One of the Best New Restaurants in America Is Chef Nite Yun’s Nyum Bai - Cooking in America

On today's episode of Cooking in America, Sheldon Simeon is at Nyum Bai, in Oakland, celebrating the Cambodian food of chef Nite Yun.
Host: Sheldon Simeon
Director/Editor: Carla Francescutti
Producer: Pelin Keskin
Additional Camera: Ian Stroud
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[@short134life2]

Fellow Cambodian from San Diego CA, really good at representing Khmer culture. The tragedy with the genocide will not hold Cambodian people down. We as KHMER will prosper and on the way to getting the recognition we deserve. Thanks for the video. We need a Part 2.

[@saviyou]

I left Cambodia when I was 1 (as a refugee) and I only returned recently. Even though I didn't speak much khmer, they all treated me so warmly. I think all khmer people need to visit. It's very hard to put into words my experience while I was there, but I immediately felt like I was "home" when I arrived at my father's village.

[@ninjagang2668]

Savi You aye what up savi Lebanon the don

[@travelherotv]

Sup Savi...nice to see you on another page. lol

[@saviyou]

Hey wsup guys!

[@RRKH9]

Hiiii keep up with ur vlog

[@dssin]

Hey bong Savi

[@eliyang]

She’s gorgeous and seems very interesting. She should have her own show.

[@MV-xu8xv]

Netflix 2024

[@sokchea7963]

Nyum Bai is great, creative, smart idea to come up with that name,most khmer restaurant is name Apsara,Bayon,Angkor Wat,so Nyum Bai is very unique name.I wish your restaurant become very successful.

[@naratiang6220]

Dang Nite Yun, you inspire me. I definitely would love to open up my own Khmer restaurant one day

[@ronphon2970]

You must learn to create new dishes to be very successful and must taste very very good, create new foods and desserts, making same foods is going nowhere.

[@naratiang6220]

@@ronphon2970 you seem to know a lot. do you have a restaurant yourself?

[@ronphon2970]

@@naratiang6220 i study entrepreneur and inventor for 6 years,I open Chinese bakery company and packages foods businesses.I learn to make toys,snack, candy, jewelry, furniture, home decorations, kitchen tools, package foods, cleaning tools, fashion designer ,sneakers ,fruit drink, exercise products ,create new foods and desserts, electric tools ,cake, ice cream and lots more just need an ideas,I learn from youtube,internet, books,watch and learn from american people.

[@ronphon2970]

@@naratiang6220 you must learn to be very smart like american people they has lots of ideas and can make anything to sell,they are very super smart in entrepreneur and inventor.

[@chendaouk4146]

@@naratiang6220 I wish you full of success and become very riches,study very hard in culinary school for several years then you become great chef.

[@radiatorsprings9396]

Khmer people are so kind & their cuisine is amazing!

[@massbross5413]

She represent Cambodian cuisine and culture very well.. Much respect!

[@papachan304]

She does, simple things in life only needs

[@KhmerSanjose]

Welcome to America - the land of opportunity. This is what makes America unique. Irrespective of your background, if you work hard you will achieve your goal. Sure there will be some obstacles. But as long as you don’t give up, you will see the light. Great job little sis! I’m proud of you.

[@Xstevenn]

Love her personality!

[@williamle8300]

Wow. She's got a golden heart.

[@supremekhmer6596]

The song from the 60's GAVE ME GOOSEBUMPS!!! Hearing these songs in this video made me full.

[@mardzzor]

Awesome to see her do this for Cambodia! Good on ya!

[@LedaSBotelho]

What I grew up on!!! Ugh I wish we had a real good place in Mass. Miss my parents cooking!!! 😭😭 Khmer food is underrated. Fresh food with a rich taste.

[@rivismalls]

Leda Botelho what are you taking about? Lowell has a bunch of good Cambodian restaurants. What part of mass are you from?

