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Thai restaurant review–Ayada in Elmhurst

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I wrote this review on Yelp and figure that you guys might enjoy it as well.

Category: Thai
Neighborhood: Elmhurst

6/2/2011

The joy of mango and sticky riceYes, I know that it’s not like I can’t get mango and sticky rice anywhere else in NY, but what they do with their mango and sticky rice is just sublime. For those of you who think that eating rice as a dessert is just a bit overkill, think twice. Sweet sticky rice with ripe mango will take you to the never land. I tried to order sweet sticky rice with mango the last time I was there but they said that the mango was not ripe enough to serve. This only means that they are serious about the quality of their dessert. We ended up ordering taro custard instead and it was so delicious that my farang friends became a convert after eating a taro. Everything I tasted there has been pretty wonderful so I do recommend this place.

The Bilingual Advantage

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Having a young daughter myself, I struggle as a mother to teach my child to be bilingual (I guess trilingual for that matter). After all the years of teaching Thai to non-Thai speakers, Thai-Americans struggle the most in keeping their Thai language. Thai parents normally don’t think Thai will be useful to their children  or they think that knowing both English and Thai will make their children not being able to speak English properly. Some Thai- Americans that I met can read, but not to the point that they can hold a job in Thailand. My Thai-American students often encourage me to teach my child Thai since they feel that a part of their lives are lost because of their inability to communicate with their Thai grandparents and relatives.

According to the article, “The Bilingual Advantage,” bilingualism helps delay Alzheimer and enhance multitasking ability. The result of this research encourages me to continue raising  my child to be multilingual. It also answers my question why I feel my brain functions better whenever I take an interpreter project. It’s like tapping into the part of the brain that I don’t normally use.

Here is the link to the article The Bilingual Advantage 

 

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