Being Vietnamese, food is actually a big part of our culture.  And that's because it brings the family together.  What I mean by this is the foods that we have, such as pho, which is rice beef noodles, or we have laos, which is hot pot.  Most of these consist of just a big pot that we take out into separate dishes and eat on one big table.  In that way we are able to communicate with our other family members and share that respect that we have to each other.