Weekly Welcome
137 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsKorean American host and producer Arnold Byun welcomes fellow Asian American tastemakers to share conversations and insights on entrepreneurship, hyphenated identity, and culture. A proud member of MODU, recorded at 1010 Wilshire.
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Keegan Fong with Woon
May 18, 2022 07:00 - 36 minutes - 41.4 MBKeegan Fong is the Founder of Woon, serving “homestyle Chinese food” in Los Angeles inspired by recipes from “Mama Fong.” It’s a gateway restaurant for those that have both enjoyed Chinese food growing up and for those desiring to explore in depth about Chinese cuisine. Keegan has created a comfortably modern environment minus the stuffiness plus the friendliness to serve his favorite childhood dishes. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography by Ca...
Deau Arpapornopparat & Joy Yuon with Holy Basil
May 12, 2022 00:28 - 49 minutes - 56.9 MBDeau and Joy are the power couple and Co-Founders behind LA's buzziest Thai restaurant, Holy Basil. Both hail from Bangkok, but boast different stories on how their paths eventually converged at the now-closed Chandara as cashier and bartender, respectively. Deau's background was in graphic design and naturally the pair launched a string of pop-ups promoting their beverage brand The_Base. Naturally, the opportunity presented itself and the duo soon found themselves launching their first ever...
Katy Noochlaor with Tuk Tuk, Same Same, Chao Krung
May 05, 2022 04:48 - 32 minutes - 36.7 MBKaty Noochlaor is the Co-Owner and operator of 20+ year Thai street food Tuk Tuk in Sawtelle, robust wine and casual Thai fare Same Same in Silver Lake, and the multigenerational dining institution Chao Krung in Fairfax. We speak on her newly relocated and updated Tuk Tuk as well as the importance in reclaiming Thai food. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography by Calvin Khurniawan. Follow us on Instagram @withwarmwelcome or visit our website, wit...
Eric Tjahyadi with Bone Kettle
April 28, 2022 01:50 - 42 minutes - 49.2 MBEric Tjahyadi is a Co-Owner in his family owned Southeast Asian restaurant Bone Kettle in Old Town Pasadena. During the day, Eric is also the VP, Head of Global Ad Sales at Sony Music. He's also a partner in Supa Coffee, a hip-hop themed conceptual café. We touch on creating organizational structure, importance of delegating, and not giving up on what you want to do and what you love. Eric and his family immigrated from Indonesia and their initial perception of America (Victorian houses/Full...
Vanda Asapahu with Ayara Thai
April 20, 2022 20:09 - 48 minutes - 55.2 MBVanda Asapahu is a second generation restaurant owner of Ayara Thai, a Thai institution in Westchester, LA nearing two decades of operation. Family owned and operated in every sense, we dive into the dynamics of working with family, the harmful notion of “cheap Asian food,” and what’s next for the Asapahu family. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography + videography by Calvin Khurniawan. Follow us on Instagram @withwarmwelcome or visit our website...
Adrienne Borlongan with Wanderlust Creamery
April 13, 2022 15:53 - 43 minutes - 50.3 MBBartender-turned-ice cream shop owner Adrienne Borlongan is the Co-Founder of Wanderlust Creamery — artisanal ice cream inspired by the founders’ feelings of wanderlust, every flavor is a love letter to the places they’ve been, the places they long to visit, and childhood memories. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography + videography by Calvin Khurniawan. Recorded at 3.1 Phillip Lim. Follow us on Instagram @withwarmwelcome or visit our website, w...
Ria Dolly Barbosa with Petite Peso
April 06, 2022 16:28 - 43 minutes - 49.5 MBRia Dolly Barbosa is the Executive Chef and VP of Culinary at Peso Hospitality. Their first restaurant Petite Peso serves thoughtful, comforting Filipino food in DTLA. We chronicle her immigrant experience from the Philippines to running the popular Sqirl to eventually meeting her now business partners through Instagram. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography + videography by Calvin Khurniawan. Recorded at 3.1 Phillip Lim. Follow us on Instagram ...
