Perhaps Viet Town was planned for somewhere in the San Gabriel Valley. In the 1970s, realtor and investorFrederic Hsiehhad begun successfully promoting Monterey Park to wealthy investors in Taiwan, portraying — however unlikely — the then mostly white, middle class, mid-20th-century suburb as ...
When Japan surrendered in August 1945, the Communist-dominated nationalist organization called the Viet Minh staged the August Revolution and easily seized power. The last of the French-controlled Vietnamese emperors, Bao-dai, abdicated and Ho Chi Minh declared the independence of Vietnam, proclaimin...
I couldn’t find cardamom pods in my small town and knew that the ground would be too strong, so I simply omitted it. It’s still very good, but I’ll order cardamom pods online for my next attempt. Also, I used a pressure cooker and it was ready in about an hour (30 minutes u...
The stormy weather in Manila during the past week has influenced our menus, and we have been hankering for warm, comforting soups. And one of our favorite soups of all time has to be a Vietnamese Pho (sorry, can't figure out how to put the proper accent