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Ana Mandara's Chef Khai and
the ACA's Chefs Without Borders raise funds at
the Anti-Human Trafficking Gala |
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Click Here for Cheryl Jennings' in-depth
story and interview with Chef Khai:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/assignment_7&id=6030681
View downloadable PDF:
click here
(Copyright 2008 KGO-TV/DT.
All Rights Reserved.)
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Chef Khai and the Asian Chef's Association's
Chefs Without Borders raised $118,000 at the
Anti-Human Trafficking Gala on March 21, 2008.
The money will go to prevention work in
education, vocational training and scholarship
for little girls and boys in Southeast Asia
through the Give 2 Asia Foundation.
"Human Trafficking - Food for Thought?"
New America Media, Mike Siv and Andrew Lam,
Posted: May 03, 2008
Editor's Note: Human trafficking has
become an epidemic. Often tricked into believing
they will be given legitimate work, women and
children soon find themselves caught in a web of
exploitation and deceit, ending up in the sex
trade, which generates...
Click Here For Full Story:
http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=bf31d74684368e5c7ec0f6f6bfa34e54
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Ana Mandara Featured in San
Francisco Chronicle's "Bar Bites" |
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Chronicle / Kim Komenich |
"Bar Bites," story by Lynne Char Bennett
Thursday, January 10, 2008.
Ana Mandara - which refers to a 700-year-old
legend and love story and translates to
"beautiful refuge" - is often referred to as
"the restaurant Don Johnson owns." But the draw
is executive chef Khai Duong's modern,
sophisticated, French-influenced Vietnamese
cuisine, not a potential celebrity sighting...
Click Here For Full Story:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/01/10/NS0UUALPC.DTL
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Jacques Pépin dines at Ana
Mandara, with KQED's food production staff |
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Ana Mandara featured on the
October 12, 2007 episode of KQED 's "Check, Please!" |
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Reviewers praised Chef Khai's innovative cuisine and agreed it
is one of the most romantic spots in San Francisco...truly a
beautiful refuge.
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Read more and watch episode online
at:
Check, Please! Bay Area -
http://blogs.kqed.org/food
Read archived reviews:
http://blogs.kqed.org/food/?p=331 |
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"What to Sip" by Leslie Sbracco, Host of "Check,
Please!"
The marriage of Ana Mandara's dramatic decor with its
fresh, flavorful fare is echoed in the eatery's excellent wine
list. Its lengthy and offers a wide selection of fairly priced
wines, well tailored to the Vietnamese cuisine. I respect any
list that delivers half-bottle options (a lunchtime favorite)
and this one does. Don't miss the crisp, off-dry Selbach-Oster
Riesling from Germany ($29, half) or Sonoma star, Merry Edwards,
Pinot Noir ($32, half). Organized by style ranging from aromatic
whites to light reds and Mediterranean blends, you cant go wrong
with any selection. |
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Ana Mandara's Chef Khai Duong
featured in the cover story of Chef Magazine |
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"BEAUTIFUL
REFUGE":
September 2007, Southeast Asian Cuisine Issue |
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Khai Duong finds balance between
tradition and modern Asian cooking
"In 2000, Khai Duong opened his San Francisco-based Ana
Mandara Restaurant -- or "beautiful refuge" -- with partners Don
Johnson and Cheech Marin to serve modern Vietnamese cuisine.
But what defines modern Vietnamese cuisine?..."
[Click here to read
article (pdf)]
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Ana Mandara Sommelier, Joanna
Breslin, Featured in "CONNOISSEURS CORNER" |
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Chef Khai Duong of Ana Mandara San Francisco at
Indochine
1929 |
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Indochine
Evening presented by The Asian Chefs Association and Ana Mandara |
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Conan O'Brien Show & NBC
Party at Ana Mandara |
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When the
Conan O'Brien Show came to San Francisco the week of May 1st,
NBC threw a party at Ana Mandara's Cham Bar.
Conan towered above the crowd, folks posed next to a life-sized
cut-out of him long after he had left. On the last night of the
show on Friday, May 4th, he stated, "Ana Mandara had great food,
great service, the only terrible thing was the dirty water
across the street."
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Chef Khai
Featured in the July 2007 Issue of Global Traveler's Bon Vivant
Section |
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Bon Vivant
Divine Inspiration
by Lisa Matte
Executive Chef Khai Duong of Ana Mandara in San Francisco
unites flavors with spectacular results...
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Chef Khai
Featured in April's New Asia Cuisine |
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Chef Khai Duong
is beloved by Vietnamese cuisine aficionados for his
marriage of traditional Southeast Asian recipes with
classic French techniques, thanks to his studies at Le
Cordon Bleu...
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Ana Mandara
featured in 7x7 magazine's Ultimate Listings Dining Guide for Spring
2007 |
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Chef Khai
Duong Awarded 2006 Walk of Fame Award by the California Culinary
Academy Educational Foundation at the November 2006 Gala Event |
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The Eleventh Annual
California Culinary Academy Educational Foundation Gala Dinner
is an annual fund raising event, subsiding young aspiring
culinary students. Ana Mandara Chef Khai Duong received the 2006
Walk of Fame Award. |
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Honored
guests this year included the internationally renowned Chef
Martin Yan (LEFT), who presented the Chef Star Award to Ana
Mandara Chef Khai Duong (RIGHT). |
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Marc
Mullen, the Executive Director for the CCAEF, Chef Khai and
Martin Yan. |
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Chef Khai Duong receives "Chef Walk of Fame" Star at the CCAEF
campus, June 6, 2006. |
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Chef Star of Fame with CCAEF board and colleagues at the
formal unveiling of Duong's Hollywood-style star. |
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Chef Khai
Duong Featured in San Francisco Chronicle
Chef's Night In - Crispy Skin Salmon |
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 Chef Khai Duong,
executive chef of San Francisco's Ana Mandara restaurant, tells
Chronicle food writer Olivia Wu about how his improvised recipe
for Crispy Skin Salmon turned into his young daughter's favorite
dish. The recipe appears in Wednesday's Food section.
He also talks about his culinary career, starting with his first
Vietnamese restaurant in Massachusetts, and about the
humanitarian group Chefs Without Borders that he founded
initially to assist victims of the December 2004 tsunami.
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