Rica Leon with Chifa 國偉
March 30, 2022 07:02 - 50 minutes - 58.4 MBRica Leon is the Co-Owner/CEO of Chifa in Eagle Rock, Los Angeles ― a restaurant that features Cantonese, Peruvian, and Taiwanese cooking. Truly a family owned and operated restaurant, it's inspired by Rica's mom Wendy "Popo" who emigrated from Hong Kong to Lima, Peru with her family. Eventually the family made their way stateside landing in Highland Park, which neighbors Eagle Rock. Rica's story is a full circle story about grit, perseverance, and the American dream. Hosted + produced by ...
Justin Pichetrungsi with Anajak Thai
March 23, 2022 17:52 - 45 minutes - 51.6 MBJustin Pichetrungsi is the second generation owner and operator of Anajak Thai Cuisine in Sherman Oaks. Anajak has been around for multiple decades and one of the first Thai restaurants in the valley. We chat about challenges of multigenerational restaurant ownership in maintaining the older clientele while attaining the new, the expression of Thai cuisine, how his ever popular "Thai Taco Tuesday (TTT)" came to be, his use of social media, and how he came to fully realize his responsibility ...
Lien Ta with HLAY, All Day Baby, RE:Her
March 16, 2022 16:02 - 47 minutes - 54.7 MBLien Ta is the Co-Owner and operator of LA restaurants Here’s Looking at You and All Day Baby. In addition, she’s a Co-Founder of Regarding Her, a national non-profit driven by women restaurateurs on a mission to empower and advance all women identifying food and drink entrepreneurs. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography + videography by Calvin Khurniawan. Recorded at 3.1 Phillip Lim. Follow us on Instagram @withwarmwelcome or visit our website...
Leo Lee with RiceBox
March 09, 2022 08:55 - 51 minutes - 58.4 MBLeo Lee is the Co-Owner and Chef of RiceBox in DTLA. A Cantonese BBQ restaurant by definition, Leo's story is anything but orthodox. Starting as a dishwasher in his family restaurant in Mexicali to CIA to Levy Restaurants, Leo finally opened his own with his wife and business partner Lydia. We revisit the early days to surviving through COVID, having a baby during these tumultuous times and how they've continued to put family and employees first and foremost. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byu...
Jimin Kim and Sandy Han with Saikai Ramen Bar
March 02, 2022 15:40 - 39 minutes - 44.9 MBJimin and Sandy are the husband-and-wife duo behind Saikai Ramen Bar in LA’s Koreatown, serving up some of the best bowls you’ll find in the city alongside a LA-inspired rotation of yakitori and appetizers. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography + videography by Calvin Khurniawan. Recorded at 3.1 Phillip Lim. Follow us on Instagram @withwarmwelcome or visit our website, withwarmwelcome.com.
Tuan Lee with Vervet
February 23, 2022 09:53 - 37 minutes - 43.5 MBTuan Lee is the Co-Founder/CEO of Vervet, farm-to-can sparkling cocktails celebrating the global cultures of LA. Hosted + produced by Arnold Byun. Cover art illustration by Seohui Chi. Photography + videography by Calvin Khurniawan. Recorded at 3.1 Phillip Lim. Follow us on Instagram @withwarmwelcome or visit our website, withwarmwelcome.com.
Off Menu: Soundbites with Sean and Izzy
May 17, 2021 21:56 - 34 minutes - 39.6 MBWith Warm Welcome team members (and our favorite couple) Sean Wang and Izzy Chen join Off Menu to talk about our newsletter, aptly named Soundbites. It's a monthly newsletter, delivered to your inbox for free! Featuring the latest and greatest happenings within the Asian American culinary scene, as well as all of the cool things the With Warm Welcome team has been up to. Sign up and learn more about it at withwarmwelcome.com/soundbites.
Off Menu: AB Experience, Stuff Ben Ate, Breakfast Burrito
May 11, 2021 03:00 - 41 minutes - 47.5 MBCo-Hosts Arnold and Ben return for another episode and share their thoughts on Los Angeles opening up on June 15th and New York City opening up on July 1st respectively, along with what they've been up to in the previous two months. .Timestamps: 10:25 revealing Bakers Box future cities for 2021 12:00 future world of With Warm Welcome plans 15:48 Ben's Life Updates 23:30 Stuff Ben Ate Resources: Learn more about our Co-Hosts Arnold and Ben, Arnold Byun's episode here. Ben Hon's episode...
