Q: What is your background and what led you to open a food truck?
I went to the University of Illinois and studied economics. Not exactly your typical path to owning a food truck. After graduating, I did what most 20-something college grads do and worked in corporate America. However, sitting in front of a computer for 8 plus hours per day wasn’t my idea of how I wanted to spend the rest of his life. So I left my finance job and pursued my passion for food.
I grew up around food since my parents came over to America and opened Chinese restaurants. I always knew I’d eventually find my way back to the kitchen; I just never knew it would be in a truck.
The idea for a food truck came to me when I was in Taiwan at a night market and really developed my love for street food. I wanted to bring the amazing street food that my parents grew up eating and cooked for us back to Chicago, and a food truck seemed to best articulate my message.