What It's Like Running a Restaurant Right Now

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4.4 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're joined by Moonlynn Tsai, co-owner of Bon Appetit Hot List winner Kopitiam, and Mei Lin, from the James Beard-nominated Nightshade, who share their stories about everything from how they've found support systems in other restaurant owners to what they're cooking at home right now, and, most importantly, how you can support the restaurant industry during this difficult time.

Their big advice? Spend your money, whether it be food or merch for now or gift cards for later, and order directly when possible, instead of through apps, so that your favorite restaurants can keep as much of their profits as possible.

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0:00.0	Ahead of this week's episode, and in light of the murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade,
0:04.9	Brianna Taylor, and countless other Black Americans, Lale and I would like to say, unequivocally,
0:10.3	that Black Lives Matter. We stand with protesters across the country, raising their voices about
0:15.8	police brutality. If you are unable to protest in your community, please consider donating to your local chapter
0:22.0	of the NAACP, to the Black Lives Matter movement, to Campaign Zero, or a local bail or
0:28.0	mutual aid fund. We will link to organizations fighting for systemic change in the show notes.
0:33.0	We highly recommend subscribing to Code Switch, the nod, and the New York Times 1619 podcast to diversify
0:39.0	your listening to. Since this week's episode is all about women-owned restaurants struggling
0:43.5	during the coronavirus pandemic, you will also find lists of black-owned restaurants to support
0:47.9	in the show notes. We are committed to sharing black women's stories on women who travel,
0:52.3	and will continue to do so throughout
0:54.3	our podcast episodes and all other platforms.
0:57.0	Hi everyone and welcome to Women Who Travel, a podcast from Condi Nass Traveler.
1:06.0	I'm Lale Aricoglu and with me, as always, is my co-host Meredith Carey hello this week we're
1:12.4	talking to two female restaurateurs about the realities they're facing today joining us from
1:17.5	new york city is moon lynn si co-owner the amazing kopitiam in chinatown and from los angeles
1:24.5	chef and owner of nightshade, May Lynn. Hi everyone.
1:28.3	Hi, how are you?
1:30.3	I'm so happy to have you on today.
1:32.3	So, May, over the past three months, you've been forced to make the very hard decision to temporarily close your restaurant,
1:41.3	and at the same time, you've been nominated for a james beard award for
1:45.7	best new restaurant in los angeles yes where what's going on in your head right now how what what are you
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