Head over to Vinai in Minneapolis for some of the best Hmong food in the U.S. Chef-owner Yia Vang opened the restaurant in July, and was recently recognized as one of Eater’s Best New Restaurants of 2024. Named after the refugee camp Yang was born in, Vinai is an ode to his parents’ story of tenacity and courage while living there for 10 years after escaping Laos in the aftermath of the Secret War. On the menu, you’ll find traditional Hmong cuisine cooked on an open fire, including shrimp and pork toast, Hmong sausage, Hilltribe grilled chicken, charred cabbage, grilled sea bream, and double-cut pork chop.
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Producer: Connor Reid
Directors: Connor Reid, Murilo Ferreira
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Imagine growing up in a fascit concentration camp run by the Americans in SEA and the dreaming of moving to America, where you’ll always be hated for beign foreign. xD
Do you have any personal experience with SEA concentration camps ?
I have had the honor of meeting Yia Vang, and be served by him and all his staff. Lovely guy and great character. Wish more resturants were like his. He had a good run at the Minnesota state fair last year. Keep it up Yia!
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Mmmmmm. I’ll have to eat at this restaurant the next time I’m in the Twin Cities.
The food seems delicious but most of all his story is one of resilience.
Respect to Ramiro! Watching him move that knife around those chicken bones was beautiful, a master at work