Word: vong
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Once back on Don Det, head over to Mr. Vong's, on the island's south, and dine on the local specialty of mok pa - minced fish, steamed in banana leaves with the addition of glutinous rice and coconut milk, giving it a very soft consistency. The island's limited electricity supply - lights go out by 11 p.m. at the latest - puts curbs on nightlife. But you could always take a few bottles of Beer Lao back to your cabin and enjoy them by candlelight while the waves roll...
...fancy New York restaurants don't come cheap. Keller helped line up an all-star team: Masa Takayama from the $300-a-sitting Ginza Sushi-Ko in Los Angeles, Gray Kunz (Lespinasse in New York) and Charlie Trotter (Charlie Trotter's in Chicago). Jean-Georges Vongerichten (Jean Georges and Vong in New York) made up the fifth...
...Residents weren't going out, and many restaurants had to temporarily close their doors, lay off staff and hope that the virus was subdued before the beer went flat. Now the clatter of china and the clink of wineglasses can once more be heard around town at establishments like Vong, atop the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, and Kaetsu at the Grand Hyatt...