Hidden off of Bangkok's Sukhumvit 23, there's a Vietnamese restaurant where it's still turnofthecentury French Saigon. It's in a building literally disassembled piecebypiece in Vietnam, brought to Bangkok, and rebuilt and inside, that's exactly what happened to the family behind Le Dalat.

This is the story of Doan Ngoc Hoa, better known as Madame Susan, and the incredible, opulent, harrowing, oneofakind story that brought her and her food from Vietnam to Thailand, by way of old Paris. And it's a story about a dinner party that started in the 19th century and still hasn't stopped and one that we were lucky enough to join for an unforgettable evening.



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0:00 Introduction
1:11 The Story
2:16 The Granddaughter of Lam Ngoc Thanh
4:56 The Son of the Colonial Governor
6:58 Doan Ngoc Hoa Meets Jean Dauplay
10:14 War Hits Home
12:15 Madame Steps Out
16:49 Interlude
19:21 Departure and Life in Thailand
24:47 The Dauplay Family Opens a Restaurant
27:46 Le Dalat
30:40 Legacy
34:03 Dinner
36:39 Epilogue: The Bathroom



Video Credits:

Late 1890s A Trip Through Paris, France (speed corrected w/ added sound)
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PARIS MOULIN ROUGE
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Saigon juin 1930
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EMPEROR OF ANNAM IN FRANCE NO SOUND
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Indochina War: the Battle for Tonkin ECPAD
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FRENCH INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM & DIEN BIEN PHU 72662
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First Indochina Warep2/5
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World Shipping: Cargoes 1940 Documentary
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Saigon 1940 1950
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Vientiane année 1961
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Bangkok Thailand 1950s
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1956, Air France ordered its first Boeing
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1950s Luxury Flight, First Class, Pan Am, HD
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