Very pleased to see Christina Nguyen win Best Midwest Chef at the James Beard Awards last night. The other nominees were equally as great, but she’s been up for several years and it’s such a well-deserved win for her restaurant, Hai Hai, a Southeast Asian gem in northeast Minneapolis.
![Sign outside Hai Hai yellow building reading Living the Hai Life](https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/25423/2024/hai-hai-sign.jpeg)