Yia Vang is opening one of the country’s first dedicated Hmong restaurants, Vinai in Minneapolis, and with it, a crucial window into what it really means to be Hmong.

Yia Vang and Diane Moua have created a moment in the Twin Cities for the emergence of a cuisine virtually unknown outside its ...

YIA VANG: Yeah, I mean, I met Matt, who's our producer from Gleam Tower. So Matt and I did a bunch of little projects together. And we had this little podcast called White On Rice.

With a name like Yia Vang, he was destined to work in kitchens. In the Hmong language, Yia means “iron skillet” or “wok.” The Hmong (pronounced with a silent h) are a stateless, nomadic ...

Yia Vang’s dream restaurant Vinai is finally a reality. A sneak peek inside the chef’s meaningful restaurant, which opens next week in Minneapolis. By Sharyn Jackson.

Hmong food is finally getting the attention it deserves. From family kitchens to food fairs in Minneapolis, discover how a ...

Chef Yia Vang's new restaurant to honor Hmong cooking A Kickstarter campaign to raise $75,000 for the Vinai restaurant is less than $10,000 away from reaching its goal. To stream KARE 11 on your ...

And Vang, as host, has become a household name — among a certain PBS-watching set, anyway. “I’m like, I need to do stuff where women in their 30s think this is cool,” he joked.

C hef Yia Vang’s new Hmong restaurant, Vinai, is set to finally open in Northeast Minneapolis July 30, almost four years after it was first announced.If you’ve been following along with Vang ...

Guest chefs brings BIPOC food to St. John's University students 02:41. COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. — Celebrity chef Yia Vang is back in a university dining hall for a first-time visit to Saint John's ...

This particular assignment allowed Vang to repurpose a traditional recipe and put his own spin on it. More: Hmong chef Yia Vang grew up in central Wisconsin.Now he's taking the foodie world by storm.