"Started as a food truck, it was the narrator’s entry point into publicly serving Hmong food after years of cooking other cuisines; it helped him reconnect to family recipes and techniques and launch his public culinary career. The truck exposed him to both enthusiastic fans of Hmong cuisine and occasional anti-AAPI pushback, and he describes protecting his team by personally fielding complaints and standing between hate and his staff." - ByYia Vang, as told to Elyse Inamine