Tag: Vang
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Yia Vang’s Vinai will move into Dangerous Man space in Northeast Minneapolis
Vinai, the long-planned Hmong restaurant from chef Yia Vang, plans to open next year in the Northeast Minneapolis space being vacated by Dangerous Man’s taproom. Read Full Article
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Union Hmong Kitchen’s Yia Vang to open new restaurant in former Dangerous Man space
Tags: Hmong, man, Minneapolis, Minnesota, neighborhood, restaurant, state, Union Hmong Kitchen, Vang, Yia VangUnion Hmong Kitchen announced in July the opening of a second restaurant in south Minneapolis. Also operating out of the North Loop neighborhood, the brand has expanded to the Minnesota State Fair, … Read Full Article
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Catching up with Twin Cities Chef Yia Vang
Vang is the owner and chef of the James Beard-nominated restaurant Union Hmong Kitchen located in Graze Food Hall in North Loop Minneapolis. Read Full Article
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State Fair’s 1st Hmong food vendor serves up old family recipe with love and pride
If you go to see Yia Vang and the Union Hmong Kitchen crew at the fair this year, you’ll be treated to a few new items, including a five-spice coconut Thai tea and a steamed bun made with love by Vang … Read Full Article
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Hmong chef Yia Vang brings a taste of home to Minnesota’s Twin Cities
St. Paul, Minnesota, is home to the nation’s largest population of Hmong, an Indigenous people from Southeast Asia. After the Vietnam War, thousands of Hmong refugees ended up in the Upper Midwest and … Read Full Article
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About 3,000 in town for national Christian Hmong conference at ISU
As part of the HLUB Conference for Christian Hmong students this week on the Indiana State University campus, Minneapolis pastor Daniel Vang discussed the topic “Pain and its purpose.” … Read Full Article
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The newest innovation in local food: a must-see conversation at MinnPost Festival
This session will feature local chefs Yia Vang and Jorge Guzmán in a conversation moderated by Stephanie March, food & dining editor at Mpls.St.Paul Magazine. Read Full Article
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Union Hmong Kitchen opens Lake Street location, Chef Yia Vang continues vision expansion
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – The owner and founder of the increasingly popular Union Hmong Kitchen, once known for their pop-up locations throughout Twin Cities events, has now opened his first … Read Full Article
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Yia Vang closing Mov pop-up, opening second Union Hmong Kitchen in Minneapolis
Mov, the local chef’s latest rotating pop-up at 901 W. Lake St., will end its run after Sunday, and Union Hmong Kitchen will open in its place next Wednesday. Read Full Article
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Second Union Hmong Kitchen opening on Lake Street in Minneapolis
The commissary kitchen space that’s been home to chef Yia Vang’s inventive series of pop-ups will soon flip to a permanent and familiar restaurant. Union Hmong Kitchen will open its second location at … Read Full Article
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41st Hmong International Freedom Festival kicks off in Saint Paul
The 41st Hmong International Freedom Festival kicked off in Saint Paul Saturday. “It’s most known as the Hmong soccer tournament,” said Mee Vang, president of United Hmong Family. She knows all of the … Read Full Article
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‘We love rice’: Chef Yia Vang focuses on rice for newest pop up, Mov
Hmong-American Chef Yia Vang named his newest pop-up concept in Minneapolis after the Hmong word for “rice,” but he doesn’t want you to think about it too much. “Nah, man, like we just grew up eating … Read Full Article
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Restaurant roundup: Noyes & Cutler closes, Yia Vang opens Mov and Uptown’s double rooftop
Daisys Uptown, a self-described country, pop, and rock bar with a double- decker rooftop, will open in the old Cowboy Slim’s space in Minneapolis on June 17. Puralima Cantina, a fast-casual Latin … Read Full Article
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Yia Vang’s latest concept for Hilltribe in Uptown focuses on rice-based dishes
Lake St. in Minneapolis, a restaurant and commissary space known as Hilltribe, which serves as the headquarters for all of Vang’s concepts, including Union Hmong Kitchen and Vinai. Mov is the Hmong … Read Full Article
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Northern California farm draws on Philippine and Hmong ancestries
While much of the country stocked up on toilet paper during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, Robyn Rodriguez and her husband, Joshua Vang, invested in vegetable seeds. Read Full Article