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Viet-Thai Taste owner holds cultural feast to bring luck to Newton’s newest, yet-to-be-opened restaurant

Theresa Hoang, proprietor of the upcoming Newton restaurant Viet-Thai Taste, carves into a barbecued pig during a Saturday afternoon celebratory feast. Hoang said the pork meal was to provide good luck to the new business at 115 W. Second St. S. (Christopher Braunschweig)

Theresa Hoang, proprietor of the upcoming Newton restaurant Viet-Thai Taste, carves into a barbecued pig during a Saturday afternoon celebratory feast. Hoang said the pork meal was to provide good luck to the new business at 115 W. Second St. S. (Christopher Braunschweig)

Theresa Hoang, proprietor of the upcoming Newton restaurant Viet-Thai Taste, carves into a barbecued pig alongside friends and members of her family during a Saturday afternoon celebratory feast. Hoang said the pork meal was to provide good luck to the new business at 115 W. Second St. S. (Christopher Braunschweig)

Theresa Hoang, proprietor of the upcoming Newton restaurant Viet-Thai Taste, carves into a barbecued pig during a Saturday afternoon celebratory feast. Hoang said the pork meal was to provide good luck to the new business at 115 W. Second St. S. (Christopher Braunschweig)

Spring rolls were served to guests during a Saturday afternoon celebratory feast at Viet-Thai Taste, an upcoming Vietnamese and Thai restaurant in Newton. (Christopher Braunschweig)