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GoLocalProv | Food | A Popular RI Food Truck Opens a Brick-and-Mortar Location on East Side
Thursday, August 17, 2023
Lotus Pepper features such Vietamese staples as banh mi (pictured) and more. PHOTO: Unplash/Amy Tran
A popular Rhode Island food truck now has a brick-and-mortar location in Providence.
Lotus Pepper, which had up until now served “Vietnamese home cooking” from its truck, is now located at 752 Hope Street.
The menu features items such as fresh summer rolls, fish sauce chicken wings, rice and noodle bowls, and banh mi Vietnamese sub sandwiches.
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According to their website:
“We started Lotus Pepper as a family run and operated food truck on the streets of the East Side college community in 2013 with a mission of bringing the colorful, healthy, and traditional flavors of Vietnam to Rhode Island. Cooking anchors a Vietnamese family, and growing up on the Mekong River in Vietnam, Lotus Pepper owner Young learned the importance of this from an early age while helping her mother prepare everyday meals to feed their large family of 14. Cooking complex authentic Vietnamese food is in her blood.
Today, Young is joined in the kitchen by her son Thang to create an ever evolving menu of savory traditional flavors – always fresh and exciting, with delightful options for everyone, from the omnivore to the vegan. Come join our family and try the beautiful flavors of Vietnam!”
Lotus Pepper is open on Hope Street Wednesdays through Sundays; they are closed Mondays and Tuesdays.