500 the main cooking. But we kids would be, like, washing the veggies 413 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:36,660 or, like, peeling them off. Bean sprouts will be, like, plucking 414 00:20:36,660 --> 00:20:40,740 the ends, you know, like, all the prep kind of work, and she does 415 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:46,300 all the main, like, heavy duty. Yeah, yeah. So that there's 416 00:20:46,300 --> 00:20:48,140 no, like, finger pointing. Yeah. 417 00:20:49,990 --> 00:20:54,750 I love that. I. I think that is something that I see people missing 418 00:20:54,750 --> 00:20:58,710 out on is, like, the having meals together. Like, I feel especially 419 00:20:58,790 --> 00:21:03,630 like younger, young adults, like, if they are perhaps away from 420 00:21:03,630 --> 00:21:06,150 home, like, they're. They're just living with roommates at a different 421 00:21:06,870 --> 00:21:10,430 paces of life. And so, like, people just kind of learn to be roommates 422 00:21:10,430 --> 00:21:14,190 with people. And. And so I. I don't know. I just really like that. 423 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:17,700 It just feels like the food is not just about being delicious and 424 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:20,380 being sustenance was about bringing people Together, it feels 425 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:25,100 like. And I just really enjoy that. That being said, I feel very. 426 00:21:25,180 --> 00:21:28,300 I just love. I just love hearing all these stories because 427 00:21:28,300 --> 00:21:33,580 I feel like all of. I feel like every person and every. Every 428 00:21:33,580 --> 00:21:36,980 heritage has a way that it points to Jesus and how it points 429 00:21:36,980 --> 00:21:41,220 to God's goodness and his creativity with creation. And so 430 00:21:41,220 --> 00:21:43,900 I would just love to ask, like, is there a way that you feel 431 00:21:43,900 --> 00:21:47,950 like these foods, or even just, like, family history or just 432 00:21:47,950 --> 00:21:51,990 family dynamic has been able to point you to Jesus or just, like, 433 00:21:52,550 --> 00:21:54,070 encouraged your faith somehow? 434 00:21:54,070 --> 00:21:54,510 Like, what. 435 00:21:54,510 --> 00:21:55,830 What does that look like? 436 00:21:56,150 --> 00:22:00,030 Well, I think for me, you know, being Filipino, I think what 437 00:22:00,030 --> 00:22:03,310 you could understand about a Filipino is our hospitality. And 438 00:22:03,310 --> 00:22:08,950 so we usually express that a lot through our food. So when, you 439 00:22:08,950 --> 00:22:11,550 know, you go to a family gathering, you ask people, like, 440 00:22:11,550 --> 00:22:13,870 come eat. That's like, the first thing you ask. Like, oh, come 441 00:22:13,870 --> 00:22:16,650 eat. Did you eat yet? Come eat. That's like, the first. Like, 442 00:22:16,650 --> 00:22:18,930 they don't need to know your name. They just want to know if you've 443 00:22:18,930 --> 00:22:19,490 eaten that. 444 00:22:19,730 --> 00:22:20,210 Yeah. 445 00:22:20,210 --> 00:22:23,170 And so, like, bringing that into your house and, like, inviting 446 00:22:23,170 --> 00:22:26,450 people in that way really points to, like, what Jesus did, 447 00:22:26,450 --> 00:22:30,290 right? Like, he communed with people, with different kinds of people. 448 00:22:31,170 --> 00:22:35,570 He made sure people were taken care of. So it really just shows, 449 00:22:35,570 --> 00:22:39,850 like, in our culture how big our God is also with our values and 450 00:22:39,850 --> 00:22:40,450 our traditions. 451 00:22:40,610 --> 00:22:43,410 That's good. That's really sweet. What about you guys? 452 00:22:43,970 --> 00:22:47,570 The first word that comes in my mind when I think of, like, the 453 00:22:47,570 --> 00:22:49,930 Vietnamese culture, I don't know about you guys, is, like, obedience. 454 00:22:49,930 --> 00:22:54,770 Obedience is so big in our culture. Like, regardless of what 455 00:22:54,770 --> 00:22:58,850 religious background you have, it's like, you always obey your elders. 