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Article: Review: Green Mango Noodle Hut celebrates family Thais
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- July 17, 2008
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As a teenager growing up on the family chicken farm in Thailand,
Ling Panyokeaw had to cook not just for her family, but the
employees, too -- about 50 people.
So when she decided two decades ago to move to Pittsburgh on the
recommendation of a friend living here, she was relieved to say
goodbye to cooking.
The one thing she missed was green mangos. The crunchy, sour
fruit -- not a special kind, but the regular variety before it
ripens -- is a popular snack in her homeland.
"When I'm hungry for something -- my favorite food -- I'm hungry
for mango," she says.
That explains the name of The Green Mango Noodle Hut, Ling and
husband Mark Robinson's restaurants in Regent Square and at Penn
Center ...