So, the husband promised to take us to the Vietnamese Community Lunar New Year celebration. Vietnamese New Year actually falls on the same day as the Chinese New Year. And last Friday was the start of the 2 days festival that according to the husband is a good place for food like Banh Thieu, Nem Nuong and grilled pork ball. We headed there early at 6pm and the stalls were already set up.
Unknowing to us, that was the official opening ceremony on stage and no wonder there were so many policemen there as later it was announced that the Premier, Anna Bligh and a few well known politicians were there as well.
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| stage area |
We headed straight for the food and was not disappointed. The Banh Tieu (hollow doughnut bun) that we had was so good when it is made fresh. Now I know why the husband loves the fresh ones over the one put on counter for a bit. The grilled pork ball was juicy and just the right flavour but the star of the night has to be the Nem Nuong which is the Beef wrapped in Leaves. That was out-rightly tasty and the combination of beef and the leaves has a awesome aroma to it as well. Then, we had fresh sugar cane to wash it all down.
Other food stall includes the pho (beef noodle soup) but we did not stay for that. Instead, we head to Tan Thanh for our dinner after the 'entree' at the festival.
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| Food for sale |
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| glorious nem nuong and pork balls |
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| fresh sugar cane juice |
Other than that, the festival also offers rides and other performances. One of it is the lion dance that we did not stay back for. Also,there were games as well that offer prizes like hit the tin cans. We stopped by the ANZ game stall as I was attracted to their Dragon money box. The game is to hit the target with the golf ball and initially I wanted to ask Thach to participate. But changed our mind afterwards when found out that they charge $2 for 3 tries (why does bank need to charge more money?)
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| The lion dance troupe |
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| Gina, Tasha & I |
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| The husband & I |
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| Thach with a politician (no idea who he is..) |
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| The ANZ dragon money box |
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| The golf game |
We headed off early for dinner after going two rounds at the oval. Agreed that it was a good adventure and hopefully we can also help to put up a stall next year for our church. Maybe not with fundraising with food, but it is a good avenue for people to get to know us at Inala and surrounding area.
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