456 00:22:58,850 --> 00:23:02,970 This is just, like, ingrained in us. No matter even if you're an 457 00:23:02,970 --> 00:23:06,490 adult, you know, you have your own family, you still, like, honor, 458 00:23:06,490 --> 00:23:11,770 and you obey your parents. So obedience and love always went hand 459 00:23:11,770 --> 00:23:14,040 to hand. So they would say, if you really love me, then you would 460 00:23:14,270 --> 00:23:17,710 obey me. And even if we didn't fully understand why we had to obey 461 00:23:17,710 --> 00:23:21,030 or the logic behind that, we would trust our parents, and then 462 00:23:21,030 --> 00:23:24,390 we would see the blessing that comes from it. And so, like, that's 463 00:23:24,390 --> 00:23:27,950 how I come to understand John 14. Like, it doesn't, like, rub against 464 00:23:27,950 --> 00:23:31,430 me, you know, like, somebody's like, if you like you, I have to 465 00:23:31,430 --> 00:23:32,070 obey you. 466 00:23:32,070 --> 00:23:32,750 You like to. 467 00:23:32,910 --> 00:23:36,670 But it's like that. There is, like, no dissonance in obedience 468 00:23:36,670 --> 00:23:39,790 and love. Like, in the Asian culture or just in the. Or in the 469 00:23:39,790 --> 00:23:43,370 Vietnamese culture specifically. Like, that was just 470 00:23:43,370 --> 00:23:44,010 an expression of. 471 00:23:44,010 --> 00:23:48,570 Our love that's really sweet and good perspective too. What about 472 00:23:48,570 --> 00:23:48,890 you? 473 00:23:48,890 --> 00:23:51,770 Yeah, I think for me it's a little different because, like, I 474 00:23:51,770 --> 00:23:55,010 didn't grow up in a Christian household or anything like that. 475 00:23:55,010 --> 00:23:58,850 My parents are very traditional Buddhist Taoists, so 476 00:23:58,850 --> 00:24:02,690 for me it was like my grandpa was a shaman, huge in their community. 477 00:24:03,090 --> 00:24:08,490 So. But for him to allow me to go to church or for my. I was in 478 00:24:08,490 --> 00:24:12,560 a tutoring program growing up, and my tutor was a Sunday school 479 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,840 teacher. So she had asked my parents, hey, is it okay for me to 480 00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:20,000 take them to church and kind of introduce them? You know, and 481 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:24,160 then I was very shocked at like, my grandpa, like, okay, you 482 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:26,600 know, like, go ahead. You know, and then that's just kind of 483 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:31,480 like just seeing that. And then like, also like a lot of the. 484 00:24:31,480 --> 00:24:34,760 For me was like, okay, my parents believe in this, but this 485 00:24:34,760 --> 00:24:39,860 is what I want to choose to believe in, you know, so it was a 486 00:24:39,860 --> 00:24:43,380 hard battle, but I think what a lot of it was when I first moved 487 00:24:43,380 --> 00:24:47,180 to Texas, you know, and kind of coming to Philadelphia and just 488 00:24:47,180 --> 00:24:53,460 kind of seeing, hey, this is what, you know, Christians putting 489 00:24:53,460 --> 00:24:57,660 my faith more into Christ and, you know, continuing to do that. 490 00:24:57,660 --> 00:25:04,900 So my parents didn't really not let me go to church. So kind 491 00:25:04,900 --> 00:25:08,100 of just seeing my mom's support now, especially now, more 492 00:25:08,100 --> 00:25:11,440 like, I. If something's wrong, like, just pray. And my mom would 493 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:16,000 never say that before growing up. So it's just like, I guess me 494 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:20,080 putting my faith in Jesus and kind of having her see the difference 495 00:25:20,080 --> 00:25:28,560 in me. Yeah. So it's different from my parents perspective and then 496 00:25:29,360 --> 00:25:32,840 just coming to faith, being here, being with my husband, and 497 00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:37,390 I guess growing up, it's. In my culture is like, if you married 498 00:25:37,390 --> 00:25:40,590 somebody that outside of the culture, that's kind of like what 499 00:25:40,590 --> 00:25:43,830 you have to follow. And so my husband was Christian, so my grandpa 500 00:25:43,830 --> 00:25:47,390 was just like, okay, well, now this, you know, this is, this is 501 00:25:47,390 --> 00:25:51,670 a route you're gonna take. You're kind of like not kicked out, 502 00:25:51,670 --> 00:25:55,990 but in a sense kicked out of like our, our, our ancestral, like, 503 00:25:56,070 --> 00:26:00,190 line. Now you're with your husband and you have to, you know, 504 00:26:00,190 --> 00:26:05,060 follow what he believes in and yeah, he practices. 