Once a refugee, now a restaurant owner.

Being born as a refugee in Vietnam in 1979 when there were no papers claiming to any state back then, he lived through a difficult childhood when food was scarce and his home country was in turmoil from the tails of the Third Indochina War. But his determined parents fought hard for the family's survival despite the adversities. Fast-forward to today, he has his own restaurant and aims to bring homemade Vietnamnese food international. Hoang Ha, Co-Founder of Vietnamnese restaurant Mrs Pho talks about serving comfort food that draws its best flavours from love, authenticity and familial ties to feed you like family. With the help of Brian Chua, Director of Gourmet Food Holdings, Hoang is set to expand its business further. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.