Family Ingredients

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

In this two-part episode we follow popular Hawaii Chef, Andrew Le, to Ho Chi Minh City not just to taste original Pho the national dish of Vietnam, but also to connect to his family roots. It is a return to the city that his parents fled in 1975, barely escaping the fall of Saigon.

Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh City

30s

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    Kaua’i Pa’akai (salt)

    S3 E4 - 25m 31s

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    Molokaʻi Poke

    S3 E3 - 25m 32s

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    California Smoked Fish

    S3 E2 - 25m 31s

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