The Chefs of New York's Asian Food Mafia are Staying Strong Through Community

Between 2014 and 2015, the chefs Chris Cheung, Doron Wong, Medwin Pang, Suchanan Aksornnan (who goes by Bao Bao), and Lien and Edward Lin opened their New York restaurants, all around the same time. Identifying connections in their hiring, opening, and press cycles, they started to meet at each other’s restaurants to taste and talk shop. After realizing they could further the education and appeal of Asian food through a collective...