Boiled Pork with Mustard Greens brings back many memories
Boiled pork with mustard greens. This is one of Hmong's well known traditional dish. Today when I see this dish. It reminds me of year 2005 when I went to Laos with my parents. It was the first dish that we ate when we arrived to one of my father's relatives village. The village was called Long-hay. My sister and brother in law who lived in Laos, in a town called 52 took us to Long-hay. It was a very very far drive, we woke up very early that morning. The sun didn't rise yet and we were already on our way. There, my brother in law drove us to the highest mountains where Long-hay was. There were no lights at all. I was shocked, mostly afraid. I was afraid we will get into an accident because the only light there was, was my brother in law's headlights! I don't know how he drove in the dark until the sun rise but I was amazed. Still amazed until this day because it wasn't just dark. We were going downhill, uphill and the roads were also curvy. The roads to get ...