Peter Cuong Franklin Chef-Founder Of Anan Saigon (#39 On Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants, 2021)
Chef Peter Cuong Franklin, a Vietnamese-American Yale graduate, is the chef owner of Anan Saigon restaurant, Nhau Nhau cocktail bar & Pot Au Pho noodle bar, all located in Chợ Cũ, the oldest wet market in the center of bustling Saigon. He was an investment banker in New York, London and Hong Kong before following his passion to become a chef and restauranteur about ten years ago. Chef Peter ran two successful restaurants in Hong Kong before returning to Vietnam about five years ago to open Anan Saigon. The Harper Bazaar’s Chef of the Year also works with local charities such Saigon Children’s Charity, KOTO – Know One, Teach One and STREETS International, helping disadvantaged youths to gain a future in F&B. His restaurant Anan was recently voted No. 39 in Asia’s 50 Best Restaurants 2021 and Chef Peter was included in Tatler Asia’s Most Influential Tastemakers List 2021.
The new Moonrise Bakery in the former Le Reve location in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood. All images courtesy of Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.
Acclaimed Washington state coffee roasting company Olympia Coffee Roasting Co. is this weekend celebrating the opening of Moonrise Bakery, a retail location and sibling brand based in Seattle.
A series of events both unfortunate and fortuitous led the Olympia team into the baking game. The coffee company’s longtime baked goods supplier ceased operations early on in the pandemic, so it turned to Le Reve Bakery in Seattle’s Queen Ann neighborhood. In July of 2020, Olympia took ownership of the bakery from previous owner Andrea Nakata.