Mama Hoa's Specialty Vietnamese Cuisine

When Hoa was a new mother with a young child, she fled Saigon for America during the Vietnam War. Her husband was sent to a re-education camp in Vietnam and Hoa began her life in America, never to see her husband again.

With the help of her dear friend from church, Chloe Lawry (my mother) Hoa learned English. Hoa was fluent in French so Chloe taught Hoa English by speaking French. Hoa was a close family friend for many years beginning in the 1980s. Hoa enjoyed lovingly preparing and s…