The family immigrated from Thailand to the U.S. Supo Techagumthorn’s parents, Jas and Pete, have owned Chili Basil Thai Grill in Lynnwood for a decade. Meanwhile, family-owned restaurants in Snohomish County, where the first COVID-19 case was recorded, began to also feel harsh impacts. Supo Techagumthorn (left) with his brother, Pongpak, and parents, Jas and Pete, at Chili Basil Thai Grill in Lynnwood (Photo courtesy of Pete Techagumthorn) Michelle Cai’s parents decided to close Dim Sum King for the safety of its employees and customers. Pang’s parents were forced to close New Star because it was too expensive to stay open. Inslee restricted all restaurants to takeout to prevent the spread of COVID-19. You sit here and wait for the phone to ring.” “You can’t do anything when there’s nobody ordering. Pang had never seen her parents’ restaurant that empty. For years, New Star has served tourists and downtown workers, but that customer base vanished seemingly overnight. The family immigrated from Hong Kong when Pang was seven. Elaine Pang’s parents, Hay Pang and Mui Chu, own New Star Restaurant, which has been in the ID since 1998. Just a few blocks away, Dim Sum King and New Star Restaurant experienced the same plummet in January sales. novel coronavirus case was reported in Snohomish County. Purple Dot saw customer dropoff in January after the first U.S.
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International District restaurants were impacted early because of coronavirus stigma, a full month before spread began in Washington. But running the business was mostly a one-man show for her industrious father, said Xie, until the pandemic hit. Xie sometimes helped at the restaurant on holidays and weekends or if someone called in sick. Chang)Ĭarol Xie was a high school sophomore when her father, an immigrant from Guangzhou, opened Purple Dot Café in the ID. Inslee’s four-phase plan, restaurant kids are helping their parents creatively adapt to a new business normal and keep positivity in plain sight.Ĭarol Xie and her father, Jason, at his restaurant Purple Dot Café in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (Photo: Sharon H. Now, as the state emerges from quarantine under Gov. Over the last five harrowing months of coronavirus outbreak and quarantine, first- and second-generation children of immigrant restaurant owners have helped keep their parents’ small businesses afloat, doing everything from boosting digital presence to applying for loans and providing moral support. But this spring Cai flew home when her parents temporarily closed their restaurant so she could be with family and eventually support her parents in reopening. After graduating college, Cai moved to Southern California. Cai was a 7th grader when they opened Dim Sum King and she would help out after school, filling soy sauce bottles or cleaning floors. from Guangzhou, China, over two decades ago. Michelle Cai’s parents immigrated to the U.S. “My son and my daughter is very good!” Amy beams.
Cai’s extroverted mother, Amy, is happily serving food and chimes in to emphasize how helpful her children have been during the pandemic. Michelle Cai is explaining how she drew reopening plans for her parent’s restaurant, which included directing foot traffic. After months of being closed, a steady flow of customers comes in for takeout, following tape arrows on the floor to maintain six feet of distance.
It is a gratefully busy afternoon at Dim Sum King in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (ID).
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