Over the years, Huong Tran’s bakery, Dong Phuong, had developed a reputation for making the best brioche and mooncakes in the neighborhood. So it was only natural that customers began to ask ...

This year Dong Phuong has blessed New Orleans with a supreme gift to celebrate the Year of the Dragon. The New Orleans East bakery has released a limited edition durian king cake in honor of the ...

So when I walked into the Urban South Brewery taproom on Tchoupitoulas Street that day hoping to nab a Dong Phuong king cake, I found a choice of flavors, no line and just a few other customers ...

Here’s today’s cake: Somehow I've made it four Carnival seasons without trying the famous Dong Phuong king cake. But this year, that changed. To secure the prized cake, food writer Chelsea ...

One of the city’s popular king cake bakeries, Dong Phuong Bakery, says it will partner with local businesses again this year as official vendors to distribute king cakes to fans who don’t want ...

Urban South Brewery and Dong Phuong Bakery are collaborating for the second time to merge two big elements a part of the New Orleans Carnival season: king cake and beer. The partnership is ...

In 2018, Dong Phuong, the Vietnamese bakery in New Orleans East, is one of the winners. Opened in 1982, Dong Phuong began by catering to the hunger of the Vietnamese community that settled in New ...

An early Carnival season is nearly upon us, and one of the first signs is the reappearance of the coveted Dong Phuong king cakes. The New Orleans East bakery began taking online preorders at 12:01 ...

New Orleanians have strong opinions on their favorite, and Dong Phuong's king cake in New Orleans East is one of the most popular in the city and beyond. Dong Phuong's king cake is soft bread ...

When it comes to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Dong Phuong king cakes reign supreme. And while Carnival 2025 doesn’t kick off until Monday, January 6, it appears Dong Phuong king cake preorders are ...

Regionally, Dong Phuong’s king cake in New Orleans East, a James Beard award-winning pastry, is one of the most popular in the city and beyond. Dong Phuong Bakery sells their famous king cakes ...

Those weeks of orders are, for one thing, the coveted king cakes from Dong Phuong Bakery in New Orleans East that help usher in Carnival Season. “They’re delicious,” said Ducombs.