Pandan Leaves Meet French Pastry at Cà Phê Dá

You only have to look at the crispy baguettes in Vietnamese báhn mì to see the French Colonial influence on Southeast Asian cuisine, but the pastry case at Chicago’s Cà Phê Dá tells so much more of the story. “Because the French colonized Vietnam for almost 100 years, Vietnamese and Southeast Asian pastry takes nods from French pastry technique and traditions,” says Thai Dang, owner and executive...