Vietnamese American Culture Analysis

Component #1: Inter-group Characteristics Attitudes, beliefs, and values The Asian American culture has seen a drastic increase in population between 2000 and 2010 and is characterized as, “one of the fastest growing racial and ethnic communities” (Humes et al., 2011). Asian’s found their way to America for economic and social status, financial stability, and family growth which are similar reasons they left their country of origin. Asian American’s are made up of much diversity, to which they are influenced by values and philosophies. The family is a significant part of the Asian community which naturally extends to multiple households.

Diversity Practicum #1 For my first diversity practicum outing, I went to Lalibela’s Ethiopian restaurant in Sioux Falls. I am typically adventurous when going out to eat to hole-in-the-wall restaurants like this, but this was definitely different. Upon first arrival, the place was empty except for a table of young adult males in the back who all stopped to stare at me when I got there. They soon returned to their conversation in a language was that was completely beyond me.

When Asian came to America— a place where full of unfamiliar faces, speak different language, have different belief and culture, how would they respond and adapt to these changes? This essay investigates on Asian American experience in terms of culture, racial discrimination, culture assimilation and confliction, and lost of identity through diverse motions in four Asian American poems- “Eating Alone”, “Eating Together”, and “Persimmons” by Li-Young Lee, and “The Lost Sister” by Cathy Song. From the motions or movement in the poems, we can further look into their life and feeling of being an Asian American. In “Eating Alone” and “Eating Together”, speaker would like to express his yearning towards his death father and convey the hierarchy of a Chinese family. In “Persimmons”, speaker claims his unfortunate childhood experience to carry out the theme of racial discrimination and culture

In a relaxing setting filled with dark wood furnishings, The Izaka-ya by Katsu-ya serves modern and elegant Japanese fare with fresh, quality ingredients. The ten-musu, shrimp tempura rice balls and the miso soup with nameko mushrooms are excellent choices for starting your meal. Popular seafood entrees include the creamy popcorn shrimp tempura, the lobster cooked with mushrooms and shrimp and topped with spicy dynamite sauce and the baked orange roughy shiogama with truffle. House specialties, such as the Okinawa style spare ribs and the Kobe tender loin with wasabi sauce, speak to Izaka-ya’s inventive and refreshing take on modern Japanese cuisine.

Yingci Chen English 0812 Tim Fitts 12 April 2016 A Hidden Vietnamese Community In South Philadelphia is where one of the largest Vietnamese community located. The community has a large population of Vietnamese restaurants, stores and markets. The heart of the Vietnamese community lies on the Sixth and Washington Ave, also known as the Little Saigon built by Vietnamese’s and spreads over Washington Ave. This Little Saigon was a place where Vietnamese unite and started during the Vietnam War.

In recent years Peru has become an internationally recognized gastronomic epicenter for fusion cuisine, named the world’s leading culinary destination by the World of Travel Awards. Peruvian Cuisine Recipes has taken off in the United States as well as around the world. The popular effects are being felt in Peru as well, as Lima experiences a growing gastronomic explosion. Peru 's geography yields diverse ingredients- abundant seafood from the coast, tropical fruits from the jungle, and unusual varieties of grains and potatoes from the Andes. It was inbound immigration into Peru that made their cuisine what it is today, but it was the Peruvian exodus of the 80s and 90s that spread our great flavors globally.

Cancer Healer fruit 10,000 Times More Powerful Than Chemotherapy   Soursop fruit has been researched and developed as a raw material medicines for cancer, particularly cancers of the prostate, pancreas, and lungs. A company in America willing to disburse billions of dollars in order to prove the efficacy of soursop as an effective cancer cell killer and much safer than the chemo therapy. Unfortunately, until now the drug is still kept secret. News about the secret of soursop fruit was later revealed and spread quickly through mailing lists. That information is certainly quite encouraging, especially for cancer patients and their families.

Culture of Vietnam SSG Duplantier, Robert Class 002-18 Instructor SFC Williams The idealists of the people of Vietnam is that of both of Communist and a bit of Democratic. Although the political structure of Vietnam is more sided of Communist. Whereas the president servers as the head of government in what is known as a one system party lead by the Communist party.

Being the second generation of a Hmong American caused complexities. Home consisted of strict traditional Hmong rules. Outside of home was an expression of freedom of the American life. Both have its own diversity. Balancing both felt as though sacrifices should be made.

Imagine dishes more flavorful than lo mein, more rich than General Tso’s chicken and dishes like sesame chicken but with more spice. This is what authentic Chinese food is. Chinese food has been around for a while. Some of the foods such as Zhōngguó hànbǎo (Chinese hamburgers) date all the way back to 200 B.C. Unfortunately, this means that there has been plenty of time for other people to try to take their style and try to claim it as their own(specifically Americans).