Flan Solo with Ginger Coconut Caramel Sauce

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Preparation info
  • Makes 1 cake, 9 inch 23 cm ) diameter, to serve

    6 to 8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Asian Smoke: Thai and Southeast Asian Barbecue from the Curry Boys

By Andrew Ho, Andrew Samia and Sean Wen

Published 2026

  • About

While Mexican flan is widely known, Vietnam also boasts a very popular flan dessert. Introduced during the French colonial era, flan has become deeply embedded in Vietnamese culinary tradition. Vietnamese flan has since evolved to include local ingredients, such as condensed milk and Vietnamese coffee, and can be found street side for only $0.33 USD! This recipe in particular is from Andrew Ho’s mother-in-law, Bet