[@NeoArtyemi]

In Lowell they are everywhere, restaurants and other food markets

[@joseponchovilla]

Try simply in lowell

[@sos494]

Jose Poncho Villa I agree with Simply

[@dssin]

You ever been to Lynn or Lowell?

[@sonicfactory-co-uk]

Sheldon is AWESOME. I love this guy.

[@xaviereanglee5624]

Watching this really brought me back to my childhood. It's so true when she talks about our traumatic history overshadowing how unique Khmer culture is. Our food is the bomb! Chef Yun clearly knows her stuff, I must try when I'm in the area! If you guys liked this, try Simply Khmer out in Lowell, Massachusetts. Some of the best Khmer food outside Cambodia. Also love me some khmer rock and roll!

[@sokiepokiee]

The restaurant literally translates to “eat rice” Hey, wanna go Nyum Bai?? 😭😭😭

[@zvishgt464]

@@janpello nyum prorhok is better

[@VeeAmericanEagle]

Cambodian pride ❤️

[@plxtic]

LMAO Cambodians and their gambling, man. We all have that one uncle.

[@TRUTHx247]

plaxticwrap ...and aunt

[@lotto5742]

My whole damn family gambles. I have aunts and uncles who always ask my broke ass to borrow money.

[@mxsharkgang3246]

😂 facts

[@vanrosauch5659]

True , they are investing in someone else's future lol

[@abhishes]

This was an amazing episode. Super like. In my city search for Cambodian restaurants on yelp only brings up Thai restaurants.

[@legaceez]

A lot of south eastern restaurants list as Thai/Vietnamese as that's more popular and will bring people in--even those that specialize in Cambodian food. Same with Laos restaurants. Ironically most owners of authentic Thai places are actually Laotian because they share so much in culture. You just gotta go in and check it out to see if it's authentic or not.

[@XxXRaZeR121xXx]

This video made me tear up a little, makes me proud to be Cambodian!

[@cowboyfromhelll644]

It’s crazy because im Cambodian too but i was born and raised on the east coast and have never been to Oakland but the way she explains her childhood growing up and the food she eats, is so similar to the way me and my cousins grew up in Rhode Island/mass

[@havu2236]

The Cambodian noodle soup Vietnamese people also eat. There is a dry version with broth on the side as well. In San Jose there are several restaurant's that specialize in that dish.

[@CharBar07]

Pretty much Khmer's comfort food. Usually the noodle dish happens on the weekends in my household.

[@John77Doe]

Tran Huynh Store bought noodle???

[@sp-hl1zk]

Omg! Definitely will visit.

[@Raksmeykhm]

"A bowl for twenty five cents" lol that's cute.

[@khimkhun8488]

squeaze a little lime on prahok ktis is very delicious.

[@Rothydot]

The henny lady is the real MVP

[@devestv]

Naw, 50 cents fried chicken lady. I always add the ketchup.

[@D0LLYJ]

Yum!! I love having the noodles 'dry' too! Soup on the side, mix a bit of noodles with all the toppings, a bit of soy sauce and sugar!

[@sarahthor4554]

Very yummy! I love this food!

[@indrakusuma5965]

Ooh man i wish a can stay longer while in America if i know tht a cambodian dishes like thy and nice girl like she is 😚😚

[@kwonzatoBoA]

Khmer foods always the best

[@chedabu]

I miss Cambodia

[@dms_25]

Sooo pretty... wouldn’t have thought she was Cambodian if i saw her in public.

[@SrengLim2023]

i love cambodian noodle...

[@Tristamus]

Damn she's amazing

[@asianleo24]

Looks so good. Yummy

[@patrickstarr87]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@dooyongpark9029]

That's really interesting ingredient never thought about.

[@solomonking5097]

Omgosh, your life sound like mine growing up 🥰🥰👍👍

[@ronphon2970]

To all my Khmer people that want to open small businesses please go study entrepreneur and inventor for several years then open small businesses learn from the smartest american and European entrepreneur and inventor,you will become very successful and riches.

