A Taste of Tết Tradition – Making Bánh Chưng together for Lunar New Year #vuitetcotruyen #banhchung #vietnamesefood

Good morning I got her—she's got lá rong seaweed leaves It's an ingredient used to make Vietnamese bánh trưng a special cake for our Lunar New Year celebration Vietnamese seaweed Vietnamese sticky rice cake Vietnamese sticky rice cake Vietnamese seaweed Okay Hello Come on let's go take a look She's so funny Vietnamese square rice cake Vietnamese seaweed Ready Let's go Every time I touch the screen something magical happens Everyone here is getting ready to make Trưng cake—actually we're making it right now Trưng cake is a traditional Vietnamese dessert Lunar New Year is Vietnam’s biggest holiday when everyone comes together— family friends neighbors—and here at our friend’s café this is our friend’s café The exquisite bamboo decoration We should pitch a tent here Lay down the mat and begin making trưng cake right on the street so everyone passing by can see what we're doing This guy even went live on stream It's a chili pepper She's showing it's pepper Alright So how do you make trưng cake What are the ingredients Here we have rice Sticky rice Vietnamese sticky rice Grown in Vietnam We soak this rice in water for approximately 8 hours to make it moist soft easier to cook and longer-lasting Also that's mung beans soaked in water for 8 hours This is pork lips Sorry not pork lips Pork Meat From the belly section That’s where it gets both the meat and the fat They add salt pepper and fish sauce Then let it sit for hours to marinate the meat Do not marinate What's the word for that You know To get the spices to meld into the meat And they have to use the frame Can you hand me the frame I need to borrow it This is the square mold used to shape the trưng cake And there is a leaf Lá dông Dong leaf grown in Vietnam To give it protection color and a pleasant aroma He said "Give it back to me " You can see how they do it They'll shape the leaf here then layer on different ingredients —first white sticky rice then mung beans followed by pork We wait to see his face Hi Pork Do you eat pork Yes How many pieces would you like Two pieces Then another layer of mung beans Then rice Then a leaf again And finally We secure it with this bamboo -made strap Extremely flexible Then we got the trưng cake just like this Done Square nice Smells good Then place it in that pot add water and cook for 11 or 12 hours over wood So many people here are making trưng cake for the first time I asked them earlier Some said it's their first time in 50 years In 60 years And for her in 70 years Can you imagine she’s already 70 years old Can you see how young she still looks Oh my goodness I wish I could look like that in 70 years Alright everyone So much energy here So many things happening Everyone with their phones Excited And laugh and talk This is how we celebrate Tet Lunar New Year together We cook side by side We chat connect and spend time together Healing shining united Especially through traditional cultural practices to reconnect with our roots Spread kindness and express our gratitude to our ancestors to our family friends teachers neighbors and to our boss Parents children everyone And our country Vietnam Kindness Welcome to Vietnam Join us in celebrating Tet the Lunar New Year Everyone who comes here can enjoy it for free And we’re pretty sure that wherever you go you’ll see Vietnamese families cooking making bánh chưng just like this You can easily blend in—just come and ask Can I do something for you Or just smile They’ll invite you to join them Always free Because this is Vietnamese style We are Vietnamese And we love hospitality Sharing kindness This contest is online The Traditional Lunar New Year Celebration Contest This is an online contest Open to everyone to share the joy of Tet the Lunar New Year Tet peace is enough A peaceful Tet is enough You may not have much money or material things but if you have peace in your heart you have kindness Then it's a great Tet Take a photo with this standee here when you visit the cafe Then scan the QR code and submit it to the contest Share your Tet moment Connect with the community And yes Maybe win a prize Like this little gift You can have a charming decoration to hang on your plants at home Flowers plants Or the house Okay that's it Now take a quick look at the café This is the exterior Very relaxed This is indoors Ground floor Decorated with bamboo The café is called Bobon Bobon is a unique kind of coffee The owner loves it Bobon coffee 3 Nguyen Trong Thuan Street Hai Duong Hai Phap See you all Thank you for watching this video Now I need to take a photo If I want to win this prize then do it like this—be in the picture with me and we can share the prize together Thank you for watching Be kind be cool Everyone everywhere We love you I'm Thảo from Vietnam Kindness Be kind and love See you guys Yes the train is always in our hearts Welcome to Vietnam