About
Built by one person
Table of Dang is built by me, from start to finish.
I write the recipes, test them, cook the food, style the dishes, take the photographs, film the videos, and build this website myself. There is no team behind it. Just me, putting in the time and care to make sure everything you see here feels considered, useful, and true to what I want Table of Dang to be.
That part matters to me. I do not want this to feel like a content machine. I want it to feel personal. I want it to feel made.
Where it started
Where it started
A lot of this goes back to helping my mum in the kitchen.
That was one of my first ways into food. Not through recipe books or formal training, but through being there, watching, tasting, helping, and slowly understanding how small changes could shift the balance of a dish. It taught me to trust my palate, to pay attention, and to care about the details.
That early experience still sits underneath everything I do now.
What this is
What Table of Dang is
Table of Dang is my space to bring together Vietnamese flavours, technique, and storytelling through food.
Some of what I make is rooted in memory and the flavours I grew up with. Some of it comes from curiosity and the desire to reinterpret familiar ideas in a different way. But whether I am making something classic or pushing it somewhere new, the goal is the same. I want it to feel thoughtful, balanced, and worth your time.
Why
Why I do it this way
Food is only one part of what draws me in.
I also love the process around it. Writing a recipe clearly. Thinking about how a dish should look. Styling it. Photographing it. Filming it. Building a space where all of that can live together.
For me, cooking sits in that sweet spot between instinct and precision. It gives me room to create, but it also asks for patience, structure, and care. That is a big part of why this means so much to me.
What’s here
What you will find here
This is a place for recipes, but it is also a place for process.
The recipes here are written and tested by me, with the aim of making them clear, useful, and worth coming back to. Some are more traditional. Some are more personal. Some reflect my interest in taking Vietnamese flavours and expressing them through a different lens.
Whatever form they take, they all come from the same place. A genuine love of food, a respect for where those flavours come from, and a desire to keep building something that feels honest.
Thomas Dang
Sydney // AU