[@chendaouk4146]

Bong have very smart brain I want to be very smart like you 🙏.

[@makaravath1738]

Battambang ♥️

[@khmer5475]

I need the Chinese fried dough with the noodles.

[@michaelskerlong]

Looks great! Can we have a Lao restaurant feature someday too?

[@Drewlations]

Cambodian Squad where you at?

[@puma0210]

To me. I am chinese. Cambodian food is a mixture of thai. Vietnamese and chinese food

[@sal8331]

Where tha pa -hock at ?

[@kimberlyngo9961]

What is ur restaurant name? Where can I go to have Cambodian foods look really good.

[@jwsf941]

Alas, I don't frequent the area

[@deesong6722]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️!!!

[@drunkenp0t]

I love prohok 🇰🇭 Khmer the original south east asia Khmer empire baby

[@bonuspal]

Low key I like to add some pork trotters. The secret is out. 👍

[@posseruthless7096]

Every Cambodian has a cousin who house sells food and gamble lol

[@vengleapchan2933]

Cambodia represent!

[@iluvbigbootie]

where in the bay area i need to pay u a visit? i want extra noodle and extra large

[@avienblue]

This is what I admire about the USA. I'm not American, but I've always felt that the US is like a library of the world. People from all over the world arrive and share their knowledge and skills with their new Homeland. It allows America to experience many pleasures and flavors from different parts of the world.

[@Clarr0r404]

To read this from someone who isn't American -- in a time when many of us are ashamed/frightened to be American -- is immensely comforting. Thank you!

[@claytonis1]

I am american, and I agree. Frankly, it's what I love most about this country. However, I'm fearful of our future here in the US with regards to new immigrants and what rights they'll have if they are even allowed in... Its a really disgusting period in our history right now. But every american should read what you wrote... we are special BECAUSE of our diversity and there is no need to wage war upon it. My love from the US, avienblue!

[@alexkoyfman4334]

Getting into this country legally was never easy or simple. It took my family 2 years. It takes others even longer just to get a visa. Again, nothing new. Hopping the border doesn't make you an immigrant. It makes you a criminal. I guess it takes somebody who entered legally to really appreciate that.

[@tosht2515]

+avienblue Used to be called a melting pot but really it’s more like a delicious salad.

[@DMMDwrestler]

That’s actually what sucks about being American- people lose touch with their roots in a melting pot society. Most of us have no clue about our family histories outside of DNA tests.

[@heykevlam]

Damn she is making me cry because that's how my parents and grandparents raised me. Taught me to understand Cambodian history, food, culture and the genocide. I love this and I want to go to Nyum Bai & chat with Chef Nite. Thank you for sharing this.

[@tosht2515]

I know so much about the cuisines of Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines and Malaysia but have almost zero knowledge of Cambodian food and popular dishes. This was a great episode. 👍👍

[@Seeeengx]

Cambodian food is amazing!!!

[@rehsadz2022]

Oh this is just said

[@Kookie209]

You need to try our raw beef it's bomb 😎

[@00dreamer00]

She is pretty

[@nasithach8027]

Eric, I totally agree. I thinks she’s pretty and cute.

[@RockeyToes]

She is, beautiful glowing skin and very smooth. And she seems very nice. :)

[@williampotter2098]

And that's what really really counts when you are working 80 hours a week as a chef running your own restaurant.

[@bunthansam]

Thanks sis you did great to represent Cambodia and Cambodian's food to the world as people always knows Cambodia through the story about Genocide or Angkor Wat as you said, but our Cambodian food are amazing people should try. I'm happy to see you share all of these to the world 🙂 #khmerpride

[@danybeez]

Fellow Cambodian girl here from Long Beach where many of us are. Great job your food looks amazing. Congratulations!!

[@jackrabbit08]

Not Cambodian, but from Long Beach. This makes me want to go to Phnom Penh Noodle so bad.

