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📸 CHEF YIA VANG » @VinaiMN

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H’MONG FOOD: VINAI FEAST

1. CHEF YIA’S HOUSE
ADDRESS: Minnesota, USA

🥟 GALABAO: In a small wok, cook pork and chicken. Add salt, shredded cabbage and continue mixing. Add in oyster sauce, onions, scallion and vermicelli glass noodles. Add bouillon seasoning and mix. | Dough: Mix together sweetened condensed milk, oil and cake flour. Knead the dough. | Assembly: Roll the dough flat and place meat and an egg on top. Pleat it.Place in the steamer for 20-25 minutes.
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2. HMONGTOWN MARKETPLACE
ADDRESS: 217 Como Ave, St Paul, MN 55103, USA

STALL: HMOOB KITCHEN
🐟LETTUCE WRAPPED FISH: Prepare the catfish with bitter fish. Prepare cilantros, green onion and lemongrass then mix with special house sauce and water. Wrap ingredients in banana leaves and then steam for an hour.

💸PRICE: $6 USD

STALL: NAW MAW
🍜KHAUB POOB: Boil the whole chicken. Strip the chicken into pieces. In a separate pan, add oil, garlic, galanga, lime leaves, ginger and lemongrass. Stir seasonings until slightly brown. Add red curry paste and stir for 5 minutes. Add curry paste into chicken broth and chicken. Add strips of bamboo and a pinch salt, sugar and coconut milk. | Assembly: add noodles and broth in a bowl. Garnish with mint, cilantro, cabbage, green onion and lime.

💸PRICE: $6 USD

🐄LAAB (RAW BEEF SALAD): Add tripe, stomach, lemongrass and pepper in a bow and mix. Add raw laab seasoning, mint, cilantro and green onion and mix. Add raw beef and mix. Garnish with green onions.

💸PRICE: $25.00 USD
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4. VINAI BUILDING
ADDRESS: 1717 2nd St NE Minneapolis, MN 55413, USA
INSTAGRAM: @vinaimn

🍽️ VINAI FEAST: Season ingredients with salt, pepper and Hilltribe seasoning. After seasoning, place on a wood fire grill. Dishes: Hilltribe Grilled Chicken, BBQ Pork Tenderloin, Chicken heart, Whole Sea Bass, Tri-Tip Steak, Grilled Shrimp, Long Beans, Cabbage

💸PRICE: $500.00 USD for 10 people

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🥒 ABOUT BEFRS:
Hey, I’m Sonny! I’m from the US but currently call Vietnam home. I’ve been living in Asia for 10 years and started making food and travel videos to document my experiences. I travel to different parts of the world, hunting down and documenting the most unique food each country has to offer.

If you see any factual food errors in my videos, please feel free to politely let me know in the comments. I'm a huge fan of trying different, interesting foods in each country. My show is from a Western point of view, but more importantly, MY point of view. It is not meant to offend any person or culture.
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🎬CREDITS:
HOST » Sonny Side
DOP » Tony Sylvers
CAMERA OPERATOR » Dylan Johnson
VIDEO EDITOR » Lê Anh Đỗ
ON-THE-GROUND PRODUCER » Liz Peterson
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR » Huỳnh Hà My
COLOR & MASTER » Quí Nguyễn

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[reuenerio]

This Hmong community just shows that life can be simple and beautiful when we all work and help together. Thank you to the Hmong community. Love from your Filipino brothers and sisters.

[Senpailoveyou]

This is truly best ever food show, not only show about the food but history about the culture itself. Keep up the good work sonny and the team 👍

[cjnoogen]

I’m not Hmong, but even I felt proud watching Yia Vang. He spoke so softly, eloquently, and knowledgeable about his culture. You can feel his sense of pride.
Justifiable name for the show, BEST Ever Food Review show.

[honeymoon]

“One generation has to sacrifice itself so the rest can grow”. Dang, that was emotional! Sonny, you really have the best damn show in existence. I thoroughly enjoyed every second of this💖

[michaelb]

"Having things together is more important than having whatever the things are." Such a simple, yet powerful, statement...

[Reaper]

My husband is hmong and I love how generous all hmong people are when you like the food the always say “if you like it, I’ll pack you some to take home “ pure love ❤️

[awareness-mbdo]

The chef is so deep and such a wise man. All his words are wisdoms we can learn from. All the love from Thailand

[maitrang]

“This gotta be our last country, America”.

So glad you have also made it here and made America your home. Hmong people a strong and resilient! Respect!

[pinkpeach]

When he said growing the first crop for seed is the essence of what being Hmong was about, sacrificing a generation so that the rest of their people can flourish made me cry. That’s so powerful.

[hagendazs]

As a former Minnesotan, I witnessed how hard the Hmong first generation struggling to adapt themselves in the new world, sacrificing to the max for their offspring while facing and addressing many difficulties in terms of language barrier, culture shock, being stereotyped, prejudiced and discriminated ̣(not only from the locals but also other Asian ethnic groups as well).
Their success today never come cheap but paid by tears, sweat and even blood. My hat off to their diligence, assiduity, sacrifice, and most of all the perseverance.

[Trilly]

He's approached every culture with such respect and amazing excitement. I love his willingness to give content people have never seen before while opening minds all over the world to food culture.

[itsjoegirl]

As a daughter of Vietnamese refugees, I thought this was a great episode. Appreciated the social commentary on the southeast Asian refugee experience from the Hmong culture. Bourdain would be proud. Excellent content and co-hosts.

[SabasaurusXD]

The journey and the struggles of the Hmong People made me so emotional. They converted what could have been generational trauma and tragedy into a beautiful cultural lesson of survival and identity. My personal take on the experiences of the Hmong People could be wrong here and I don't want to romanticise the struggle, but I thoroughly enjoyed this small insight into their interesting culture and values!

[Patterrz]

Amazing how important food is to all of our cultures

[franklinwhite]

I remember when they came to USA.they weren't treated well.they never complained or asked for anything.these people are warriors in Thier own way.wish more people could watch this video and realize what we have here.great video wonderful people.thank you Sonny

[asesino_td]

This is just not a food show anymore, it’s a movement to explore the culture, the history that we don’t get to learn. Thank you BEFRS. Much love from India 🇮🇳

[oklmnpoy]

This is has been one of your best videos since you came back to the US imo, so much insight .
"One generation has to sacrifice itself, so the next can grow" bro, your family made it. Respect

[nathannguyen]

I’ve watched hundreds of your videos over the years, Sonny, but this one was one of my top favorites. The storytelling, the home footage, how everything was on such a personal level, the rawness of emotions I felt hearing the stories being told. Amazing!

[jbruner]

Of all your trips, all the cool (and totally crazy) meals you've taken part in - this is one of the best videos youve ever made. The story, the mixing of footage from abroad and from within their home, its a perfect view into Hmong culture/food/modern history, this is an awesome video. Really good work and thumbs UP to the entire team. Love it, awesome job.