In this sweet sapphic romance about two foodies in love Vivi meets Lan while studying abroad
in Vietnam and they spend the semester unraveling their families' histories-and eating all the
street food in Sài Gòn. In Sài Gòn Lan is always trying to be the perfect daughter
dependable and willing to care for her widowed mother and their bánh mì stall. Her secret
passion however is A Bánh Mì for Two the food blog she started with her father but has
stopped updating since his passing. Meanwhile Vietnamese American Vivi Huynh has never been
to Vi¿t Nam. Her parents rarely even talk about the homeland that clearly haunts them. So Vivi
secretly goes to Vietnam for a study abroad program her freshman year of college. She's
determined to figure out why her parents left and to try everything she's seen on her favorite
food blog A Bánh Mì for Two. When Vivi and Lan meet in Sài Gòn they strike a deal. Lan will
show Vivi around the city helping her piece together her mother's story through crumbling
photographs and old memories. Vivi will help Lan start writing again so she can enter a food
blogging contest. And slowly as they explore the city and their pasts Vivi and Lan fall in
love.