Event: Asian Breakfast Club
Chef Matt Le-Khac of Bolero and Dan Q. Dao of District One
Phin filter from Nam Coffee
On May 15th, District One hosted its first-ever Asian Breakfast Club — a day-market tasting event spotlighting Asian-owned brands to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May. And we’re happy to report that we completely sold out both sessions of the event!
Hosted at modern Vietnamese restaurant Bolero, Asian Breakfast Club brought together several of our fave AAPI-owned brands including Vietnamese coffee roasters Nam Coffee and Culture Shock Coffee, Asian oatmeal purveyor Yishi Foods, non-alcoholic wine label Null Wines, and Vietnamese tea producer Là Lạ Lá Tea.
Alongside samples from each brand, guests enjoyed Bolero’s savory bobo chicken congee and open-faced Vietnamese egg sandwich along with cocktails like a Vietnamese egg coffee with a shot of whiskey and Vietnamese Bloody Mary made with Sông Cái Distillery, fish sauce, shrimp paste, and lemongrass-chili paste.
A huge thank you to all who attended and supported from afar. And check out photos of our #AsianBreakfastClub event below, taken by photographer Amanda Pham.
Egg sandwich from Bolero
Bolero is a postcolonial Vietnamese cuisine restaurant in Williamsburg
Bobo chicken Vietnamese congee by Bolero
Guests enjoying Là Lạ Lá’s Vietnamese tea
Chef Matt Le-Khac of Bolero
Chef Josh Reisner
Event florals
Là Lạ Lá Tea, purveyor of Vietnamese tea
Jessica Bui of Buzzfeed and Dan Q. Dao of District One
Yishi Foods, Asian inspired oatmeal
Designer Jennifer Chi in Bolero’s outdoor tea garden
Là Lạ Lá Tea, purveyor of Vietnamese tea
Vince Nguyen of Nam Coffee brewing Vietnamese coffee
Là Lạ Lá Tea, purveyor of Vietnamese tea
Yishi Foods, an Asian inspired oatmeal
Nam Coffee
Bartender Reilly Gorman of Bolero prepares a cocktail
Chef Matt Le-Khac of Bolero
From left to right: Stasia Brewczynski, Eitan Casell, Tavo Dam, Dan Q. Dao, Elizabeth Shecelev, Isabela Weeks, and Alex Beaufort of District One with Chef Matt Le-Khac of Bolero
Là Lạ Lá Tea assortment of Vietnamese tea
NAM Coffee, Vietnamese craft coffee
Outdoor vibes at Nam Coffee
Dorothy Munholland, co-founder of of Null Wines
Null Wines, premium non-alcoholic wine
Dan Dao, Founder of District One Studios
From left to right: Vince Nguyen of Nam Coffee, influencer Trisha Do, art director Gui Trang
Matt Bruck trying a sample of Yishi Foods
Culture Shock Coffee Co
Yishi Foods, an Asian inspired oatmeal
Yishi Foods, an Asian inspired oatmeal
Guests enjoying samples of Yishi Foods
Guests enjoying Là Lạ Lá Tea, purveyor of Vietnamese tea
Guests listening to brand introductions
Hunter Kennah, Dan Q. Dao, Elizabeth Shevelev
Lin Jiang, founder of Yishi Foods, shares her story
The cutest customer enjoying a sample of Yishi Foods
Là Lạ Lá Tea, purveyor of Vietnamese tea
Quang Nguyen and Jimmy Tran of Là Lạ Lá Tea (center, right) posing for a photo with a friend
Guests enjoying bobo chicken congee from Bolero
Sean Ro, founder of Lunar tries Culture Shock Coffee Co’s Vietnamese iced coffee drink
Lin Jiang and Maura Henry of Yishi Foods
Zoey Xinyi Gong, founder of Five Seasons TCM, with PR Director Tavo Dam and Founder Dan Q. Dao of District One Studios
Guests enjoying the event
Guests enjoying samples of AAPI-owned brands.
Bolero’s Vietnamese Bloody Mary made with Sông Cái Distillery gin, fish sauce, shrimp paste, and chili-lemongrass paste
Writer Ian Kumamoto (right) chatting with an attendee
Culture Shock’s Vietnamese Coffee
Là Lạ Lá Tea, purveyor of Vietnamese tea
Paul Henkel enjoying a sample of Null Wines non-alcoholic wine
Chef Matt Le-Khac of Bolero, chatting with attendees
From left to right: blogger Abi Balingit of The Dusky Kitchen, Dan Q. Dao of District One Studios, influencer Yu Ling Wu, and designer Jennifer Chi.
Là Lạ Lá Tea, purveyor of Vietnamese tea
Eitan Cassell (right) of District One and a friend
Culture Shock Coffee Co
Ben Kim and friend
Guests listening to brand introductions
Elizabeth Shevelev, Pablo Calderón Santiago, Isabela Weeks, Marcos Vizcarrondo
Event Credits
Production: Dan Q. Dao, Thao Bui, Elizabeth Shevelev,
Operations: Stasia Brewczynski, Tavo Dam, Eitan Cassell, Jacob Sutherland, Isabela Weeks, Roxanne Mehdizadeh, Hunter Kennah
Restaurant: Chef Matt Le-Khac, Cole Greene, Chef Mike Landas, Reilly Gorman
Graphic Design: Alex Beaufort, Kavita Kapil
Photographer: Amanda Pham
Videographer: Jeffrey Tan, Alan Tan
