rice bowls

Lindsay Collins of EffinB Radio welcomes Corrie and Shuai Wang of Jackrabbit Filly, a heritage driven new Chinese American restaurant in Charleston. They began Short Grain food truck in 2014, which served untraditional Japanese rice bowls and landed them on Bon Appetit magazine’s Top Fifty Best Restaurants list, Eater Young Guns and Best Chef lists, and garnered them a James Beard’s Rising Star Chef nod. All the while, the couple looked for a brick and mortar home. In 2019, they found one and they aren't just serving rice bowls anymore. Join them for a conversation about the industry, the impact of the pandemic, and truly delicious food.

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Dark kitchens (also called ghost kitchens) have sprung up in droves over the past year or two. But one Chicago-based restaurant was ahead of the game, with their first dark kitchen launching in California in 2017.

This week on the FoodCrush podcast, we’re talking with Geoff Alexander, president and CEO of Wow Bao about the swift expansion of the Wow Bao brand, which currently has over 400 dark kitchen operations across the U.S. with 200 more on the way.  Alexander chats with us about the history of the company, which specializes in creatively filled bao (baozi), dumplings and bowls. Along the way, he shares key factors in the concept’s success, along with insights and wisdom for owner operators looking to grow their restaurants.