VIETNAMESE

Vietnamese culture in Houston lives through six pillars — 71 restaurants serving everything from $1 banh mi to regional family recipes most Houstonians have never tasted, 17 Buddhist temples where morning ceremonies and incense fill the silence before the city wakes up, a cafe culture built around the slow drip of a phin filter and egg coffee you won't find at any chain, grocery stores stocked with produce and herbal medicine that tell a thousand-year food history, community gathering spots like Sunday karaoke and Saigon Plaza where the culture comes together just to be together, and martial arts traditions rooted in Vietnamese heritage. This isn't a restaurant guide. It's a doorway into a living culture — and PYD builds the day plan that walks you through it.