Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Vietnam

Chef Tung Phan launches Camille pop-up, Orlando’s Only Modern Vietnamese Chef’s Table Experience

Orlando recently got its first modern French-Vietnamese pop-up, served Chef’s table-style at Audubon Park's East End Market. Camille, an intimate eight-seat Chef-to-guest dining experience led by Chef...

First Look: Paris Banh Mi Café Bakery opens in the Mills 50 District

For Hien & Doan Tran, after many years of pondering about having their own café bakery so that they can bake their fine French...

Sneak Peek of Hawkers’ New Menu Items Debuting This Wednesday

At Hawkers, the founders Kaleb Harrell, Allen Lo, Wayne Yung and Kin Ho - all traveled the world to curate a menu of handed-down...

TastyChomps TRIVIA – Vietnam Scenes – What is this red fruit?

While in Phan Thiet, in south Vietnam, we came across miles and miles of these fruit trees. The fruit were picked and laid out...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Street Scenes from Sa Dec, Vietnam

Sa Dec is a city in the province of Dong Thap, about 2 and a half hours away from Saigon. It's my dad's hometown...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Street food in Sa déc, Vietnam

River in Sa déc, Vietnam - This is the river my father swam in as a child during the hot summer months. My grandfather would...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Banh Mi Bread man

This man sells banh mi (french baguette style bread) early in the mornings in Sa Dec, Vietnam. He sells them for 5000 dong for...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Travelling to Kinh Nuoc Man and Binh Dai, Vietnam

In Vietnam, I spent several days trekking out to the rice field laden countryside to visit the ancestral homes (que huong) of my grandparents:...

Vietnam – Summer 2011 – Prosperity and Poverty

No doubt in these past ten years, Vietnam has enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity as their government has moved towards a market economy, while...

Vietnamese Street food – Banh Bot Chien

Banh Bot Chien is actually a food with Chinese roots (Chiuchow or Trieu Chau). It literally means fried powder cake, a rice flour cake...










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