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I'm very glad to be a Vietnamese person. besides these things above, not only we have those, but we also have many favorite dishes American people might haven't known as local foods represent for each part of different regions in Viet Nam. I really love VietNamese cuisine.

Before you feel like you're on the defensive, know that I am just itching to say some things to the readers of the Spartan Daily. Props to you for writing an article on my culture though; it shows awareness. Ahem, I am part of the young generation (if I have understood Mr. Nakanishi's definition of that correctly) and I do not imitate clothing from Korea/Taiwan; that's coming from a VN born who immigrated at 7. Onto avocado shakes... ahem, I hope no one thinks it's ethnic food; guesses are, it probably was some ingenious idea from somebody who had a fruit and a blender; just like I wouldn't say that Jamba Juice is an American dessert. Mr. William "Fan" (if that is his name that is misspelled from Phan) seems to give the impression that you could only get it at Vietnamese places or something; it may have just recently become more popular in VN than other countries we don't know about. And Do might know something about that, although I highly doubt his comment.. that filet-mignon noodle soup (pho) is any way a common-person food; unless we are comparing with what the king ate; or that he meant the food was common and not the people. Yes, pho is everywhere here; hence, its common-ness. And of course, we must remember that the cuisine ranges beyond chinese-french influence; that there is some accreditation to the ethnic Vietnamese for cooking his own food way before the foreign invasions. And last but not least, the war issue: yes I know elders who haven't moved on from the war. Evidently, (little saigon vs. city of san jose anyone?) it still is a part of some Vietnamese people. Maybe not for Professor Do but still for some others; or maybe I don't fully understand what he meant by his definition of "moved on".