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    Where To Eat Asian Food In Paris

    Despite France’s colonial past, Paris hasn’t always been the place for great Vietnamese food. Recently, that’s started to change, and it’s now possible to find a world-class bowl of pho, as well as other Southeast Asian specialties, at a number of restaurants around the city.The culinary exchange between Asia and Paris over the past decade or…
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    Where To Eat Southeast Asian Food In Philadelphia

    Geographically speaking, the streets of South Philadelphia couldn’t be farther from the South China Sea. But since the 1970s, there’s been a steady influx of Southeast Asians to the city, steadily shaping the culinary scene into something of a beautiful anomaly.The City of Brotherly Love is now home to the second-largest Indonesian population and the…
  • I Ate Tarantulas In Cambodia. And Liked It.

    The bootleg copy of Lonely Planet Cambodia I picked up in Ho Chi Minh City while bumming around Southeast Asia this past spring had a small article on spiders. Eating arachnids is popular in a town called Skuon, I learned, a frequent stop for buses between the capital city of Phnom Penh and the temples…
  • Cambodian Sangria Recipe

    Cambodian Sangria Recipe

    We're slightly obsessed with the fare at Num Pang Sandwich Shop — thanks to owners Ratha Chaupoly and Ben Daitz, our favorite meatball sub in the city happens to be Cambodian. To go with their fresh offerings (by the way, try their seasonal peach and bacon sandwich while it's around), Cambodian sangria is the way…
  • Num Pang Hoisin Veal Meatball Sandwich

    Italian food fans (and Jersey Shore habitués) don't have a monopoly on the meatball sandwich. Our Southeast Asian friends make a damned tasty one too, subbing out gooey mozzarella and tangy tomato for crunchy pickled carrots and spicy chili mayonnaise. That's why Food Republic, where we're always striving for global equality, has chosen this Cambodian…
  • Num Pang Veal Meatball Sandwich Recipe

    Num Pang Veal Meatball Sandwich Recipe

    The Food Republic site has only been live for like a day, and we're already going on and on about meatballs. Oh well, can you blame us? At least we're trying to diversify: We hit up the chefs at NYC favorite Num Pang for their recipe for a Cambodian veal meatball sandwich. It's got little…