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You think food in New Orleans, you think gumbo and po-boys, jambalaya and king cakes, muffulettas and Cajun crawfish.
Start thinking Vietnamese fare.
Vietnamese restaurants started cropping up in the 1970s to feed the immigrants who arrived in Louisiana post-war. There’s never been a shortage of Vietnamese fare.
But just in the past six months, five Vietnamese restaurants have opened in the triangle-shaped area of the city bordered by Magazine Street, St. Charles Avenue and Lee Circle.
Le Viet Cafe, Lilly’s Cafe, Pho Noi Viet, Magasin and Tamarind each set up shop within an Uptown-Downtown triangle bordered by Magazine Street, St. Charles Avenue and Lee Circle. Restaurant columnist Susan Langenhennig of The Times-Picayune in New Orleans shares the story of the restaurants and the chefs who run them: http://www.nola.com/dining/index.ssf/2012/05/post_11.html
