Long Beach Cambodian Restaurant Week Preview with Hawk Tea of Shlap Muan

“The fourth annual Long Beach Cambodian Restaurant Week returns May 17-24, 2026. The event is organized by United Cambodian Community (UCC) of Long Beach, a California registered 501(c)3 non-profit. May is Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month.” “Long Beach Cambodian Restaurant Week is a medium to bring everyone to the table, from all walks of life, to showcase the city's delicious Cambodian food scene. The eight- day event also seeks to highlight Cambodian-owned food businesses as well as Cambodian chefs and bartenders.” “Long Beach is home to the largest community of Cambodians outside of the country itself, many refugees settling in Long Beach after escaping the Khmer Rouge regime genocide of the late 1970s.” “Long Beach's own "Cambodia Town" is a bustling collection of eateries, shops and retailers. Cambodian-owned Restaurants, Food Trucks, Caterers, Bakeries, Pop-ups, Cottage Businesses and Retail Food Businesses are participating.” Long Beach’s Shlap Muan (a founding restaurant of LB Cambodian Restaurant Week) is one of the participating establishments. “Shlap Muan (Khmer for chicken wings) is a love and hate child between Hawk Tea and his wife, Sophia. It started out as a modest sandwich shop, but more importantly as a way for Sophia and Hawk to get away from the corporate grind.” Locations in Long Beach and a newly debuted location in Monrovia. They serve every Sunday at Smorgsburg L.A. in Downtown Los Angeles.The Wing Man himself, Hawk Tea, joins us.