Tiem banh mi lynda trang dai biography
Lynda sandwich menu.
How the “Vietnamese Madonna” Came to Own a Bánh Mì Shop in Little Saigon
This story comes to us from Lisa Morehouse and KCRW’s Independent Producer Project.
Tiem banh mi lynda trang dai biography
Lynda Trang Dai is the most glamorous proprietor of a sandwich shop I’ve ever seen. She sports stiletto heels, a short skirt, and perfect make-up — including false eyelashes. She’s also a bit of a diva. She makes me wait two hours to interview her!
Yet in between texts messages and phone calls she’s the one running to the kitchen — checking an industrial mixer as it churns a special sauce for the sandwiches.
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She’s the only one who knows the recipe.
Her shop, Lynda Sandwich, sits in the middle of a parking lot in a strip mall. Inside, though, it feels like a posh living room, with lush plants, brightly-painted murals of her idols like Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe, and a wide-screen TV playing the Food Network.
There’s also a wall of fame, with framed images of Vietnamese-American singers, but Lynda Trang Dai mig