Off Menu: All About the Bakers Box with Anna & Stephanie
May 03, 2021 08:07 - 34 minutes - 39.4 MBFounder & Host Arnold Byun chats with our in-house resident baker/Bakers Box project lead Stephanie Loo and our on-the-ground correspondent and collaborator Anna Desai about all things Bakers Box. References: Stephanie Loo's piece on ICE's blog here. More information about the Bakers Box is available on our website. Follow Stephanie Loo's baking journey at @stephanieloobakes and Anna Desai's celebration of Asian culture and eats via her Instagram @wouldyoulikesomethingtoeat.
Off Menu: All About the Bakers Box
May 03, 2021 08:07 - 34 minutes - 39.4 MBFounder & Host Arnold Byun chats with our in-house resident baker/Bakers Box project lead Stephanie Loo and our on-the-ground correspondent and collaborator Anna Desai about all things Bakers Box. References: Stephanie Loo's piece on ICE's blog here. More information about the Bakers Box is available on our website. Follow Stephanie Loo's baking journey at @stephanieloobakes and Anna Desai's celebration of Asian culture and eats via her Instagram @wouldyoulikesomethingtoeat.
Off Menu: Best Meals, Fine Dining, Bakers Box
March 15, 2021 20:18 - 1 hour - 70.3 MBArnold, Ben & Esther dive into their top best meals over the last few weeks, what defines fine dining, excitement for indoor dining, vaccine cards, our upcoming and very exciting project NY Bakers Box fundraiser, and more.
Off Menu: Exes, Tiny Pinecone, NYC & LA
March 09, 2021 01:19 - 44 minutes - 51 MBOn this week's episode of Off Menu, we talk about going from zero to 100 over the past two weeks of Arnold's visit to New York, how Arnold actually met Ben 7 years ago, which coast is the best coast, it's now or never, tears of love and happiness, the importance of community, and more.
Off Menu: Bananas, Anti-Asian Racism, Ben Smashes
March 01, 2021 21:02 - 54 minutes - 61.9 MBThe WWW trio (Ben Hon, Arnold Byun, Esther Cho) returns for hot takes on identity, their respective Asian American experiences growing up, their thoughts on the current spike of anti-Asian sentiments and rhetoric, as well as what's in plan for WWW 2.0.
Off Menu: First Impressions, Well Done Crappy, Stuff Ben Hates
February 08, 2021 23:19 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBFor today's episode of Off Menu, we have a new guest join in on the conversation, Esther Cho (@estherbcho) WWW's Creative Director. We talk about first impressions, a controversial food discussion, call for contributors, and how we see the WWW organization evolving.
Off Menu: Finding Naemo, Korean Pop-Up in LA
January 11, 2021 09:43 - 22 minutes - 25.6 MBNaemo is a Korean pop-up in LA from our Founder and Co-Host Arnold Byun and his chef-partner Ki Kim. We touch on their origin story, their insecurities of working in Japanese and other Michelin starred restaurants to what prompted them to push on with this project. Follow Naemo on Instagram at @naemo.la. Takeout only via Tock: www.exploretock.com/naemo.
Off Menu: Reflecting on 2020
December 31, 2020 22:33 - 50 minutes - 58 MBCo-Hosts Arnold Byun and Ben Hon wrap up 2020 as they recount moments and memories — from hosting pop-ups, a press trip to Australia/New Zealand early on to finding themselves in LA.
Corey Chow with Per Se
December 30, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 58.3 MBCorey Chow is the Chef de Cuisine at Per Se, a 3-Michelin starred restaurant in New York City from Thomas Keller Restaurant Group. Growing up in San Gabriel Valley, Corey spent weekends at his grandparents' where he learned the importance of food and the connection it has to culture. His original path would've had him in education, teaching children; however, a transformative time in Alan Wong's restaurant In Hawaii soon changed the course of his career. In a decade, he rose the ranks of Per...
