Hi Rebels, this is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.

Hi Rebels, this is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the interview.

I'm your host, Hazel Russell, and today we're talking to Chef and restaurant owner, Reina Jung.

Reina Maira raided the story of world-renowned baker, author, and TV personality, Nadia Hussein.

If you haven't heard that episode yet, go check it out.

Hi Reina, it's lovely to meet you. Can you introduce yourself please?

Guess hi, I am Reina Jung. I am the chef and owner to sandwich hag in Dallas, Texas. It's a Vietnamese restaurant.

There, I not only create my menu, which are Vietnamese sandwiches called banh mi.

I also specialize in Vietnamese gaffe, which is super strong and delicious.

And I am, that's all I have right now.

That sounds delicious. How did you first discover your love of cooking?

I didn't love cooking at all because my mom, Ma, is what I called her.

It would make me through guilt trips, cooking the kitchen with her.

And I always wanted to be outside and play and climb trees and eat dirt, you know, as kids do.

But I paid attention to everything that she was doing.

I think her reasons were different from mine in regards to like the love of cooking.

But I think what we had in common was the love of food and nurturing people that we love through cooking.

So I would say that's how it began in my mom's kitchen and in my math kitchen.

What are some of your favorite ingredients to cook with them? Why?

I love cooking with coconut milk because it's very diverse.

In Vietnamese cuisine, we can use it for savory or sweet.

You can transform it into a dry dish or a soup dish, a dessert dish, or a savory tangy, spicy sour dish.

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