Sam Lee is the editor of Woven, an independent publication covering Asian American culture, food, career, and identity. Sam writes about the experiences of the 24 million Asian Americans whose stories are too often relegated to footnotes in mainstream media. Follow Woven on X @readwoven and Instagram @thewovenmag.
Filipino restaurants Los Angeles has built over decades reflect the second-largest Filipino American population in the United States, and for decades the LA community quietly fed itself — at turo-turo steam tables, at lechon stands in Carson and Eagle Rock, at family-run spots that didn’t need a Yelp page to stay full. That era isn’t…
Asian grocery store staples can transform your cooking. Walk into any Asian grocery store — H Mart, 99 Ranch, Seafood City, your local Korean market — and you’ll find an overwhelming amount of options. Dozens of soy sauces. An entire aisle of noodles. Fish sauce in sizes ranging from a small bottle to what appears…
Vietnamese coffee has arrived. If you’ve walked into an independent coffee shop recently, you’ve probably noticed something on the menu that wasn’t there five years ago. Between the oat milk lattes and the cold brews, there’s a new regular: cà phê sữa đá. Vietnamese iced coffee. And it’s not just a trend. It’s a takeover….