During tet (Luner New Year) this year, I was sick as a dog and desperately craving banh chung—a sticky rice cake filled with meat, pork fat, and mung bean paste wrapped-up in banana leaves. I couldn’t get my hands on on…

August 2 and 15, 2007 Cuisine: Vietnamese252/68B Ly Chinh Thang Street Ward 9, District 3, Ho Chi Minh CityPhone: (08) 9312975 Website: none--Banh Beo (12,000 VND)Cha Gio (15,000 VND)Bun Mam (15,000 VND)Mi Quan (15,000 V…

My brother sent me an interesting piece from the New York Times the other day about Mangosteens:Don’t be surprised if you see a round purple fruit in a locked jewel case at the grocery. Small shipments of fresh mangostee…

August 1, 2007 Cuisine: Vietnamese65 Tu Xuong Street Ward 7 District 3Phone: 9321099 Website: none--Goi Cuong - summer rolls filled with shrimp, pork, rice vermicelli, basil, mint and a hoison dipping sauce (15,000 VND)C…