505 00:26:05,300 --> 00:26:05,780 Yeah. 506 00:26:05,860 --> 00:26:08,020 So it's very like, they respect marriage. 507 00:26:08,020 --> 00:26:08,420 Yeah. 508 00:26:08,420 --> 00:26:12,660 Like they respect like your husband's leadership. Yeah, that's. 509 00:26:12,660 --> 00:26:15,300 That's really, that's really interesting because I feel like. 510 00:26:16,020 --> 00:26:20,100 I don't know, I think I've. I've heard and seen of people that 511 00:26:20,420 --> 00:26:25,180 have maybe, you know, become believers and their parents aren't. 512 00:26:25,180 --> 00:26:28,220 And there's like a lot of combat It's a very combative, volatile 513 00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:31,460 situation. So that's encouraging to me that your parents 514 00:26:31,460 --> 00:26:32,300 seemed very respectful. 515 00:26:32,300 --> 00:26:34,860 Yeah. I was first scared to, like, let them know, hey, you know, 516 00:26:34,860 --> 00:26:37,880 mom, I've been baptized, you know, but, like, kind of like, okay, 517 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,000 it's time to tell them, like, hey, Mom, I got baptized. And for 518 00:26:41,000 --> 00:26:44,320 her to, like, good, you know, like, okay, anything you need, always 519 00:26:44,320 --> 00:26:48,440 just pray to him, you know? So just kind of seeing her, I was like, 520 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,560 okay, yeah, yeah. 521 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:55,000 No, that's really sweet. I. Yeah. I think, you know, we talk 522 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,520 a lot about Yalls upbringing and just family dynamic. Is there 523 00:26:59,520 --> 00:27:03,740 one thing that you wish people knew about, you know, your respective 524 00:27:03,740 --> 00:27:06,500 heritage? Like, is there something specific that you would, 525 00:27:06,660 --> 00:27:10,140 like if you had 5 seconds to share with someone, one thing. What 526 00:27:10,140 --> 00:27:11,220 would that one thing be? 527 00:27:11,700 --> 00:27:17,579 I think for us, a lot of people ask what mian is, but. Or, 528 00:27:17,579 --> 00:27:21,220 like, where. Where they're from. And we don't have a country. 529 00:27:21,380 --> 00:27:26,060 We were originally ancestralized back, back, back, back. 530 00:27:26,060 --> 00:27:29,260 I don't know when we were originally Chinese, but because of 531 00:27:29,260 --> 00:27:33,130 the war that broke out in China, a lot of people fled. A lot 532 00:27:33,130 --> 00:27:37,210 of people fled to the mountains of Laos, Thailand, Cambodia. 533 00:27:37,610 --> 00:27:42,010 And they kind of created their own language because they didn't 534 00:27:42,010 --> 00:27:45,170 want to be captured. So they were captured. They would be imprisoned 535 00:27:45,170 --> 00:27:49,650 back in time. So they created a language in the language and culture 536 00:27:49,650 --> 00:27:54,130 that's Myan. So I speak Myan, and that. That is my culture. So 537 00:27:54,130 --> 00:27:56,970 that's something that, you know, where we don't consider ourselves 538 00:27:56,970 --> 00:28:02,500 Chinese anymore, so we consider ourselves Yumian. There's 539 00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:09,220 seven clans in Myan. So if you notice a lot of Myan people, their 540 00:28:09,220 --> 00:28:17,060 last name are Sei Chao, Se Li, Se Fong, Sei Chen. So there's seven 541 00:28:17,060 --> 00:28:20,580 of them. But the se part came from when a lot of people were in 542 00:28:20,580 --> 00:28:24,900 refugee camps when they fled to Thailand. So the Americans had 543 00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:27,900 added that, so say part to a lot of their names. So once a lot 544 00:28:27,900 --> 00:28:33,780 of man people became US Citizens, they removed that say part. 545 00:28:33,780 --> 00:28:36,820 So my parents are back to Chow, because that was the original 546 00:28:36,820 --> 00:28:40,940 name. So, yeah, it's just something, you know, a lot of people 547 00:28:40,940 --> 00:28:42,980 don't know. Like, people like, what is Myan? 548 00:28:43,220 --> 00:28:43,580 What? 549 00:28:43,580 --> 00:28:44,940 What? Do you have your own country? 