Dong Phuong Oriental Bakery

The bakery, along with the nearby Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church, were fixtures of the Vietnamese community in New Orleans even before surviving the devastation of Hurricane Katrina.

In the past, the James Beard Foundation has honored Mosca's, Willie Mae's Scotch House and Hansen's Sno-Bliz with the America's Classic award in New Orleans.

[3][4] Guidebook author Sara Roahen refers to the bakery as the Vietnamese Leidenheimer's, because Dong Phuong supplies bread for the area's banh mi makers.

[5] The bread is also used at the Borgne[6] and Tamarind restaurants, whose unusual banh mi offerings include cured lamb belly, slow braised pork, and sautéed shrimp marinated with crushed garlic and kaffir lime leaf.

[7] A New York Times Magazine article cast Dong Phuong among the best banh mi makers in the U.S. and one of the most unusual in the area east of downtown New Orleans on Chef Menteur Highway.