Most of the specialty items needed to prepare Vietnamese recipes can be found at the following Asian and Vietnamese groceries.

Austin

Lien, Huong Oriental Market, 8610 N. Lamar, 512-835-9618.
My Thanh Oriental Market, 7435 N. Lamar, 454-4804.
Say Hi, 5249 Burnet Road, 453-1411.

Dallas

Asian Grocery, 9191 Forest Lane, 214-235-3038.
Laos Store, 4536 Bryan, 821-2878.
Siam Groceries, 2636 N. Fitzhugh, 823-8676

Houston

First Oriental Seafood Market, 8880 Bellaire Boulevard, 713-995-9508.
Hoa Binh Supermarket, 2800 Travis 520-9558.
Kim Hung Supermarket, 12320 Bellaire Boulevard, 568-3040, and 2012 McKinney (with seafood market), 224-6026.
Vietnam Plaza Meat Market, 1700 Webster, 652-4011.

San Antonio

Arirang Oriental Food and Gifts, 2144 Austin Highway, 512-653-5433.
Tim’s Oriental and Seafood Market, 7015 Bandera, 523-1688.