{"id":8358,"date":"2012-01-23T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T17:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=8358"},"modified":"2021-02-08T19:21:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T03:21:24","slug":"tet-traditions-and-the-lunar-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/tet-traditions-and-the-lunar-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Tet Traditions and the Lunar New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Each year when celebrations for the Lunar New Year begin in Orange County, I’m reminded of the cultural tour I took of Little Saigon with my friend Monique to learn about Tet traditions during the Lunar New Year.<\/span><\/p>\n We met at the ABC Supermarket shopping center at Bolsa<\/span>and Brookhurst in what’s known as Little Saigon in Westminster. The Lunar New Year is the most important holiday in Vietnamese culture and its traditions are passed down from one generation to the next.<\/p>\n Always curious about the foods that play an important role in cultural traditions, I attended a cooking demonstration by Chef Haley Nguyen of Xanh Bistro<\/a> in Fountain Valley, CA, where I learned about the legend behind Banh Chung, how the rice cakes are made, and how it became a symbol of Tet.<\/p>\n