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Meat pies and bitter melon: My Vietnamese-Australian childhood

Frozen foods are integral to my experience as a working-class Vietnamese-Australian, and I take pride in knowing that few outside Australia eat the same things.

Bitter melon — I did eat Vietnamese food that my mother cooked. It was the one link to Vietnamese culture that I never questioned. Source: Getty, Moment RF

Published 20 April 2018 12:46pm

Updated 28 July 2019 5:52pm

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