Stephanie Dinh, owner and chef of S Fine Dining restaurant in Westminster, CA, likes to keep up with the latest in Vietnamese food news. This morning, she sent me a piece from her local paper that features Charles Phan, James Beard Award recipient and owner and chef of Slanted Door restaurant in San Francisco.
Charles ventured southward to Little Saigon in Orange County (the Mecca for overseas Vietnamese Americans) for this article. He shopped with the writer for water spinach (rau muong), chayote, and lemongrass and explains their uses in the Vietnamese kitchen by demonstrating a few recipes.
