Tag: Yia Vang
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Chef Yia Vang’s Vinai opens next week
The Kickstarter for Vinai closed just before the pandemic upended hospitality. Chef Yia Vang’s Hmong restaurant in northeast Minneapolis is now almost a reality. Here’s what he has to say about it. Full story: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2024/07/25/yia-vang-vinai-interview.html
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Chef Yia Vang’s Vinai opens next week
Chef Yia Vang’s Hmong restaurant in northeast Minneapolis is now almost a reality. Here’s what he has to say about it. Full story: https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2024/07/25/yia-vang-vinai-interview.html
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Yia Vang’s dream restaurant Vinai is finally a reality
Chef Yia Vang poses for a portrait in his new restaurant Vinai in Minneapolis a week before it opens to the public. Candles were just one of the many finishing touches needed at Vinai before it could … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/vinai-restaurant-open-yia-vang-minneapolis-union-hmong-kitchen/600385744/
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Yia Vang’s dream restaurant Vinai is finally a reality
Vang has found himself in home décor and furniture stores a lot more than he would like. It comes with the territory of finally opening his dream restaurant, which has been in the works since Vang … Full story: https://www.startribune.com/vinai-restaurant-open-yia-vang-minneapolis-union-hmong-kitchen/600385744/
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Hmong food is ‘such a young cuisine’
In a Q&A with MinnPost, the Yia Vang discussed helping Hmong cuisine find its identity and his soon-to-open restaurant Vinai. Full story: https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2024/06/yia-vang-hmong-food-is-such-a-young-cuisine/
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Exploring the Minnesota food scene with Yia Vang
Chef, restaurant owner and television star Yia Vang joined KARE 11 Noon to talk about the 5th season of his PBS show “Relish.” … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/news-at-noon/exploring-the-minnesota-food-scene-yia-vang/89-2cf5e7c5-e567-49e0-a07a-8dac1b53d985
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Exploring the Minnesota food scene with Yia Vang
Chef Vang also demonstrates new ways to spice up your cooking. He is the owner/Chef of the James Beard-nominated Union Hmong Kitchen in the North Loop of Minneapolis. Download the free KARE 11+ app … Full story: https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/news-at-noon/exploring-the-minnesota-food-scene-yia-vang/89-2cf5e7c5-e567-49e0-a07a-8dac1b53d985
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‘Iron Chef’ contestant and ‘Feral’ TV host to bring pop-up noodle shop to Pilcrow Coffee
The pop-up will feature soup- and sauce-based noodle dishes from Yia Vang, who grew up in Wisconsin and operates Union Hmong Kitchen in Minneapolis. Full story: https://www.jsonline.com/story/entertainment/dining/2024/01/24/yia-vang-to-bring-slurp-noodle-shop-pop-up-to-milwaukee-pilcrow-coffee/72246883007/
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Seven Acre Dairy’s 9-part dinner series has been selling out; a few spots remain
Two of the events will have two seatings. Last summer, Mink brought in Yia Vang, a James Beard Award-nominated, Hmong-American chef (Union Hmong Kitchen) who was named Eater’s Twin Cities Chef of the … Full story: https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/seven-acre-dairy-dinner-series-paoli/article_367b0be8-af74-11ee-a32d-3b47df06131f.html
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Chef Yia Vang’s pork katsu sando with honey slaw
Chef Yia Vang hosts Outdoor Channel’s “Feral,” a show about wilderness adventure and the thrill of the hunt. Vang, who is Hmong American, was born in a Thai refugee camp where he lived until his … Full story: https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/chef-yia-vangs-pork-katsu-sando-honey-slaw/story?id=105565632
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Celebrating Hmong New Year: Remembering the roots
Chef Yia Vang, John Lee and Yeev Thoj, parents of Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee, and an Iowa community leader share the importance of their Hmong roots. Read Full Article
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Celebrating Hmong New Year in 2023: ‘We get to carry that story’
Chef Yia Vang, John Lee and Yeev Thoj, parents of Olympic gold medalist Sunisa Lee, and an Iowa community leader share the importance of their Hmong roots. URL: https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/community/celebrating-hmong-new-year-chef-yia-vang-sunisa-lee-parents-twin-cities-des-moines/524-97173898-dfa5-4d47-bbec-34be52336f40
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A wild adventure awaits Chef Yia Vang in Season 2 of ‘Feral’
Season two of “Feral” premieres on Monday, Dec. 4. This season Vang is crafting dishes with invasive species like Asian Carp. Read Full Article
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Guest celeb chef Yia Vang’s takeover brings BIPOC food to Saint John’s University students
“Oh man, I am really back in college. I feel old though. Walking on this campus all my college memories came back,” said Vang, chef and owner of Union Hmong Kitchen. One strong memory features the … Read Full Article
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Guest chefs brings BIPOC food to St. John’s University students
This celebrity takeover by Union Hmong Kitchen’s Yia Vang is the first of a planned three total. Later this month, chef Pedro Wolcott will be on campus serving Latin and Caribbean food. Next month, … Read Full Article
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Chef Yia Vang combines Hmong cooking and local ingredients in dinner at Mister Mao on Nov. 7
Chef Yia Vang was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and moved with his family to the U.S. when he was 5. They eventually settled in Minnesota, where his family was part of the large Hmong community … Read Full Article
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How did Yia Vang find a home for Vinai? He found his landlord first.
It took years for Yia Vang to get all the pieces in place for his long-planned Hmong restaurant Vinai, including the final, biggest piece — a place for Vinai to call home. A connection made through an … Read Full Article
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Chef Yia Vang’s restaurant, Vinai, will open next spring in Minneapolis
Chef Yia Vang’s restaurant Vinai will open next spring in Minneapolis in the Dangerous Man Brewing taproom building. Read Full Article