Local Lover: Yia Vang

Yia Vang

Chef/Owner Union Hmong Kitchen and Vinai @unionhmongkitchen @vinaimn

People aren’t eating food for the sake of eating, but asking themselves, ‘Why am I eating this food?’ It makes people thirsty for the story.

Yia’s perfect day with friends:

• We would start at Hmong Village or Hmong Town

• I am a huge fan of Mucci’s, it is so fun, the food and hospitality are incredible.

• Burger Dive is another favorite stop.

• We’d go downtown to walk on the paths by the river.

• I would show them the depth and diversity of Saint Paul and the beauty of the huge group of immigrants and refugees that call Saint Paul home.

Dine like a local!

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