The Vietnam war refugee, who spent his teenage years living in Chinatown and later founded the restaurant Slanted Door, is widely regarded as a revolutionary Vietnamese chef
San Francisco’s culinary industry expressed shock and heartbreak Tuesday following the unexpected death of Slanted Door founder and celebrated Vietnamese chef Charles Phan .
Phan. a Vietnam War refugee who spent his teenage years living in San Francisco’s Chinatown, is widely regarded as a revolutionary Vietnamese chef, responsible for elevating and modernizing his home country’s cuisine, and those of other countries on the continent. “Nobody was willing to pay that kind of money,” Tao said. “But he stuck to his principles, to his pride, to his belief.”
Ex // Top Stories 'Manon' kicks off SF Ballet's British invasion “It’s like borrowing the ‘Mona Lisa,’ frankly,” said artistic director Tamara Rojo of the production Tao said he recently returned from a vacation to Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital city. He said Phan was texting him recommendations about the best restaurants to visit.
Those close to Phan said his trailblazing legacy served as an inspiration for others in and outside the culinary field.
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