The History of Asian Food in Minnesota | Full Documentary

Food, tradition, and culture make a home. Asian Flavors is the Minnesota story of the history of coming together around the Asian dinner table. Co-produced with Minnesota Historical Society Press.

00:28 Introduction by Raghavan Iyer
01:01 Ann Kim from Pizzeria Lola, Korean food infusion in her restaurant
02:20 1883 Wu brothers started first Asian restaurant in MN that became "John's Place"
05:48 How Sue Penn started the Sawatdee restaurant focused on Thai food
08:46 Huie family started the successful The Chinese Lantern restaurant in Duluth
12:05 Reiko Weston started Fuji Ya and Japanese food in 1959
14:30 Hmong growers, Mhonpaj's farm
16:27 How Leeann Chin got started, expansion into a chain of 52 restaurants
20:24 Asian flavor fusion in MN - Thom Pham, Thanh Do
23:37 Harry Singh's mother's influence on his Caribbean restaurant


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