SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 A week-long food celebration is back in San Diego, highlighting the cultures, stories and flavors behind some of the region\u2019s most popular Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander dishes.<\/p>\n
The second annual AANHPI Eats Week features local restaurants and businesses across San Diego County, offering special menus and dining experiences designed to showcase the diversity within AANHPI communities.<\/p>\n
One of the participating restaurants is Glass Box in Del Mar, where Executive Chef Ethan Yang says every dish is meant to tell a story.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd we do like a little sushi box that we press, and then we sear the salmon over the top,\u201d Yang said. \u201cSo, a lot of different selections, some good hot food, and some good cold food as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Yang, AANHPI Eats Week is more than just an opportunity to serve food \u2014 it\u2019s a chance to share his heritage and culture with the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cAANHPI month is really exciting for me and, you know, kind of show my heritage, my culture,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Yang says cooking has always been part of his life. He comes from a family of chefs and describes himself as a third-generation cook who followed in the footsteps of his father and grandmother.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been a chef kind of growing up my whole life,\u201d Yang said. \u201cMy dad and my grandma, everybody was a chef. So I’m a third-generation chef, and they were in the restaurant business and I kind of just followed their footsteps.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organizers say the event helps spotlight local AANHPI-owned businesses while also creating space for cultural connection through food.<\/p>\n
Yang hopes customers leave with more than just a full stomach.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it’s always exciting to see people come in for the menu, but hopefully when people try our food, they realize it’s something different,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s a unique experience and we try to separate ourselves from everybody else.\u201d<\/p>\n
He says every detail \u2014 from the flavors to the presentation \u2014 reflects his passion, creativity and family roots.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I put something on a plate, it’s always art, it always comes from the heart,\u201d Yang said. \u201cI cook to see people walk in the doors, enjoy the food, and really leave out of here with a good story and a good memory.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN DIEGO (KGTV) \u2014 A week-long food celebration is back in San Diego, highlighting the cultures, stories and…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":820631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5134],"tags":[337435,36419,5229,47331,1582,276,34835,337436,3549,7264,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-820630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-aanhpi","tag-aapi","tag-america","tag-asian-american","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-del-mar","tag-glassbox","tag-san-diego","tag-sandiego","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116634071804287963","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/820631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}