Kim’s Seafood & Po’ Boy, a casual po’ boy and boiled crawfish spot that’s served Bossier City for 14 years, has completed a renovation and expanded their menu to include Vietnamese cuisine. Owner Duc Duong, who is Vietnamese, recently invited me over to show off some of his new menu …
To say that you don’t often encounter a menu like the one at The Cajun Asian (1964 Airline Drive, Bossier City) would be underselling it. I’ve never seen a menu like it. There are crawfish wontons, jambalaya egg rolls, fried rice étouffée, Vietnamese iced coffee and funnel cakes. On its Facebook …
If there’s anything that beats a good bánh mì sandwich – the popular Vietnamese sandwich that consists of grilled pork, chicken, Vietnamese ham and a ton of veggies – it’s two bánh mì sandwiches for the price of one. At Pho L’amour, a Vietnamese eatery located at 530 East Kings …
For an upcoming 318 Restaurant Week event at Bamboo Asian Café, Chef Frederick Ngo wanted to focus on pho. Ngo is Vietnamese, but his 36 years of experience as a chef have mostly accrued while cooking French and Italian cuisine in four- and five-star hotels. As a young man in …
Featured photo: Bamboo Asian Café opened on July 18, 2016 at Margaritaville Resort Casino Bossier City. The restaurant serves a mix of Vietnamese and Chinese cuisine. The latest addition to Shreveport-Bossier’s casino dining offerings, Bamboo Asian Café opened this week at Margaritaville Resort Casino in Bossier City. The restaurant is located …
Featured Photo: A bowl of spicy vermicelli noodle soup from Southern Phở. About halfway through my bowl of Bún bò Huế ($6 small, $10 large) during a recent visit to Southern Phở (2100 Benton Road, Suite D, Bossier City), I’m pretty sure that my spirit left my body. As I worked my way …
Featured photo: A combination bánh mì from All in the Phamily. One thing about the food and drink scene in Shreveport-Bossier: when change happens, it almost never happens at a slow, steady pace. The sudden proliferation of really good Vietnamese bánh mì sandwiches – served at only one or two places …
Featured photo: Chilean sea bass prepared in a traditional Vietnamese “clay pot” method by Chef Frederick Ngo of Jimmy’s Steak & Seafood. Photo by Jim Noetzel. Whenever I’m attempting to sum up what I find so special about Shreveport-Bossier’s food scene, I always end up circling the idea that this …
A Vietnamese bánh mi sandwich is a crispy French baguette stuffed with charbroiled pork, ham, herbs, liver paté and pickled vegetables. While extolling the virtues of these incredible sandwiches, I usually lose a certain percentage of people at “liver paté.” But please, trust me on this one: the paté is essential, both for …
Photo Note: Tommy Lee, an extremely talented Vietnamese chef who trained in New Orleans’ high-end Asian restaurants, prepares Vietnamese cuisine for customers at Noodle Bar. “It’s not as popular as pho, but it has an incredible flavor.” That’s how my server described Bún bò Huế, a spicy beef, lemongrass and noodle …
As frequent readers of the food posts here at 20×49.com will know already, I am a fan of the various styles of Asian cuisine. The variety of Asian food offerings available in Shreveport-Bossier has exploded in recent years, bringing new options like Vietnamese bahn mi sandwiches (available at Dahn’s Deli …
UPDATE AS OF 2/06/2014: Captain John’s Seafood (or John’s Seafood) no longer serves the Chinese Hot Pot-style soups that are the primary focus of this review. They also appear to have dramatically reduced the number of Vietnamese menu items that they offer. By the time I stepped into John’s Seafood, …
The next installment of the 20×49.com Dine-In series will be held at Louisiana Seafood and Pho Sai Gon, 273 E. 70th Street in Shreveport, 7 p.m., Saturday, March 16. All-inclusive cost will be $25 per person. This event has been limited to 15 participants at the request of the restaurant …
Fans of Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, take note: Shreveport City Councilman Jeff Everson has informed me that a restaurant we both love has re-opened in Shreveport. Goldenland Superior, formerly located at 7460 Youree Drive in Shreveport, has re-opened on the ground floor of Motor Hotel, located at 729 Jordan Street …
You know you’re in Louisiana when you’re sitting in a Vietnamese restaurant that was a MetroPCS payment center the last time you drove past, eyeballing a menu that lists a possibly (but most likely not) Spongebob Squarepants-inspired dish called squid and pineapple alongside gar and buffalo fish baskets (the Houma …
For those who love to take their time poring over a lengthy, option-filled menu, the menu at Pho Bowl (1605 Benton Road, Bossier City, LA) may come as a bit of a shock. The entire menu consists of two items: the Vietnamese noodle soup pho ($8) and homemade egg rolls …
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Barksdale Boulevard is quickly becoming a vital nexus of authentic, creatively-presented international cuisine in Shreveport-Bossier. Restaurants like Mariscos La Jaibita and the Bossier City location of Dahn’s Garden are thriving alongside comfort food cafes. Bahn Mi Sliders (pictured above) have officially …
The first time I ate at the tiny restaurant that is now called T.S. Noodle House, it was called Town South Food & Wine and Pho Beef Noodle Soup Crawfish and Oyster, which is easily the strangest name I’ve ever seen printed on a menu. I wrote about that experience …
