Quan 55 & Bar

If you visit Quan 55 in search of a traditional Vietnamese restaurant, you might just be disappointed. Quan 55 is all that and more. Wynn Huynh, who owns Quan 55 with her husband Thanh Tram, is the first to tell us that she has never felt confined by expectations. So, you should expect the unexpected! […]

Jimmy Wah’s

“Good morning, Vietnam!” Jimmy Wah’s brings a huge smile to our face. Not only is it a sideways nod to the local GI bar in the 1987 movie Good Morning, Vietnam, but its combination of talented owners – Jake Cooley, highly regarded former head chef of Social Eating House + Bar and Shelly Greaves, former […]

Can Tho Kitchen & Bar

“Memories framed on the wall last a lifetime in our hearts.” I’m really interested in the concept of others being ‘observers’ of our lives. Our close friends and family, who have known us for a long time, understand the hurdles we’ve vaulted or staggered over. They do not judge us at face value, but know […]

Pho VietNam

Pho. My eyes roll back, my nostrils flare, as I remember dusky evenings in Hanoi, food carts parked on street corners, diners sitting on crates, steaming bowls of soup propped in their laps. It’s hard to describe the layers of meaning in a good pho, achieved by hours of stewing and skimming beef flank, reusing […]