{"id":27262,"date":"2022-11-17T16:46:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/?p=27262"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:24:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:24:28","slug":"vietnamese-cajun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/vietnamese-cajun\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 7 Favorite Vietnamese-Cajun Restaurants in New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whether you call it \u201cAsian Cajun\u201d or \u201cViet Cajun,\u201d it\u2019s no surprise that a mashup of Vietnamese and Cajun cuisines collided in and around New Orleans. It all goes back to 1975 when the Vietnam War\u2014or, as it\u2019s called in this Southeast Asian nation, the \u201cAmerican War\u201d\u2014came to an end. Tens of thousands of south Vietnamese fled and many of them ended up immigrating to the United States.<\/p>\n

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Many Vietnamese immigrants wound up in places like San Jose and Orange County, California, Orlando, Florida, and Houston, Texas. But they also settled in New Orleans. There are a lot of intriguing similarities between the Big Easy and southern Vietnam: they\u2019re both former French colonies, they both have a delta nearby, they\u2019re both rice-growing cultures, they both have a humid climate, and they both have rich culinary cultures.<\/p>\n

So, it makes sense that the cuisines of these two cultures would eventually marry. And that they did. Sprinkled around New Orleans are a plethora of Cajun shrimp boil restaurants that are run by Vietnamese. The difference between these and, say, the most traditional Cajun boil spots is in the seasoning: instead of the bold Cajun spices whacking your palate, the Vietnamese shrimp boils are more balanced, as is the proclivity of Vietnamese cuisine: equal parts bitter, sweet, sour, spicy, and salty.<\/p>\n

Whether you live in NOLA or are visiting, it\u2019s worth diving into the Vietnamese-Cajun scene. Here are some of the best spots to do just that.<\/p>\n

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