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Mona Sang

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Mona Sang
Also known asChef Mona Sang
RolesChef
Based inUnited States
SubjectsFood & Foodways; Migration & Diaspora; Family & Intergenerational Life

Cambodian American chef and restaurant owner in Chicago cooking Khmer dishes learned from her mother.

Mona Sang is a Cambodian American chef who opened the Cambodian restaurant Khmai in the Rogers Park neighbourhood of Chicago in mid-2022. She had previously spent about seven years cooking in the Lettuce Entertain You group, including at the Ivy Room, and also ran a catering business. Her menu pairs dishes she learned from her mother, such as prahok ktiss, somlor kari and samlor korko, with modernised preparations. (StarChefs, Past and present prahok at Khmai; Block Club Chicago, Khmai Cambodian fine dining)

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