5th Annual SGV Foodie Pop-up: A Taste of Home

Guests will enjoy a night of delicious local SGV cuisine, networking, and celebration, supporting Asian Youth Center

All proceeds benefit Asian Youth Center’s free in-language emergency food, education, outreach, and stop hate services for low-income and immigrant community members.

Menu

vegetarian options available

Manduyo: Bibimap Bowls

Caribbean Gourmet: Patties and Plantains

Golden Deli: Golden Fried Egg Rolls

Shlap Muan: Shlap Muan Cambodian Wings

Bopomofo: Variety of boba drinks

626 Hospitality: Variety of unique ice cream flavors

This event will also feature a fireside chat with Frank Shyong, a freelance journalist who covered the San Gabriel Valley for the LA Times for many years, and an interview with Hawk and Sophia Tea from Shlap Muan.

About Frank: Frank Shyong is an award-winning journalist who writes Lunch Box, a Substack newsletter about food and diaspora. He spent 12 years at the Los Angeles Times, where he covered the San Gabriel Valley, reported on ethnic enclaves across the county, and created the podcast Asian Enough. In 2018, he won first place at the Los Angeles Press Club for immigration reporting and became the paper's first Asian American metro columnist.

About Shlap Muan: Shlap Muan (Khmer for chicken wings) is a love and hate child between Hawk and Sophia Tea. It started out as a sandwich shop, but more importantly, as a way for them to get away from the corporate grind and honor their roots.