Lydia Lin with Steep LA
December 23, 2020 18:00 - 40 minutes - 46.8 MBLydia is the Co-Owner of Steep in LA’s Chinatown. We converse on her concept and definition of a “modern tea room,” how they approach tea ceremonies, her trips to China to source directly, the sensation of being tea drunk, and navigating her business through COVID-19.
Off Menu: Hey, How's LA?
December 21, 2020 16:15 - 30 minutes - 35.4 MBWe change things up as Co-Host Ben turns the tables and Arnold becomes a Guest on the show for this Off Menu episode. He answers the question he's come to dread: "Hey, How's LA?" We talk about life in LA: transitioning during the pandemic, endless errands, Arnold's upbringing, and how he became involved in restaurants.
Jing Gao with Fly By Jing
December 16, 2020 09:00 - 54 minutes - 62.4 MBJing Gao is the Founder and CEO of Fly By Jing. Gao was born in Chengdu, identifying as Chinese Canadian, has lived in and hopped around a number of countries, and now calls Los Angeles her home. We discuss Gao's reclamation of her birth name, her culinary journey throughout Asia working at P&G and Blackberry, writing for international food publications while exploring Chinese cuisine more deeply, to filming Eddie Huang's Fresh Off the Boat and Bizzare Foods with Andrew Zimmerman. Her a-ha...
Off Menu: Role of Food Influencers
December 15, 2020 00:11 - 19 minutes - 17.8 MBIn the first-ever segment of OFF MENU; we announce our new co-host Ben Hon (@stuffbeneats). Ben is a restaurant kid at heart; worked in finance and is now a food photographer (and influencer). I hosted him before as a guest on the podcast and have since became fast friends. We decided to create a corner where we converse on industry news and happenings. Today, we check in on each other and speak on the role of a food influencer in the current state of restaurants. - Arnold
Johnny Lee with Pearl River Deli
December 09, 2020 10:00 - 41 minutes - 47.6 MBJohnny Lee is the Chef/Owner of Pearl River Deli. Lee is a Los Angeles native whose humble beginnings started at McDonalds to working front of house as a waiter and restaurant manager at a Chinese restaurant in Colorado. His love for the hospitality business grew from these experiences and led him back to LA at the time when food trucks were booming. We fast-forward to Lee running the kitchens at Sticky Rice and Alvin Cailan's Eggslut in Grand Central Market before finally creating his own p...
Jenny Dorsey with Studio ATAO
December 02, 2020 18:00 - 40 minutes - 46.4 MBJenny Dorsey is a bi-coastal chef, food writer, speaker, and social entrepreneur. Dorsey owns Studio ATAO, a nonprofit community think tank that creates content and experiences at the intersection of food, art and social impact. She started her career as a management consultant in the fashion industry but discovered her true calling in culinary arts after taking a sabbatical to explore food interests. We dig into her backstory and discuss topics like the need to exercise creative muscle, hos...
David Kuo with Little Fatty
November 25, 2020 20:00 - 35 minutes - 40.3 MBDavid Kuo is Chef/Owner of Little Fatty, a Taiwanese soul food restaurant located in Mar Vista, California. A California native whose passion for cooking and food was influenced by his family's traditional cooking as well as watching Food Network & Iron Chef growing up. Kuo spent some time in real estate before following his dream of owning a restaurant, but it didn't come easy; as he refers to it as the school of hard knocks. Through these experiences he was able to glean insights into succ...
Ryan Wong with Needle
November 18, 2020 15:00 - 38 minutes - 43.6 MBRyan Wong is Chef/Owner of Needle, a Cantonese restaurant in Silver Lake, California. He’s got a chef’s conviction to carry on his Hong Kong heritage. Formerly a substitute teacher moonlighting as a guitarist in a rock-alt band, to washing dishes at a Sheraton Hotel, to finally cooking food he has connections to.
Prix Fixe for Youth: New York City
November 11, 2020 17:15 - 25 minutes - 29.4 MBWe launched a new digital magazine! Prix Fixe for Youth was born as a charity dinner, a prix-fixe tasting menu to benefit Apex for Youth. Now, with the inability to host these spontaneous, communal events for the time being, we’ve adapted PFFY into a magazine featuring 26 restaurants we love and the tenacious people behind them. Every $2 per copy benefits Apex. Get your copy now at withwarmwelcome.com/magazine! In this particular episode, we speak with our friend and supporter Sean Wang, a...