550 00:28:44,940 --> 00:28:45,820 What country is it? 551 00:28:45,820 --> 00:28:48,900 Yeah, so we don't. But a lot of us are from Thailand and Laos. 552 00:28:48,900 --> 00:28:52,500 Like, my parents were from Laos. They fled to Thailand. I was 553 00:28:52,500 --> 00:28:55,420 born in Thailand. I was born in the refugee camp. Because we waited 554 00:28:55,420 --> 00:28:59,080 so, so long to come to the United States. A lot of us were sponsored 555 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:08,000 by Christian churches But, yeah, so that's just kind of who 556 00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,640 we are and who I am. 557 00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:14,600 Yeah. So, yeah, that's good. What about you guys? 558 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:20,760 I think, like, by thinking of the broader audience, like, when 559 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:23,960 they would interact with Vietnamese people, and, like, I know 560 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,960 it sounds so stereotypical, but, like, in nail salon is probably, 561 00:29:28,280 --> 00:29:32,920 like, where most people will, like, truly, like, interact with 562 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:38,240 the Vietnamese person and very, you know. And so I think, like, 563 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:42,200 to help the broader audience kind of understand because, you know, 564 00:29:43,080 --> 00:29:48,080 Vietnamese people are very blunt, and especially the older generation. 565 00:29:48,080 --> 00:29:52,870 I can't say this to everybody. Like, we'll just say and ask questions 566 00:29:52,870 --> 00:29:56,230 just because we're curious. So, like, if they don't see a ring 567 00:29:56,230 --> 00:30:01,190 on your finger or whatever, like, why you had no husband, why 568 00:30:01,190 --> 00:30:03,950 you. You know this. And they're not trying to be judgmental. 569 00:30:03,950 --> 00:30:06,750 Oh, they're really just curious. They want to know why, like, 570 00:30:06,750 --> 00:30:10,430 you're a beautiful person. Why aren't you me? You know, and so I 571 00:30:10,430 --> 00:30:14,070 think some people can, like, take that offensively. Like, they're 572 00:30:14,070 --> 00:30:16,830 asking too many personal questions. They seem, like, judgmental, 573 00:30:16,830 --> 00:30:20,110 but it's actually out of place of curiosity. So if anyone had, you 574 00:30:20,110 --> 00:30:22,990 know, growing up, my aunts and uncles, like, if I, you know, I would. 575 00:30:22,990 --> 00:30:25,630 You know, I went to college. I wasn't living at home. And when I 576 00:30:25,630 --> 00:30:28,630 come back, you know, I may look different or I'm skinnier or 577 00:30:28,630 --> 00:30:31,870 I'm fatter or whatever, they would always make a comment, like, 578 00:30:31,870 --> 00:30:32,350 they'll let. 579 00:30:32,350 --> 00:30:33,310 You know, what are you eating? 580 00:30:33,470 --> 00:30:36,390 Like, what are you? And I don't take offense. You know, it's 581 00:30:36,390 --> 00:30:38,830 just like, they're curious. They want to know because they care. 582 00:30:39,470 --> 00:30:42,830 And so that's the. That's one thing I want people to understand. 