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Okay, well pizza and Vietnamese food are two things you probably never thought you'd see together
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Yeah, but a Bronx restaurant is serving up both of these cuisines under one roof
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Bach says Richard G. Cobas gives us a taste. In the Bronx, you're sure to find a pizza parlor on every other block
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But after nearly half a century of serving up just traditional pies
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Anyone for Pan Mii Pizza? We do, from our heart. Two years ago, Elizabeth Lee and her husband Michael Tran bought Sorrento's Pizzeria from an Italian owner who wanted to retire
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Elizabeth and Michael took a risk and opened Vipha and Pizzeria, a first-of-its-kind Italian and Vietnamese restaurant
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We feel like we want to introduce the Vietnamese, the authentic food to everybody
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WE WANT TO OPEN UP OUR CULTURE BECAUSE VIETNAMESE NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE BASICALLY IN THE BRONZE THEY DON HAVE VIETNAMESE DISH A LOT because Vietnamese not a lot of people are basically in the Bronx They don have Vietnamese dish a lot Despite this being a predominantly Italian neighborhood the gamble paid off
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Vipha is bustling most days for lunch and dinner with traditional Vietnamese rice dishes and soups
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And, of course, pizza. So the combo works even in the Bronx. Yes, of course, for sure
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All right, so here's another first. banh mi, a Vietnamese street food sandwich on pizza. It's one of those popular dishes here at
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VFAS, so much so that it's gone viral on Instagram and TikTok, what people come in here for. For
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Elizabeth and Michael, though, they say it's more than just the quality of the food that they
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attribute to their success. It's also the love they say they put in when preparing it. So I cook
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for me. This means for my family. I mean, if they cook for me, this means it's good for customers
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A reminder to those in this Bronx community that while their backgrounds may differ
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it's the love and unity found in each dish that truly brings people together
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In the Morris Park section of the Bronx, Richard Giacobis, Fox 5 News