Keizo Shimamoto with Ramen Burger, Ramen Shack, Shimamoto Noodle
November 11, 2020 10:00 - 40 minutes - 46 MBKeizo Shimamoto is living the ramen dream — from the first Tokyo-style shoyu ramen as a picky eater, trying over 600 bowls of ramen in a year while running his ramen blog, to becoming a first-time business owner with a viral food sensation that was the ramen burger. Keizo's had quite a career; he's paid his dues in the original Ivan Ramen and Bassanova in Tokyo. We document his ups and downs; highs and lows, as he makes a hard decision this year to shut his businesses in NYC and relocate bac...
Kevin Wong and Sean Ro with Lunar Hard Seltzer
November 04, 2020 19:00 - 40 minutes - 46.5 MBA story of how two Asian-American friends who sat in the back of their Calculus class birthed the idea of an Asian-American craft hard seltzer and launched in the middle of a global pandemic. Lunar is the first and only Asian-American craft hard seltzer. Born and raised in NYC, their seltzers are made from premium, authentic Asian ingredients sourced from the motherland. They've taken the fruits most emblematic of their childhood - trips back to Asia, their parents cutting fruit for us while...
Matthew Jung-Quillen with Sey Coffee
October 28, 2020 22:00 - 29 minutes - 33.3 MBMatthew runs all business-related matters at Sey Coffee, a specialty coffee roaster based out in Brooklyn. Originally a dentist, Matthew has developed a newfound passion for coffee and has paved his own path in becoming involved in the most talked about coffee roasteries in the US.
Kyungmoon Kim with KMS Imports
October 21, 2020 08:00 - 41 minutes - 47.5 MBKyungmoon is a certified Master Sommelier and a CIA graduate who began his career at Jungsik, a 2-Michelin starred Korean restaurant in Seoul and NYC. Now, he aims to showcase and share the wide variety of sool (Korean alcoholic beverages) it has to offer through his own importing company. Where to find his imported K-Sool here: https://www.woorisoul.com/wheretofind. Follow KMS Imports on Instagram @woorisoul_nyc.
Alice Jun with Hana Makgeolli
October 14, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 58.2 MBAlice is a Korean-American producing her own makgeolli in her very own brewery out in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. We touch exclusively on how she’s cultivated such an interest and admiration for makgeolli and how right now is the perfect time to introduce the beverage. Website: https://www.hanamakgeolli.com
Carol Pak with Makku
October 07, 2020 17:00 - 36 minutes - 41.5 MBCarol Pak is the founder of Makku, dubbed “America’s first craft makgeolli.” Makgeolli is the lesser-known alcoholic choice in comparison to the widely popular soju. However, it is considered Korea’s oldest. Carol decided to take this old-school beverage and bring it to market for a modern audience.
Sandro Roco with Sanzo
September 30, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 50.6 MBSandro is a Queens-born Filipino-American who has started Sanzo: a new kind of sparkling water offering that celebrates Asian flavors. We speak on his unique journey that’s lead him to work on his dream of filling grocery shelves with a product that best represents him and his community.
Kevin Liang with Southeast Asia Food Group
September 23, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 51.5 MBKevin Liang grew up in the family grocery business in Manhattan’s Chinatown. Now, he oversees Southeast Asia Food Group (SAFG) that calls some of the chefs we’ve had as clients. With the pandemic, Kevin has pivoted from serving restaurants to now also offering hard to find Asian products for the general public.
Claire Sprouse with Hunky Dory
September 16, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 72.1 MBClaire is a Filipino-American bar owner of Hunky Dory in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Named after the name of a David Bowie album (one of her favorites), Hunky Dory is not your typical bar with brightly painted walls and lots of lights throughout the space. Originally, an all-day cocktail bar, coffee shop, and restaurant; Claire explains to us how she’s pivoted and indefinitely decided against returning for indoor dining.