[@danybeez]

@@jackrabbit08 lol I'm fellow jackrabbit too lol!! Yessss the noodle shack!!

[@supremekhmer6596]

Lowell and the Boston area should be the real Khmertown.

[@PozoBlue]

Cambodian 'breakfast' soup is easily one of my top 2 noodle soups in the world. I traveled there for like a month and I wanted to have that soup 24/7. It's just perfection. My mouth waters just thinking about it!! Lovely country, delicious food and one of the most tragic periods in history, and yet one of the nicest, warmest people you'll ever meet. Very beautiful work this chef is doing and all the thought and soul she's putting into it!

[@jayp0411]

Southeast Asian cooking is seriously the best

[@John77Doe]

KapnTemple Awesome. 😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@lielieho4753]

True!

[@TITOjakey]

FACTS, B!

[@calibomber209]

Yes a completely different

[@dxcSOUL]

Doubt

[@tooliget3343]

Probably the most pretty chef ever.

[@MyNameBaboo]

Sheldon looks very Khmer. I thought he was!

[@ttoch684]

Holy crap !! This is my mom cooking !!! Cambodian foods is so fresh and healthy. Asian soul foods. Lol.... Crisp and fresh... Love it .

[@vanxl9]

I am interested in Canbodian people and culture. And I am a filipino. It was very enlightening that the Philippines had many cambodian refugees stay there during their transition to other countries.

[@chhenpunluer3963]

U like Cambodia ? Thx u . Im Cambodian and i love Philippine too.

[@nasithach8027]

Kit A I’m Cambodian and we lived in the Philippines for almost a year. My second love is the Philippines!!!

[@bonglokta]

She is a good communicator.

[@MoxieBeast]

forreal cannot go wrong with a Sheldon video.

[@Suite_annamite]

*I live in Canada, and I think I've only ever seen like 3 Cambodian restaurants in my whole life!* There needs to be more, and Vietnamese people really need to experience their neighbours' cuisine!

[@Omg_im_scared]

Which part of Canada are you from? There's so many Cambodian restaurant here in Canada where I'm at

[@Nursemomma7]

You go my fellow Khmer sister!!! May your business forever be prosperous!

[@jeffpesos6554]

Don't sleep on Cambodian food y'all if you haven't go try it asap!

[@kacec529]

Let me list a few Mi ka tung Kathew Sach ko loc lac Bok lahung Sach ko thuk prohok Amok Pumpeet

[@theReal.JuanDelaCruz]

i like her philosophy, forget the negative events that happened and just spread positive memories through food. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@pinkmonkeybird2644]

I don’t think she ever wanted people to forget the negative events, rather, she wants to give people a comforting memory to start the conversation to heal the wounds from those negative times. In her case, she’d use food that her parents enjoyed in Cambodia to make them remember good times. Once they were reminiscing, they could then explore with a more open heart. I cannot imagine the horrors they witnessed and what they had to do to escape Cambodia and rebuild their lives, but it has to weigh heavily at times. It should never be forgotten, but you do have to move forward. She is using food as a way to heal.

[@LengThao]

She just snitched on her mom. Damn

[@dragonrageblast]

Always stealing, She's like my recipe now.

[@insomnialemon]

Her mom badass af tho 😂

[@JustinZamora]

Busted

[@bunthansephierothkong5478]

Dara Wulan 👍🏾🥑

[@lowbvll8969]

She’s a truly a wonderful Cambodian woman.. I haven’t had a chance to meet her yet but I have had her food! I live up the street lol

[@AmelieZh]

I'd love to try this. We need more Cambodian food in Toronto !

[@freeq1829]

Shes beautiful and her food looks delicious :D

[@becasnowflake2229]

There’s this Cambodian mom and pop restaurant in SD that I’ve been going for like 10 years. It’s one of my favorite food. The owners work every day. They’re literally the hardest working people I know. I hope her kids learn the ways or I’ll be left without my Cambodian food because they’re getting old.

