Lunch Lady

Vancouver, Canada

Lunch Lady is a Vietnamese restaurant on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, opened in 2020. Michelin has given it Bib Gourmand status, according to Wikipedia.

Food & Wine ranks Lunch Lady No. 9 in its Global Tastemakers 2026 list of the best global restaurants. The magazine praises mostly classic Vietnamese dishes, many served family-style, made with Pacific Northwest products wherever possible.

The restaurant is named after the late chef Nguyen Thi Thanh, whose noodle stall in Ho Chi Minh City became famous after Anthony Bourdain visited it for No Reservations. Vancouver's Michael Tran worked with her to bring her recipes to Canada, and the kitchen is led by chef Benedict Lim, whom she approved personally. Suppliers include Two Rivers Meats for sausage, Snake River Farms for wagyu and Yarrow Meadow for duck. Lunch soups rotate daily, such as bún thái with baby octopus and clams on Thursdays and bánh canh cua with Dungeness crab on Saturdays.

Sources of this text: Wikipedia · Food & Wine (People Inc., formerly Dotdash Meredith, New York)

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Food & Wine (People Inc., formerly Dotdash Meredith, New York)Global Tastemakers 2026 – Best Global Restaurants (Top 10) — No. 9

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