Jan 12, 2022
Becoming No One and Everyone at the Burbank Mall
I was just another teen with a hot dog pretzel.
An Uong is a writer, editor, and recipe tinkerer whose work orbits themes of pop culture, food, and Vietnamese-American womanhood. Her writing is forthcoming or has appeared in Catapult, Eater, Hyphen Magazine, Roads and Kingdoms, Bon Appetit, Taste, and elsewhere. Living between Los Angeles and Providence, Rhode Island, she’s always on the lookout for a good bowl of bún bò Huế. Find her online: @anuonganuong.
I was just another teen with a hot dog pretzel.
Our relationships with these business owners dotted the San Fernando Valley from strip mall to strip mall.
There was always a feeling of limitless potential at the 99 Cents Store.
How two diasporas shaped who I am.
“FOE!” he had yelled, when really, phở is more graceful than that.
