Reading bedtime stories: A touching essay about the fermented bamboo shoot dish from Nghe An province.

(Baonghean.vn) - Having grown up eating pickled bamboo shoots and knowing how to make them himself, Vy Phong's love for the dish has stayed with him throughout his life away from home. Whenever he receives a box of gifts from his mother, he feels like he's reunited with a dear friend. "That is my homeland. That is my love," Vy Phong writes. And so, pickled bamboo shoots, and the pickled bamboo shoot jar, have become a connection to his homeland, his childhood, his mother, and his roots.