"A long-running, family-operated restaurant in Palo Alto (established roughly 48 years) run by Lawrence Chu and known for attracting celebrities and Silicon Valley heavy-hitters. It has personal significance for the director—he celebrated multiple childhood birthdays and his engagement there—and was the site of a special lunch before the film’s release attended by cast members. That family-restaurant background was cited as part of why the director was well-suited to helm a film about the intersection of food and family." - Greg Morabito