583 00:30:43,070 --> 00:30:45,990 I'm a Vietnamese person. Asks you what. You might feel like an 584 00:30:45,990 --> 00:30:48,670 offensive question. It's just because they. They were curious, 585 00:30:48,670 --> 00:30:49,430 and they want to care. 586 00:30:49,590 --> 00:30:52,630 Yeah, yeah, that's. That's a good thing to keep in mind. Don't 587 00:30:52,630 --> 00:30:55,390 take offense. Like, it's okay. Like, they legitimately just want 588 00:30:55,390 --> 00:30:57,830 to know. Yeah, that's good. What about you? 589 00:30:58,390 --> 00:31:02,230 I think for us, for Filipinos, you know, not a lot of people. I 590 00:31:02,230 --> 00:31:05,430 mean, Filipinos are known, but not well known within the Asian community 591 00:31:05,830 --> 00:31:10,070 as, like, Asian. So, like, yes, there's a lot of different Filipino 592 00:31:10,070 --> 00:31:13,750 skin tones, colors, languages. We have, like, over 100 different 593 00:31:13,750 --> 00:31:17,980 dialects in Philippines alone. So, like, we get, you know, kind 594 00:31:17,980 --> 00:31:21,540 of characterized as just being Asian. But, like, Filipinos have 595 00:31:21,540 --> 00:31:27,500 adapted a lot of different. Different communities, like, from 596 00:31:27,500 --> 00:31:30,900 my food, like Olympia, Shanghai, that came from China, we 597 00:31:30,900 --> 00:31:35,860 Just kind of adapted it to our tasting, our language. A lot of our 598 00:31:36,740 --> 00:31:41,140 words come from the Spanish language, you know, so we have a 599 00:31:41,140 --> 00:31:44,460 lot of different things that we say the same hoochara. Like, all 600 00:31:44,460 --> 00:31:45,820 these things are the same. 601 00:31:45,820 --> 00:31:48,140 You said something earlier, and I was like, that sounds exactly 602 00:31:48,140 --> 00:31:50,740 like in Spanish. But I didn't say anything. I can't remember. 603 00:31:53,300 --> 00:31:56,620 See, our torta is a little different than your. So, like, we've 604 00:31:56,620 --> 00:32:00,540 adapted a lot of these different cultures within the Filipino 605 00:32:00,540 --> 00:32:03,220 community and kind of just made it our own. And I think that's 606 00:32:03,220 --> 00:32:06,340 what I want people to learn, is that Filipinos, they are adaptable. 607 00:32:06,420 --> 00:32:09,660 You know, put them in any situation, they'll thrive, whether 608 00:32:09,660 --> 00:32:13,300 it be, like, you know, in the Philippines being American or coming 609 00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:17,270 to Texas, you know, you'll find a Filipino cowboy. So, like, 610 00:32:17,270 --> 00:32:20,550 I don't know, but they're fully adaptable. So that's why I 611 00:32:20,550 --> 00:32:21,390 want people to know about them. 612 00:32:21,390 --> 00:32:24,030 That's really cool. Yeah. Like, now that you're saying that, 613 00:32:24,030 --> 00:32:26,750 I'm like, oh, my gosh, like, now. And, like, with these things 614 00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:29,550 in mind, like, I'll know what to look for. Like, and I'll have, 615 00:32:29,550 --> 00:32:32,510 like, conversation starters in that, too. And so, like, that's really 616 00:32:32,510 --> 00:32:36,350 sweet. And I think it's just, like, the beauty of community and 617 00:32:36,350 --> 00:32:39,390 of being at a church that isn't afraid of diversity, but, like, 618 00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:43,140 embraces it. And, you know, I came into this knowing very little 619 00:32:43,140 --> 00:32:46,260 about what we were going to talk about, but if you have kind 620 00:32:46,260 --> 00:32:50,580 of the. The understanding of, like, my. My understanding of life 621 00:32:50,580 --> 00:32:53,660 is not the only one, and my understanding of life is not superior 622 00:32:53,660 --> 00:32:57,660 to anything else. Like, and there's just so much beauty in creation 623 00:32:57,660 --> 00:33:01,140 and in God's people that we can all just come together and get 624 00:33:01,140 --> 00:33:04,900 to celebrate and enjoy food, enjoy stories, like, and even just 625 00:33:04,900 --> 00:33:08,480 different culture dynamics that are just really sweet. Yeah. 626 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,960 I just. I love that we get to talk about this and talk about, you 627 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:14,040 know, being someone that's completely ignorant to all of these 628 00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:16,320 things. Like, it's just been. Thank you, guys for sharing, like, 629 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,840 