VNSA Ta.p Pi'n Lu`

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Ca'i thread a^?m thu*.c ca`ng lu'c ca`ng so^i ddo^.ng va` dde? ra 
nhie^`u mo'n ngon cu~ng nhu* "va^.t la." nhi?. To^i dde^` nghi. ta 
go.i no' la` "VNSA Ta.p Pi'n Lu`" nghe cho no' ddu'ng ddie^.u. 
(ba<'t chu*o*'c cu. Vu*o*ng Ho^`ng Se^?n i' ma` :))

Nao`, chu'ng ta che'n tie^'p nhe'...

1. Go?i ca' so^'ng: O*? tha`nh pho^' New Orleans, tie^?u bang
Louisiana, co' hai la`ng VN chuye^n ve^` nghe^` dda'nh ca'.
(Chu*~ "la`ng" dda^y chi'nh la` chu*~ du`ng cu?a da^n cu* o*?
ddo' chu*' kho^ng phai? la` do to^i dda<.t ra dda^u) Go.i la`
la`ng la` vi` ho. so^'ng qua^y qua^`n vo*'i nhau trong mo^.t khu
chung cu* lo*'n. Vao` ddo' ca'c ba.n se~ tha^'y kho^ng khi' cha<?ng
kha'c nao` o*? VN. Con ni't cha.y cho*i dda^`y ddu*o*`ng, no'i tie^'ng
Vie^.t chi' choe', ra'c ru*o*?i tu`m lum, cho*. bu'a nho'm ho.p lo^.
thie^n, ddu? thu*' ca'c cai'... The^m nu*~a, da^n trong la`ng la` nhu*~ng 
ngu*o*`i cu`ng la`ng tu*` be^n VN. Tru*o*'c kia ho. o*? ngoa`i Ba<'c
(nghe dda^u Bu`i Chu Pha't Die^.m gi` ddo') na<m '54 ca? la`ng di cu* 
vo^ trong Nam la^.p nghie^.p o*? mie^`n Trung. Dde^'n '75 ca? dda'm la.i
di cu* the^m mo^.t la^`n nu*~a qua My~ va` ke'o nhau ve^` vung` bie^?n
Gulf of Mexico dde^? sinh so^'ng.

To^i co' ma^'y te^n ba.n la` da^n trong la`ng ne^n la^u la^u co'
ghe' cho*i va` a<n uo^'ng vo*'i ho. Mo^.t trong nhu*~ng di.p ddo'
to^i ddu*o*.c a<n qua mo'n go?i ca' so^'ng, tu*. tay tha<`ng ba.n
ddi dda'nh ca' ve^` va` la`m la^'y. La^u la<'m ro^`i ne^n to^i kho^ng
nho*' ro~ lo.ai ca' gi`, chi? nho*' la` co' thi'nh va` nhie^`u loa.i
rau tu*o*i, va<'t chanh le^n cho ca' chi'n, a<n cha^'m nu*o*'c ma<'m. 
Ngon mie^.ng vo^ cu`ng, a<n hoa`i kho^ng cha'n. Sushi kie^?u Nha^.t 
hay Dda.i Ha`n cu~ng kha', nhu*ng to^i la.i thi'ch a<n theo kie^?u 
ngu*o*`i mi`nh ho*n, co' le~ vi` the^m rau co? va`o no' ho*.p kha^?u 
vi. ho*n cha<ng?

2. Da^n la`ng cu~ng thu*o*`ng nha^.u thi.t cho'. La^`n dda^`u tie^n
trong ddo*`i to^i ddu*o*.c ne^'m mo'n na`y la` cu~ng ta.i no*i dda^y. 
Mi't ta o*? New Orleans no^?i tie^'ng ve^` chuye^.n na`y dde^'n ddo^~i
ngu*o*`i My~ o*? ddo' co' ca'i joke, go.i con cho' o*? East New Orleans
la` "Christmas Dinner"!! :))) Ca'c ho^. trong la`ng ga^`n nhu* nha` nao`
cu~ng co' mo^.t ma?nh vu*o*`n rie^ng dde^? tro^`ng ddu? thu*' rau ca?i,
nhie^`u nha` tro^`ng ca? la' mo* va` rie^`ng (dde^? la`m gi` thi` ca'c
ba'c cha<'c bie^'t ro^i`, khoi? phai? no'i :) Mo^~i khi to^i ghe' New
Orleans dde^`u ddu*o*.c che'n ca'i mo'n na`y.

Ky` ve^` VN to^i co' ghe' la`ng Nha^.t Ta^n nha^.u ma^'y tra^.n ca^`y
to*i bo*`i hoa la'. Mo^.t ho^m kia to^i ddang ddi lang thang ga^`n khu
Va<n Mie^'u thi` co' hai ba` cu. gia` ddi ngang, ba` nay` no'i vo*'i 
ba` kia: "Ca'i o^ng na`y ngu*o*`i Nha^.t!" To^i ni'n kho^ng ddu*o*.c, 
phai? quay la.i cu*o*`i le'm vo*'i hai ba` ma` ra<`ng, "Da. va^ng, 
Nha^.t Ta^n a^'y a.!" Phie^`n hai ba` cu. phai? ba^.t cu*o*`i 
ngoa<'t ngoe?o :)))

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No'i to'm la.i, o*? My~ ma` muo^'n a<n ddo^` bie^?n la`m theo kie^?u
VN thi` co' le~ chi? co' vu`ng Vi.nh Mexico la` dda^`y ddu? va` ddu'ng
ddie^.u nha^'t, vi` no*i dda^y ngu*o*`i da^n va^~n sinh hoa.t a<n uo^'ng
y nhu* be^n nha`. Ca'ch thu*'c na^'u va` gia vi. du`ng gio^'ng nhu* o*?
VN thi` dda~ dda`nh, nhu*ng the^m va`o ddo' la` ca'i "kho^ng khi'" VN 
bao tru`m nu*a~, ne^n co' le~ nho*` va^.y ma` to^i va^~n thi'ch a<n nha^.u
o*? dda^y ho*n trong ca'c nha` ha`ng hay o*? nhu*~ng no*i kha'c.

A` que^n, co`n mo^.t mo'n ma` ma^'y tay bo*.m du*o*'i na`y cu~ng hay 
la`m ddai~ mo^~i khi to^i ghe' cho*i la` tie^'t canh, ca'c ba'c cha<'c
a<n ma^'y mo'n na`y hoa`i chu*' gi`? (Vie^'t to*'i dda^y tu*. du*ng pha't
the`m ba'nh dda ngang xu*o*ng... Tho^i xin kie^'u nha' :))

Ciao,
Ian