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Moa Moa Pasta Club, opened on the 6th floor of an old apartment in District 1, Ho Chi Minh. We introduce the Italian spot whose combination of hand-pulled pasta made in a glass-walled noodle workshop and burrata is a talking point.

Yakiuo Ishikawa Saigon, a "grilled-fish barbecue" specialty shop from Tsukiji, has opened its second location in Thao Dien. Using no meat, its omakase of grilling sashimi-grade seafood at the table can be enjoyed from 1 million VND.

In U.S. Food & Wine magazine's 2026 edition of the "World's Best Restaurants," Vancouver's Vietnamese restaurant Lunch Lady ranked ninth. The only Canadian entry, we trace the trajectory of a Ho Chi Minh street stall blossoming in North America.

Chi Mo, opened in Thao Dien, Ho Chi Minh City. It offers three kinds of pho broth: northern clear, northern rich, and southern. We report the menu, prices, and opening hours of chef Khang.

ZAO Vietnamese Rooted Eatery in Hanoi's Old Quarter. The full menu and access of this novel restaurant, by French-trained chef Cuong, using Vietnamese coastal ingredients.

"LuLi's Skyview Bar," opened by Frenchman Timothée Rousselin and his Vietnamese wife Eley on a 6th-floor rooftop in District 1. Why his mother-in-law's home cooking made 95% of the customers foreigners.

The Vietnamese restaurant "Ngon," which won a Michelin Bib Gourmand two years running in Dallas, opens in NY's East Village at 85 2nd Ave in summer 2026. The challenge of Hanoi-born Carol Nguyen.

In a back-alley villa in District 1, Ho Chi Minh, former Esta head chef Long Cuong opened a 12-course counter, "Vore." Details of a tasting menu that deconstructs and reconstructs Vietnamese ingredients.

Jonathan Koh, fourth-generation of a Singaporean culinary family, opened the fine-dining "VOYAGE" in District 2, HCMC. The full picture of a tasting menu composed of French training x Da Lat ingredients.

Nick DiGiovanni, with 50 million TikTok followers, experienced 55,000-VND (about 324-yen) waterfall chicken at the back-alley "Su Su" in District 1, Ho Chi Minh. The full story of the cooking method that racked up 17 million views.