SCL: Elizabeth Yee with Tonii's Fresh Rice Noodle
September 16, 2020 03:24 - 25 minutes - 28.9 MBElizabeth Yee is the owner of Tonii's Fresh Rice Noodle in Manhattan's Chinatown. We sat down with Elizabeth to share her family's origin story and connections to Chinatown as well as the importance of family legacy. From Send Chinatown Love: "Opened in October 2019, Tonii’s specializes in the Cantonese dim sum classic cheung-fun, otherwise known as rice noodle rolls. The small eatery on Bayard Street offers a wide variety of Hong Kong-style breakfast foods that make for a quintessential ele...
SCL: Alice Liu with Grand Tea & Imports
September 15, 2020 02:01 - 33 minutes - 38.7 MBAlice Liu's family runs Grand Tea & Imports. From SCL "Since 2006, ‘Grand Tea Imports’ has been a Chinatown staple for folks looking for unique tea blends, spiritual goods, and niche Chinese cultural items. Whether you have questions about Buddhist symbolism or curious on Chinese teas and their provenance, Alice and her family have all the answers." More information about Send Chinatown Love is available at: https://www.sendchinatownlove.com.
Elizabeth Yee with Tonii's Fresh Rice Noodle
September 10, 2020 04:00 - 25 minutes - 28.9 MBElizabeth Yee is the owner of Tonii's Fresh Rice Noodle in Manhattan's Chinatown. We sat down with Elizabeth to share her family's origin story and connections to Chinatown as well as the importance of family legacy. From Send Chinatown Love: "Opened in October 2019, Tonii’s specializes in the Cantonese dim sum classic cheung-fun, otherwise known as rice noodle rolls. The small eatery on Bayard Street offers a wide variety of Hong Kong-style breakfast foods that make for a quintessential ele...
Tableside: Atomix with Chef de Cuisine Hasung Lee
September 06, 2020 20:53 - 23 minutes - 26.5 MBHasung Lee is the newly promoted Chef de Cuisine at Atomix. Previously he was the opening Sous Chef for Atomix after he had traveled the world working in the best kitchens such as Gramercy Tavern in NYC and Geranium in Copenhagen. Upon opening Atomix, he set a professional benchmark on obtaining 2 stars from The Michelin Guide. Within just a year and a half, Atomix was able to garner the stars. By the time New York had to go on pause, Chef Hasung was already working on a new menu for the sea...
Tableside: Atomix with Sommelier Arni Cabatingan
September 06, 2020 20:49 - 27 minutes - 31 MBArni Cabantingan is an Assistant Sommelier at Atomix. Previously, she was a Server at The NoMad Restaurant (when Chef Daniel Humm and Make It Nice had still operated the concept). Now, 6 months later after New York went on pause, we circle back to see how Arni has spent her time and how she feels about returning to work (if and when we can).
Tableside: Atomix with Bartender Marc Rodriguez
September 06, 2020 20:32 - 28 minutes - 32.2 MBMarc Rodriguez, Bartender at Atomix, continues the TABLESIDE series. Born and bred in Brooklyn, NY and from working at a pizza shop to becoming a lead bartender at a 2 Michelin-starred restaurant in NYC, Marc has had quite a journey in hospitality. We check in on his tenure pre-COVID, how the previous 6 months has been for him, and his outlook on the industry.
Tableside: Atonae with Project Coordinator Jinah Rhee
September 05, 2020 21:10 - 29 minutes - 34 MBJinah Rhee, Project & Events Coordinator for Atoboy & Atomix, shares the inside story on how their newest brand, Atonae, came to be. It is the name of the merchant place of various goods, including food items, branded merchandise, and limited edition artist collaborations. It remained a dormant idea in the process of establishing both restaurants, but resurfaced as a creative outlet during the unexpected hiatus of restaurants onset by COVID-19. Through its projects and products, Atonae hopes...
Tableside: Atoboy with General Manager Ahris Kim
September 05, 2020 19:54 - 36 minutes - 42.3 MBAhris Kim, General Manager of Atoboy, shares stories of navigating through the pandemic via offering for the first time delivery and takeout, as well as her outlook on the restaurant and the industry at large.