your stories and this. Yeah, I just think that's just one of the 630 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,200 beautiful things about being in community and being part of a 631 00:33:23,200 --> 00:33:26,480 church that celebrates. Celebrates and embraces diversity 632 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:28,680 of different. Different heritage, different culture, different 633 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:33,000 languages, different people. And so with that in mind, like, I. 634 00:33:33,000 --> 00:33:35,080 We kind of talked a little bit about, like, what's one thing you 635 00:33:35,080 --> 00:33:38,540 wish people would know? But again, like, why is it important 636 00:33:38,940 --> 00:33:43,380 for people to embrace other cultures and heritages? Like, what 637 00:33:43,380 --> 00:33:49,300 is what. What, as believers, should we be changing Our perspective 638 00:33:49,300 --> 00:33:52,300 on, as it comes to engaging in people from different backgrounds. 639 00:33:52,300 --> 00:33:56,340 Like, what is. Like, why. Why should we even have to. Is it okay 640 00:33:56,340 --> 00:33:59,140 to kind of live in your bubble of what you're familiar with? Like, 641 00:33:59,140 --> 00:34:01,580 why should we engage with one another in that? 642 00:34:02,870 --> 00:34:06,830 Well, I think it's biblical, right? We are called to go out to 643 00:34:06,830 --> 00:34:09,350 the ends of the earth of all nations, to make disciples of all 644 00:34:09,350 --> 00:34:12,390 nations, not just our own nation, you know, so it's important 645 00:34:12,390 --> 00:34:16,550 for us to not only recognize other cultures, also celebrate them 646 00:34:16,550 --> 00:34:21,230 so they know, like, we have the love that Jesus has inside of 647 00:34:21,230 --> 00:34:24,110 us and we love who they are also. They might be different. They 648 00:34:24,110 --> 00:34:27,470 might value, have other values and traditions, but we love them 649 00:34:27,470 --> 00:34:30,230 because we're all one under Christ, you know? So I think it's 650 00:34:30,230 --> 00:34:33,250 important for us to know their culture and how to reach them in 651 00:34:33,250 --> 00:34:33,650 that way. 652 00:34:33,650 --> 00:34:36,890 Yeah, yeah, that's good. I think tying with that, you know, 653 00:34:36,890 --> 00:34:41,450 just understanding them because, you know, letting them know 654 00:34:41,450 --> 00:34:45,410 that, hey, you know, we love Jesus and because Jesus loved us, 655 00:34:45,410 --> 00:34:49,850 we need to love others the same way and not judge others just 656 00:34:49,850 --> 00:34:52,970 because they are different, just because their skin color or 657 00:34:52,970 --> 00:34:55,850 their culture is different or their religion is different. We still 658 00:34:55,850 --> 00:34:57,670 need to love them the same. Like he loves us. 659 00:34:57,900 --> 00:34:59,020 Yes. No, that's great. 660 00:34:59,420 --> 00:35:03,660 I kind of echo what you're both saying. It's like you think 661 00:35:03,660 --> 00:35:07,740 in Revelation, right? When at the end of time, and they, you know, 662 00:35:07,740 --> 00:35:14,180 you see, like, people of all tribes and all tongues, all people 663 00:35:14,180 --> 00:35:17,100 there, and they're worshiping the same God, right? And you have 664 00:35:17,100 --> 00:35:19,740 to wonder, how did they get there? Yeah, yeah. Like, how did 665 00:35:19,740 --> 00:35:24,540 these. All these diverse people get there in this perfect 666 00:35:24,540 --> 00:35:28,870 kingdom? Is because somebody told them the Gospel. It wasn't inherently 667 00:35:28,870 --> 00:35:32,590 in their culture to know who Jesus is, but somebody brought the 668 00:35:32,590 --> 00:35:35,870 good news to them. So if you don't understand someone's culture, 669 00:35:36,350 --> 00:35:40,150 like, it's hard to build bridges to the Gospels. It's hard 670 00:35:40,150 --> 00:35:43,390 to make connection. And, like, when you do that and you embrace 671 00:35:43,550 --> 00:35:48,190 these different cultures, you're playing a role in God's story 672 00:35:48,750 --> 00:35:51,870 of the kingdom that we're going to see. Like, you're part of 673 