"Opened by the Tran family in New Orleans East in 1982, Dong Phuong Restaurant and Bakery was one of New Orleans’s first Vietnamese restaurants, ushering in what is now a major part of the city’s cuisine identity. Dong Phuong is known as much for pho, banh mi sandwiches, and savory pastries as for its crackling-crust pistolettes favored for po’ boys at so many sandwich shops around the city. The bakery is also the city’s most popular favorite during carnival for king cakes." - Clair Lorell, Eater Staff