1. Save used paper towels in order to wipe floors/spills.



2. Slippers. Slippers everywhere. We have more pairs of slippers than there are people in our family.



3. We don't use our dishwasher. My parents and grandparents prefer washing the dishes by hand even though it takes much more effort, I think it's because they'll know it's clean if they did it themselves.



4. I'm not sure if this is just a Vietnamese thing but every mom insists on giving her children a glass of milk before bed.



5. We cook a lot of our meals. My parents will eat out maybe once every 3 months if at all. My grandma (who lives with us) and my mom cook the majority of the meals that are eaten daily.



6. Again, I don't know if this is just a Vietnamese thing (can someone confirm?) but we do not like sweet things as much as an American would. For example, my mom would never be able to stomach a whole Snickers bar and I could never go through a whole packet of Starbursts. Some things are just too sweet for me to even eat (like Cheesecake).



7. Bowls. I never knew that it was weird to have so many bowls in my house until a friend who came over commented on it. We eat mainly from bowls and only occasionally on plates (which are usually used for serving).



8. Sriracha. Every Asian household has a bottle. It is the THE Asian condiment.



9. Rice for most (if not all) meals. It's cheap and easy to prepare. Right now, there are three 50 lb bags of rice in my pantry. The only reason I don't eat it for all meals is because it's a simple carb.



10. We turn red when we drink. It looks pretty hilarious actually.



11. We have a lot of get togethers (I just call them Asian parties) every week or so which usually include Karaoke.



12. Organization is important.



13. Almost every parent or grandparents knows how to administer traditional medicine whether it be tiger balm oil or that thing that I can only describe as "applying heat to bulby glass things then suctioning them on a person's back". It feels odd.



14. Chinese New Years! I love those red envelopes. For those not in the know, adults put money into these small little red envelopes and give them to children on Chinese New Years.



15. If your family is Buddhist, you'll have a small altar somewhere in your house with a statue of the Buddha (not the Budai) incense, and fruit.



These are just 15 things I thought of off the top of my head, I'll add more on my Laptop once my StayFocusd extension resets (grrrr). Let me know if these apply just to my race and I'll gladly fix it!