Kim Sơn (restaurant)

[citation needed] On August 16, 1980, the family arrived in the United States by boat; pirates had attacked their group in the South Pacific during their voyage.

The chain has become one of the best known restaurants in the state of Texas and has received accolades from magazines such as Bon Appetit, Esquire, and Food & Wine.

[5] The September 1995 issue of Bon Appetit featured Kim Sơn in an article about ethnic restaurants in the United States.

[6] The October 1998 issue of Gourmet's reader's choice restaurant awards ranked Kim Sơn as having the "Best Value" in the Houston and New Orleans areas.

[7] (The New Orleans-area restaurant, established in Gretna on the West Bank of the Mississippi River in 1988 by Tina Dieu, closed in 2018.

[10] In 2005, the La family opened Asia in conjunction with the new L’Auberge du Lac Hotel & Casino in Lake Charles, Louisiana.