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9616 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX 78753 (512) 821-0396 http://www.lesoleilrestaurant.com For more Wordless Wednesdays from others, click here.

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Have I mentioned Totes Awesome Channel here yet? A couple of weeks ago, 4 awesome bloggers and I started a Youtube channel. We will typically be vlogging around a theme each week. Last week, we vlogged about our ideal meals. Here’s my vlog from last week. Youtube Link In case you don’t have video capabilities, [...]

One of my new year’s resolutions is to try my hands at 10 Vietnamese recipes. I’m of Vietnamese descent and am almost too embarrassed to admit that the only Vietnamese dishes I’ve made were just my piggyback riding on my mom’s cooking. The mental roadblock that has kept me from just diving in, is that [...]

12225 Westheimer Rd Houston, TX 77077 (281) 497-4897 TheBurgerGuys.com ** All the photos used in this post are credited to my talented friend and eating buddy, Thomas Chen. The last time I was in Houston, Thomas’s brother, Willis, founder and president of a Houston eating and events group, Skissors, suggested we eat at Burger Guys. [...]

This passage made me miss my parents. Everything Anthony Bourdain said about dedication, pride, family, struggle are the qualities my parents embody and have modeled to me. Maybe one day I will share a bit of my parents’ story about their journey over here. About their life pre and post Vietnam. It has a lot [...]

This week’s FFD is a video blog. I’ve only made one once before, so I’m still a video neophyte. The video below was my first and only take. Had my roomie not come home so soon, I would have maybe tried a few more times to speak slower, corrected myself when I said “minced”, the [...]

I just started reading my first Anthony Bourdain book (A Cook’s Tour) and when I came across this passage describing eating pho in Saigon, I found myself salivating. I’ve only been to Vietnam (my parent’s homeland) twice in my lifetime thus far and the last time I was 15. In this passage, not only is [...]

Every time I go to Houston, my mom makes a huge pot of bún riêu for me and I eat it for every single meal I have at home. My schedule is usually as follows: Friday night get into Houston. Eat a bowl of bún riêu . Stay up late either at home or out [...]

10901 N Lamar Blvd Austin, TX 78753 (512) 837-9100 My favorite banh mi place (Cafe de Bella) closed down. Traditionally, banh mi’s are made with French bread or baguettes and since I have lock jaw or TMJ, it’s usually painful on my jaw (though worth it!) to eat Vietnamese sandwiches. Cafe de Bella had a [...]