Those old enough to remember Birmingham’s Joy Young Restaurant might recall the little boy whose face was on the kid’s menu. Now 47, that kid — Chris Joe — is bringing his own style of Asian-inspired cuisine to the city he calls home with RickshawBham:
might recall the little boy whose face was on the children’s menu.
“The crazy thing about it is, I’ve never cooked in an actual Asian restaurant,” he says. “I’m kind of just winging it and making my way as I cook.”When he was a little boy, Chris Joe was featured on the front of the children's menu at Joy Young Restaurant.His great-grandfather, Mansion Joe, came to America from Canton, China, and in 1920, he and three partners opened a Chinese restaurant they called King Joy on Third Avenue North in Birmingham.
“That was actually my first job ever -- washing dishes in my family’s restaurant,” he adds. “I was 14, in there washing dishes.” “She did all the cooking because she loved it so,” Chris recalls. “What stood out to me was the salmon croquettes. I used to love those things.”After Chris graduated from Homewood High School in 1994, he attended the University of Montevallo for a couple of years but soon decided college wasn’t for him.
After a couple of years away -- and a vacation to Italy that got his creative juices flowing again -- Chris realized how much he missed being in the kitchen, how much he loved cooking, and how much it was in his blood. The Rickshaw menu is a mash-up of cultures and influences that draws on all his culinary experiences – from his family’s restaurant and his great-grandmother’s kitchen to every chef for whom he ever worked.Eastaboga Bee Company
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