"A former Cambodian pop-up turning permanent, this restaurant brings eight years of bold Khmer homestyle cooking from chef Chakriya Un to Brooklyn. The menu highlights Cambodian staples such as kuy teav (aromatic rice noodle soup), somlor machu kreung (a sour and savory beef soup), and Mama Kim’s stir-fried lobster, while the team plans to broaden offerings to explore the cuisine’s wide variety. The project was crowd-funded by loyal diners (raising over $25,000 via GoFundMe), and many harder-to-find ingredients will be sourced from the chef’s family garden in South Carolina." - ByKate Kassin