Hi there, we’re Mai and Maxime (and Basil). Welcome to MM Bon Appétit, where we share our favorite Vietnamese, French, and Fusion flavors!
Born and raised in Vietnam and France, respectively, our obsessions with food are deeply ingrained in our DNA. Cooking and sharing food is definitely a love language that we have inherited from our parents. A huge part of both of our formative years was spent in the kitchen or around dining tables with our families.
We met over crêpes a week before the pandemic shutdowns in March 2020 (Maxime thought Mai was very bold for ordering a messy Nutella and strawberry crêpe on a first date. Mai was only thinking about the taste). With nowhere else to go and nothing else to do, we turned to what we knew and loved best: connecting over home-cooked meals. We started taking photos of the dishes we made just for the memories, but in May, we decided on a whim to create @mmbonappetit on Instagram.
What followed was a whirlwind – we started gaining a little community of people who enjoyed our food photos, created this website in December 2020 to start sharing recipes, began making short form videos for Instagram and TikTok in June 2021, and eventually long form videos for YouTube a year later! Even though we both have full-time jobs, creating recipes and videos is something that brings us a lot of joy and fulfillment.
Our goal is to share our cultures with you through delicious recipes that you can make at home. Foodways are an incredibly important aspect of culture and identity. We strongly believe that understanding the meaning and history behind a dish makes it tastes even better. We hope that our recipes will transport you to the place of their origin, and that you can discover something new that will enrich your life!
