Today I’m chatting with Katianna Hong, who co-founded Yangban Society with her husband, John. Yangban is a Korean-American deli in LA’s arts district with a bissele heymishe touch as a nod to Katianna’s grandmother.

 

We talk about her earliest food influences, growing up in upstate New York, and when she started blending Korean and Jewish flavors. But first, I ask her to share the origin story behind the deli.

 

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