For the entirety of its life, Berlu has shape-shifted. It has been a pop-up prix fixe, a tasting menu restaurant, a bakery, a noodle bar, a night market stall. Vince Nguyen, the restaurant’s owner and star chef, has become increasingly nimble in recent years, a necessity for anyone in the industry as of late. So now, although his restaurant has returned to its prix-fixe tasting menu format, Nguyen has decided to mix things up once again — this time, in honor of his sommelier, Katie Sombat.
Although Berlu has taken on many forms, generally it’s known for chef Nguyen’s take on Vietnamese cuisine, ranging from classic desserts like bánh
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