After living in Southeast Asia almost seven years, I go by the golden rule: If you see pandan on a menu, order it ...

A visit to Dong Thap’s pandan rice cake maker unveils a story of tradition, resilience, and culinary artistry maintained over half a century. Tasting a warm bite of bánh đúc (pandan rice cake), ...

“In Vietnam, we use pandan in a lot of our traditional recipes,” says Lily Hoa Nguyen, co-founder and executive chef of restaurant chain Vietnamese Foodies. “We use it to cook rice or ...