{"id":85165,"date":"2026-09-15T18:19:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85165"},"modified":"2026-09-15T18:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T10:19:23","slug":"how-a-vietnamese-chef-is-turning-family-favourites-into-michelin-starred-feasts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=85165","title":{"rendered":"How a Vietnamese chef is turning family favourites into Michelin-starred feasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/15\/13e8e8ff-b772-4f97-b3a6-c1b7526a01c5_ce100895.jpg?itok=rx9FSqAw&amp;v=1789444983\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Even after winning a Michelin star for his restaurant, Upstairs Tasting Room in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest source of chef Hiep Truong\u2019s inspiration remains the same: his mother and the family table.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The dish closest to his heart \u2013 the one that reminds him most of home \u2013 is the <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">vit hon<\/em>, a traditional Central Vietnamese dish where duck meat is braised with lemongrass, turmeric, coconut water and fermented shrimp paste.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">At his intimate tasting room in the Vietnamese city, the duck is dry-aged for 21 days, grilled over charcoal and served with peanuts, house-made duck sausage and wild fig.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The rest of Truong\u2019s menu holds the same familial warmth, drawing on childhood favourites and shaping them into 13 fine-dining courses. His current favourite is <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">hen xuc banh da<\/em> \u2013 stir-fried clams with laksa leaf, served on a rice cracker as a tartlet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3367431\/how-vietnamese-chef-turning-family-favourites-michelin-starred-feasts?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even after winning a Michelin star for his restaurant, Upstairs Tasting Room in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest source of chef Hiep Truong\u2019s inspiration&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[809,238,6409,15963,21652,6213,7662],"class_list":["post-85165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-chef","tag-family","tag-favourites","tag-feasts","tag-michelinstarred","tag-turning","tag-vietnamese","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=85165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/85166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=85165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=85165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=85165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}