Travel buddies will open Asian street food restaurant Hawkers in Deep Ellum
It’ll have curry laksa, pad Thai, Korean wings, Vietnamese coffee and more.
Coconut-curry soup called curry laksa is one of the popular dishes at Hawkers Asian Street Food.(Mia Yakel / Mia Yakel)
2:58 PM on May 19, 2021 CDT
Texas’ first Hawkers Asian Street Food restaurant is expected to open in Deep Ellum in November 2021. The restaurant is inspired by four friends’ regular trips to Asia over the past 15 years, where they’d eat street food in countries like Malaysia, Thailand and China.
“We really wanted to transport people to what it’s like to eat on the streets of Asia,” says Kaleb Harrell, CEO and co-founder. “And you don’t have to buy a $2,000 [plane] ticket.”