00:35:51,870 --> 00:35:54,030 this bigger story that you're going to see at the end of time, 674 00:35:55,170 --> 00:35:58,690 and that's already forming right now as we're talking, and then 675 00:35:58,690 --> 00:36:03,410 also thinking, like, we're all image bearers, right? Like, we all 676 00:36:04,050 --> 00:36:08,570 bear the image of God and no one person, no one culture can bear 677 00:36:08,570 --> 00:36:12,290 that image perfectly. Right. Like, we're so different. But every 678 00:36:12,290 --> 00:36:15,210 aspect of the Hispanic culture, the Mien or Filipino Vietnamese 679 00:36:15,210 --> 00:36:18,130 Culture, even as you're sharing, like, about hospitality 680 00:36:18,290 --> 00:36:22,770 or about, like, valuing marriage and cleaving to your husband 681 00:36:22,850 --> 00:36:27,090 or honesty or obedience, like, those are all one aspect of our culture 682 00:36:27,090 --> 00:36:30,210 that point to, like, the perfect image of God, right? So, 683 00:36:30,610 --> 00:36:33,570 like, by appreciating, celebrating our differences and our 684 00:36:33,570 --> 00:36:36,170 diversity, we're able to see, like, a fuller image of the image 685 00:36:36,170 --> 00:36:36,650 of God. 686 00:36:36,650 --> 00:36:40,770 Yes, yes, I agree with you 1 million percent. And I. Yeah, I agree 687 00:36:40,849 --> 00:36:45,090 especially with the. I believe every culture and heritage in their 688 00:36:45,090 --> 00:36:48,690 own way, points to King Jesus. Like, and I've, you know, in visiting 689 00:36:48,690 --> 00:36:51,090 other countries, like, I've been able to identify, like, they're 690 00:36:51,090 --> 00:36:53,690 already like Jesus and they don't even know it, you know? And 691 00:36:53,690 --> 00:36:57,880 so, like, what a beautiful way to be able to point people to King 692 00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,800 Jesus. Like, this is what he's done in my life. He can do the same 693 00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:04,640 in yours. Like, we don't have to have common ground as far as, 694 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:08,080 like, familiarity. Same food, like, same skin, same language. Like, 695 00:37:08,080 --> 00:37:11,080 we don't have to have that foundation. Like, we are all made 696 00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,720 in the image of God and like, and so. And God is worthy of our 697 00:37:14,720 --> 00:37:17,240 praise. Like, he's worthy of our worship, but he's also worthy 698 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:19,960 of their worship and their praise. And so it's just whenever 699 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:24,120 you're able to expand your horizon and be just, like, curious, 700 00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:27,480 like, but not curious to, like, I don't know, to be better, 701 00:37:28,500 --> 00:37:31,300 a better, more cultured person, but just curious as a genuine 702 00:37:31,300 --> 00:37:34,380 desire to, like, I want to know this person. I want to see them. 703 00:37:34,380 --> 00:37:38,460 Like, how. Tell me about your family. Like, tell me about kind 704 00:37:38,460 --> 00:37:41,740 of what dinners look like. Like, tell me about those aspects. 705 00:37:41,740 --> 00:37:44,379 Like, I think it's just such a beautiful thing that it makes you 706 00:37:44,379 --> 00:37:48,100 appreciate God and His creativity and his sovereignty more. 707 00:37:48,180 --> 00:37:48,580 Right? 708 00:37:48,820 --> 00:37:51,660 So I agree with you guys. So thank you guys so much for sharing 709 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:56,340 this delicious food. I'm gonna take this to go, but thank you guys 710 00:37:56,340 --> 00:37:59,330 so much for listening. Again. Here at Builder, we love and we're 711 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,760 cherish and celebrate diversity, but we also want you to 712 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:05,600 know that you are loved and you are seen by King Jesus, and we 713 00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:07,960 would just love to see you guys on a Sunday or a Wednesday.