BBQ Joint Reviews
April 12, 2023
Brisket & Rice Is Twice as Nice
This Houston-area barbecue joint helmed by three family members serves brisket fried rice and nui xào bò from a gas station.
Vietnamese Americans
The Culture
December 31, 2020
In ‘House of Ho,’ a Vietnamese Immigrant Story Gets the Reality Show Treatment
The HBO Max docuseries, which centers on a wealthy Vietnamese American family in Houston, balances new-money sensibility with the unglamorous truths of being stuck between two cultures.
News & Politics
September 3, 2020
Why ‘Black Lives Matter’ Is So Divisive for Houston’s Vietnamese American Community
I’ve watched some of my elders espouse anti-Black hatred. Instead of blaming them, we should acknowledge the traumas that have shaped their views, and recognize the systems that failed us.
Style & Design
January 1, 1997
Trinh Pham
Why hire an architect, an interior designer, a graphic designer, and an image consultant when one person can do the whole job? That’s the idea 29-year-old Trinh Pham has been building on since she earned an architecture degree from the University of Houston in 1991. Her first big job had
Border & Immigration
May 31, 1976
The Newest Americans
Pity the poor Vietnamese: so far from home, so close to Beaumont.