Delicious Homemade Lao Food (With Endless Oysters With Jeow Som) | Soma During Lao New Year 2022

[@LaoOcean]

April is Lao New Year month… a few more food, culture and Lao New Year videos will be coming soon! ✌️

[@sureok1196]

Love this. Thanks for sharing your culture. My son is 19 and his best friend from Kindergarten up to 9th grade was Lao. We are Black and I had never heard of Laos before them. One of the nicest families ever. My sons friend group was like a mini United Nations...lol

[@smileytow1925]

✌🏼that was a wonderful video Dennis! Thank you for sharing! ❤️💕

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you for watching!

[@1118blackstone]

Thank You for sharing and thank the ones around you who let you film. Very touching and greatly appreciated.

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you so much for watching!

[@kymysteries]

Very beautiful home and back yard! The Food Looked AWESOME!! Glad everyone had so much fun!

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you!

[@daisyrosario3438]

Love to see family and friends get together for any occasion. Greetings Dennis ! Keep safe !👋

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks Daisy!!

[@chipkloss]

This was absolutely amazing video. Thank you for sharing your family and tradition.

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for watching!

[@RedTXTaco817]

I am Lao and thank you for being traditional

[@williambrent7515]

Your family and your culture shine. Thank you

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you!

[@waxgrove1of1]

All the food looks so good! Would you happen to know they got those oysters!? They're big!

[@m.l.rhoneybee5611]

Thanks for sharing such a intimate family tradition/celebration! My family loves learning new cultural celebrations... I find some nations celebrate New Year in Spring since everything is becoming anew... but in traditional western culture New Year is winter when everything is dead... I much prefer a Spring New Year! Anyway Cheers to you and your family!

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for watching, virtual walking buddy!

[@gi169]

🍻 Nice Mr. Ocean. Thanks for sharing this Sir...✌

[@lifethroughmylens7324]

The foods look delicious and I’m hungry 🤤

[@alanlee6727]

Lots of good looking foods!

[@pattytracey3131]

Awesome family Dennis! Thanks for sharing with us. I learn so much from your vids!!!!

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks for watching!

[@pattytracey3131]

Happy New Year!!! What a beautiful feast!!!!

[@AkatsukiShadow]

Happy New Years! I wish you much more success and great health to your family and friends as well.

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@jessmendoza7945]

Hi! I was wondering if you remember where the ube cupcakes are from? My mother in law really wants them lol

[@brendaorozco1195]

That is so beautiful. I am curious does the elder extend blessings to the family during this festive ?

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you and yes, the gesture is reciprocated. 🙏🏼

[@lisack9192]

✌️Happy New Year! Love your channel

[@LaoOcean]

Thank you!

[@joyous8248]

Sabaidee brother & your beautiful family & friends.. wishing all a Happy Healthy New Year in 2022!!!! Btw food looks delicious!!! Miss eating Lao food & being w/ my Laotian family 😋.. Buddha bless 🙏🏽💐❤️✨🍾🎉

[@LaoOcean]

Sabaidee khon Lao! Thanks for stopping by and Happy Lao New Year to you and yours!

[@nickhubbard3671]

Good to hear some Lao language - I can decipher around 20%. Thanks for sharing the baci. Food looks great. Beer Lao ສີດຳ ດີ​ຫຼາຍ sok dii pii mai der!

[@LaoOcean]

That’s awesome that you can understand some Lao!

[@candismith4080]

What a wonderful family you have Dennis. I'm curious what the meaning of some of the men having 5 dollar bills tied on their wrists, is this part of the ceremony? I was hoping that maybe they all donated the cash to your Grandma, that would be cool.

[@LaoOcean]

So grandma gets a lot of hand ties (for well wishes) and sometimes money is included in the hand dies. Other people also receive hand ties. Grandma always gets the most, and she also receives cash gifts in envelopes as well.

[@candismith4080]

@@LaoOcean Oh that is so awesome. I truly believe that everyone should honor their grandparents in any way they can, your family did it great.

[@HolgerDanske]

Very beautiful house and ceremony. The food looked awesome. Unfortunately I have a severe shellfish allergy (shrimp, lobster, crab, oysters, clams, etc.) Otherwise it looks so delicious. Another great video .

[@LaoOcean]

Thanks a bunch for watching!

[@HolgerDanske]

@@LaoOcean I've been watching from the beginning.

[@eileenmacoll2532]

If some of the food was catered...Where did it come from?

[@LaoOcean]

Got them from various folks in the community.

[@gaybear5328]

You make me miss getting drunk with my dad! That curry crab look BOMB!

[@LaoOcean]

Join us! 🥂

[@gaybear5328]

I bet we are related! you from Vientiane?

[@LaoOcean]

@@gaybear5328 Hi cousin! 😂 I am from Vientiane!

[@Puna360]

What happened to Erik's leg???!!!

[@LaoOcean]

3 letters: Vic 😉