Benny Lai, chef-owner of the Chinatown gem, Vietnam, and week-old Vietnam Café, the 32-seat West Philly outpost of the original, on staying true to his roots:

“I love to try different restaurants. Italian, Greek, Chinese. I love to eat, and I love to try everything, so that I can learn more from other people, and get better myself. But I don’t try to mix those foods with my food: If you like Chinese, then you go Chinese. If you Vietnamese, then you go Vietnamese. Those fusion places, you don’t know what you’re getting. I like Italian — traditional Italian — not those places where they cook Italian and Thai on the same plate. No, you won’t see that here.” — Christine Speer

Image, eatatvietnam.com

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