Macanomnom

11/05/2025

Growing up in an Asian household, “I love you” wasn’t something we said out loud. In fact, I can’t ever remember hearing and saying those words at all as a child or teenager. Even hugging each other felt foreign and made me uncomfortable - which is strange because I could do it with other people but with family it just felt off.

Affection was shown differently from Mom - it was fruit cut up and put in front of me without asking, it was all the times I asked for something and was given it even though we didn’t have the funds, it was the cooking of congee and feeding it to me when I was sick even when I was grown enough to feed myself.

She didn’t express love with words, but through action and sacrifice.

The first time I ever really remember saying “I love you” out loud to my mother was when I was 18 and moved to a different state from her. I think that was the first time I remember her saying it to me as well. Speaking on the phone, we’d end the calls saying it to each other. Then when she moved to be closer to me, it stopped.

Of course she continued with the quiet gestures though. When I had gotten popular with my baking and was selling, she’d help me clean my trays, she’d package the macarons, she’d take pictures of all the boxes and post it on her Facebook so friends and family could see.

Now I’m 32 and as I’ve gotten older (especially during times like AAPI Heritage Month and Mother’s Day) I’ve been reflecting more on the beauty and strength in those quiet gestures. While I now understand and deeply appreciate these gestures, I’ve also felt a growing urge to tell her out loud that I love her more often and hug her.

Maybe it’s age, maybe it’s perspective, but I don’t want to let those words go unsaid for so long anymore. This Mother’s Day, I want to show appreciation the way she always has - through thoughtful actions - but I also want to speak the words she rarely heard growing up herself and give her the hugs she deserves. Because even though we come from a culture where love is often implied, there’s also something powerful in saying it out loud.

I love you, Mom! 🫶🏻

And Happy Mother’s Day to all those who celebrate 💐

21/04/2025

I just wanted to re-share this Saitama/Caped Baldy/ Easter mac I did in 2022 🐣

I lost most of my old videos in their original quality 🥲 Also I’ll be back to baking next month okay bye ily

06/07/2024

My Bridgerton-inspired macaron series wasn’t doing so well on Instagram (besides the very first video) due to the app just sucking and suppressing views for creators so I was getting frustrated and discouraged. 😞

But then Shonda Rhimes - the woman who brought Bridgerton to the screen, the woman who created some of the most awesome shows in history (Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder, Grey’s Anatomy) - liked my last two Bridgerton posts and even shared one to her story!!!!

Definitely made me feel much better 🥰

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I’m not sure why my reels haven’t been posting to Facebook too since it’s connected to my Instagram, but I’ll be sure to upload them here later. Thank you! 💜

03/07/2024

I really like how my Bridgerton-inspired macaron set came together 🤗

I think Instagram doesn’t like it though because they only pushed out my first video and then all the ones after were suppressed and probably this one too 🥲😮‍💨 but it’s okay (I’m telling myself that lol); it’s great to be back 🙃🙂‍↕️🤪

Of course I had to have my nails match the theme! Thank you to at / 💕



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22/01/2023

Obligatory annual Lunar New Year post with this same picture of me and 🥰🎊🏮🧧

Happy Lunar New Year to everyone that celebrates! I wish you a year of good fortune, good health, and much happiness! May this year bring you lots of ~live, laugh, love~ lol 😘

To all my rabbits/cats, I wish you a year without incident and hope that you receive more fortune than misfortune 🫡 Be careful, make wise decisions, and stay optimistic! It’s gonna be a rough ride for ya 🥹

Chúc mừng năm mới! Chúc mọi người tiền vô như nước sông Đà, tiền ra nhỏ giọt như cà phê phin 💰🤑 Dồi dào sức khỏe 😌💜

10/09/2022

Happy Mid-Autumn/Moon/Mooncake Festival! 🌝💖

These are from last year and I had filled them with an egg custard, Vietnamese coffee custard, and chocolate custard with chocolate sauce.

For Vietnamese people, this day is a holiday mainly for children 👧🏻 It’s the second largest celebration in Vietnam after Tết/Lunar New Year!

It was a way for parents to make up for lost time with their children after harvest season. After being away and working hard, they wanted to spend time with their kids as well as celebrate the harvest. It was held under the full moon, which represents fullness and prosperity of life.

It’s like Thanksgiving! …with a bit of touch of Halloween?? You’ll see children parading and playing in the streets with their toys and colorful lanterns. Lion dancers also are present for this day!

There are so many different tales/lore about this holiday. One involves a bunny which is why I made bunnies to add to these mooncakes. Another popular Viet tale is about a man named Chú Cuội (chú means uncle) who hung on to a magical banyan tree as it floated up to the moon. If you look closely at the full moon, you can see the shadow of a man sitting under a tree. The lanterns are to help light the way to earth for him from the moon. Obviously this is a verrrry much more condensed summarization of the story which I hope you’ll Google to read and learn more about!

The moon is beautiful on this day so enjoy it with your loved ones tonight! I’m taking my mama out for a nice dinner too 💜

30/08/2022

I just had to share this 🌽

First you get the corn. Then you get the butter. Then everything changes…

20/07/2022

And here are the photos that IG doesn’t care about anymore lol

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11/07/2022

Just gonna post this on my feed instead of stories because I don’t have content right now 😅

But also, this is for .baking 💜 She messaged me on Facebook 2 days after she first started the Subtle Asian Baking group on there 2 years ago and that’s how we met. I never look at my Facebook messages so it was a good thing I looked then! Congrats on your book and so proud and happy to see the community you’ve created grow and to be able to grow alongside you! 💜

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I’m sorry I couldn’t add captions to this because I don’t know how to since it’s not posted as a reel 🥺

10/07/2022

Another MacaNomNom achievement/milestone:

I got posted on the official Pixar Instagram today 🥰

24/06/2022

I quit being a nail tech to start baking only to start posting nails again 😂

Gonna start a series where whenever I paint my nails something more than just a simple color, I’ll do macarons that will match 🥰

Follow me on Pinterest too if you haven’t already! I know many of you have boards for nails so it’ll be easier for you to pin my nail pics! 💅🏼😘 Link in my bio!

You can take the Vietnamese girl out of the nail salon, but you can’t take the nail salon out of the Vietnamese girl 🤣

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22/06/2022

i guava-tate towards you 🥺👉🏼👈🏼

✨ Still can’t get over how yummy these cute lil’ guava and cheese pastelitos were 🤤 If you missed it, the recipe is provided in the post before this one! ✨

I love love love all fruits and guava is definitely one of my top favorites! Pink guavas are popular with Hispanic people, but Asians go more for the white guava.

Maybe because I’m aZn and grew up with my family eating it more, but I personally prefer the white because they’re a bit sweeter (weird to say for an Asian to prefer sweeter 🤣) and have less water content so there’s a nice crunch to it. 😚🤌🏼 Us Vietnamese love to eat it with chili salt 🤤🇻🇳 The pink ones are good, buuut white guava > pink guava isaidwhatisaidokaybye

Oh and I was surprised to see that so many people didn’t know where to find guava paste! It’s available at any major grocery store including Walmart and Target in the “international” aisle. Also, if you don’t like guava (I think you’re weird), you can easily just swap it out for any other fruit like strawberry for example 🤙🏼