I grew up scarfing platefuls of banh cuon — rice noodle rolls — which my parents fashioned from freshly made rice sheets that they’d line with a pork, shrimp and mushroom mixture and then fold into ...

Banh Cuon Thang Long is a longstanding Vietnamese restaurant in Garland, part of the Cali Saigon Mall shopping center. The place is notoriously hard to find – it’s housed in a structure that doesn’t ...

The first taste of bánh cuốn led to a yearslong project of culinary discovery. By Bryan Washington My first bites of bánh cuốn were hardly intentional — they came from a banh mi shop tucked in Houston ...

The noodle sheets, traditionally steamed over cloth and rolled with finely minced fillings, are painstakingly made in restaurants and at an at-home cooking class in Southern California. By Tejal Rao ...

Banh cuon ("rolling cake") are tender rice-flour crêpes filled with a luscious mix of pork and mushrooms and topped with fried shallots. Marcia Kiesel, a former Food & Wine test kitchen supervisor, is ...

The literal translation of “banh cuon” is “rolled cakes,” but a more apt translation would be “holy cow, I need more of these, immediately, forever, wow.” Actually, that translation may only apply at ...

When I think of classic Vietnamese dishes, they are usually quite simple. There are the noodle soups such as pho, there are the rice vermicelli dishes, such as bun thit nuong, and there are rice ...

Vietnamese cuisine offers amazing flavorful dishes that are perfect for a quick weeknight family dinner. Vietnamese dishes are known for their fresh and healthy ingredients that are packed with flavor ...

The Eden Center—the dining mecca for expat Vietnamese—can feel labyrinthine even for those who aren’t novices. This charming cafe lies in one of its deepest corners, and it’s a testament to the ...

Photo by Sarah CallenderSquare foot for square foot, the Bánh Cuôn Hông Mai chain may be Orange County's most bountiful food operation, two near-closets in Santa Ana and Garden Grove that offer 150 ...

Rebecca Roland is the deputy editor of the Southern California/Southwest region, who covers the evolving landscape of LA’s food scene. After nearly a year of operating out of a stall inside Blossom ...