[@andymua]

She is gorgeously beautiful!!

[@tourmorrow2837]

Omg finally Cambodia food raises back. Proud of her 😘❤️

[@Aricuno]

2ndgeneration here. I was raised eating Cambodian food but unfortunately can’t speak it so I feel “less” Cambodian...so happy to see someone passionate about sharing the culture to everyone and showing us the food. So sad how people know lots about Vietnam orThailand and little did they know a gem is right in between them. But it goes the same for countries like Myanmar, Burma, Nepal etc.

[@nheansakea5469]

Thank you sister for your best presentation of khmer food. From cambodia.

[@ឈាវសុភក្ដិ]

big up from cambodia 🇰🇭

[@vidanaps714]

So beautiful and talented Chef ! We’ll miss our Kmer authentic foods dishes your the deal sister so happy for you . You look humbly and real Cambodian woman 🥰💐💕🙏🏽

[@DallasTechie]

Love Cambodian Food !

[@cpot4888]

She needs her own show. I can listen to her all day. And she uses my dad's recipe.

[@abdibarre1]

She's cute af

[@tongkatali7643]

Too bad Cambodia went through a really dark period where culture and culinary knowledge was lost . I went there in May, it's time for it to raise up again and bring forward your hidden culture.

[@midnightrain9673]

The meals look amazing and the khmer lady is so attractive and interactive! Yes, rhythm intended :p sadly there’s no cambodian restaurant since i live in a small city but i’d gladly consider one when i’m going out!

[@kody7149]

She is so beautiful with a beautiful heart.

[@vijetsok207]

Alot Cambodian restaurant in Lowell mass area

[@02leda]

BUDDHA BLESS my uncle showed me that there’s a whole street committed to everything cambodian. Very cool

[@sokiepokiee]

BUDDHA BLESS I live in MA. Funny how I want to go to the west coast to try Khmer food. Man, if you say over here is better then you are saving me a trip

[@sav7568]

Wow ! She's gorgeous ! I had better take another look to check whether they actually cooked anything.

[@LOLWAAHH]

Love how passionate she is about the food

[@Veepee92]

The Phnom Penh noodles are somewhat widely available in Southern Vietnam by the name "Hủ Tiếu Nam Vang". Usually there they add also pork liver and heart with a quail egg. Good stuff.

[@anngo4140]

Nam Vang means Phnom Penh anyway :D, love that dish, refreshing.

[@Veepee92]

An Ngo Các món cũng ngon, nhưng tôi thích hủ tiếu hơn. ;)

[@anngo4140]

tôi thích bún riêu hơn ;).

[@kel.lyyyyle]

Props to your vietnamese 🙌🏾

[@arakam562]

Southern Vietnam used to be Souther Cambodia. Maybe the French can explain about the politic side of the story on how it happened. But, I’m just giving you the FYI why PP noodles was widely available in “Southern Vietnam”. If you’re Thai and you want some noodles you will make the famous boat noodles. If you are Vietnamese and you want some noodles you’ll make Pho noodles. I hope you got that

[@juandenz2008]

So interesting, Chef Nite Yun seems very charming. Also Sheldon does a good job of hosting, he isn't too loud or annoying.

[@massbross5413]

I love my Cambodian cuisine, especially thuk prahok..

[@cesartan-hee9051]

I just love this episode again...more SOUTH EAST ASIAN VIDEOS..

[@bestevertour]

You doing great job thanks for sharing, keep that spirit up

[@chhenpunluer3963]

She live in Battambang like me . Haha i living in Battambang Cambodia ...🤩🤣🤣

[@PETERFROMCALI]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO! 🙏🏼 Don’t really see Khmai people get representation often!

[@TovnaDavid]

Cambodian REPRESENT!!! Wish to go there one day :)

[@victor1993k]

who here is cambodian!?