King Phojanakong Reveals the Good, the Bad and His Caddyshack Moments in the Kitchen

With a Thai father and a Filipino mother, CIA-trained King Phojanakong grew up with staples like rice, noodles, fish sauce and coconut milk in the pantry. These ingredients and more have found their way onto his menus at New York City's Kuma Inn and Umi Nom (where we tried panko and almond crushed oysters on a recent tour of Brooklyn with the almond board of California). We...