Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Asian women are the spine of LA’s food scene
Let’s acknowledge the work done by the Asian women in LA’s food industry, support their businesses, and show them compassion and kindness at a time that is tremendously difficult.
By Madeleine Brand • • 8m ListenLet’s acknowledge the work done by the Asian women in LA’s food industry, support their businesses, and show them compassion and kindness at a time that is tremendously difficult. Ai Honda Kennedy’s tagline is “trying to do too much.” I’d say that pretty much sums up this entire group of impressive women. This isn’t THE list. It’s simply A list. I’m sure there are as many that I left out as I managed to list here.
Glue: Women who create or hold communities together
Chancee Martorell - Thai Community Development Center
Natasha Phan - Roy Choi’s partner in many endeavors
Alexandra Suh - Executive Director of Koreatown Immigrant Workers Advocates
Lien Ta of All Day Baby - helped create Regarding Her Food
Regarding Her Food Christine Tran - Executive Director of Los Angeles Food Policy Council
Diep Tran - Chef at Red Boat Fish Sauce
Restaurateurs/owners/general managers/operations
Cathy and Vanda Asapahu - Ayara Thai
Ayara ThaiBarb Baptiste - B Sweet, Big Boi
Big BoiRia Dolly Barbosa - Petite Peso
Petite PesoSteff Baros - Lasita
Caroline Cho - Dan Sung Sa
Dan Sung SaShirley Chung - Ms Chi
Ms ChiCrystal Coser - Bites and Bashes
Bites and BashesLynda Trang Dai - Lynda Sandwich
Lynda Sandwich Diane Dang - Brodard
Brodard“Nancy” Amphai Dunne - Northern Thai Food Club
Northern Thai Food ClubChef Fern and Chef Pla - Luv2Eat Thai
Luv2Eat ThaiValerie Gordon - Valerie Confections
Valerie ConfectionsYoonjin Hwang - Spoon by H (RIP!)
Roxana Jullapat - Friends and Family
Friends and FamilyAi Honda Kennedy - ADNOHIA
Injin Kim - Peri Coffee
Peri CoffeeSarah Kim - Playing for Keeps LA
Playing for Keeps LAJihee Kim - Perilla LA
Perilla LAJenee Kim - Park’s BBQ
Park’s BBQVivian Ku - Pine & Crane, Joy, Today Starts Here
Today Starts HereCarol Kwan - Mama Musubi
Mama MusubiSojung Kwon - Document Coffee Bar
Document Coffee BarWendy Lam - Newport Seafood
Newport Seafood Uyen Le - Bé Ù
CassiaJessie Nicely - Burmese Please
Burmese PleaseJintana Noochlaor - Sapp Coffee
Sapp CoffeeKristin Nguyen - Garlic and Chives
Garlic and ChivesJennifer Pak - Soban
ShikuMinh Phan - porridge + puffs, PHENAKITE
PHENAKITENikki Reginaldo - Kato
KatoPatti Röckenwagner - Röckenwagner Bakery
Röckenwagner BakeryDina Samson - Rossoblu
Lieu Tran - Pho 79
Pho 79Elaine Mendoza Yamanashi - Tokyo Fried Chicken
Tokyo Fried ChickenKelly Xiao and Lynn Liu - Sichan Impressions
Sichan ImpressionsNan Yimcharoen - KinKanLA
KinKanLAMei Lin - Nightshade and Daybird
Saehee Cho - Soon Minimart
Pastry makers, fermenter:
Sally Camacho Mueller - Tesse
TesseSteph Chen - Sugar Bear Bakes
Sugar Bear BakesLaura Hoang - Lasita
OtotoKei Okumura - Sugarbird Sweets
Writers, teachers, bookstore owner:
Cathy Danh ChaplinJenny Dorsey
Esther TsengMichelle Mungcal - Now Serving
