Why is lunch lady famous?
Lunch Lady, first opened on the West Coast, is named for culinary legend Nguyen Thi Thanh. Thanh is better known as Lunch Lady, the moniker given to her by Bourdain, who raved about the soups at her Ho Chi Minh City food stall. Sadly, she passed away earlier this year. But her legacy lives on. Nguyen Thi Thanh, the Vietnamese woman whose food was praised by celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain – who nicknamed her “Lunch Lady” – has died at the age of 58 in Toronto, Canada. Her death was announced by the owners of The Lunch Lady restaurant in Vancouver, Canada, on Instagram.