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They may have no Michelin stars, they might not rank on any best-restaurant lists, and, well they’re not even trained as chefs, but the cooks who infiltrate the kitchen weekly at The Anam Cam Ranh have something even more special to offer: a heaping portion of motherly love. Armed with their centuries-old Vietnamese recipes, moms of members of The Anam’s full-time staff take over the cooking stations at the resort’s Lang Viet restaurant every Friday for ‘Mama’s Cooking’.

Miles Noble