Drink of Choice Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/drink-of-choice Drink of Choice is the podcast where every conversation starts with a simple question: what is your drink of choice? Hosted by Sid Kim and Han Kim, we kick things off the same way every time. We ask our guest what they're drinking and what it means to them. Then we raise a glass together, and that's when the real conversation begins, letting things flow, talking about life, the journey, and the choices that got them where they are today. We sit down with artists, entrepreneurs, attorneys, restaurateurs, content creators, and the list keeps growing. Asian and Asian American voices across every industry, at every stage of life. Some are just starting out. Some are decades in. Some are starting over. The goal is to build a library. A place anyone can find someone whose path looks like their own. The wins, the failures, the parts nobody talks about. No agenda. No script. Just good people and honest stories. 🎙️ New episodes drop every week. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. @drinkofchoicevodcast 46f03449-88b8-5864-b25d-8e4a8808956c yes en Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:23:24 -0700 Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:24:03 -0700 https://www.youtube.com/@drinkofchoicevodcast https://img.transistorcdn.com/uXFcW4HmNAcFcpROrye99fs6OBFH2rBLkXgb-ssbBY4/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85Nzk5/NzYyNzdhZjI0Y2Qw/MTY0OGI4MmFkOWY3/ZmI5MS5wbmc.jpg Drink of Choice https://www.youtube.com/@drinkofchoicevodcast episodic Sid Kim & Han Kim Drink of Choice is the podcast where every conversation starts with a simple question: what is your drink of choice? Hosted by Sid Kim and Han Kim, we kick things off the same way every time. We ask our guest what they're drinking and what it means to them. Then we raise a glass together, and that's when the real conversation begins, letting things flow, talking about life, the journey, and the choices that got them where they are today. We sit down with artists, entrepreneurs, attorneys, restaurateurs, content creators, and the list keeps growing. Asian and Asian American voices across every industry, at every stage of life. Some are just starting out. Some are decades in. Some are starting over. The goal is to build a library. A place anyone can find someone whose path looks like their own. The wins, the failures, the parts nobody talks about. No agenda. No script. Just good people and honest stories. 🎙️ New episodes drop every week. Subscribe so you never miss a conversation. Drink of Choice is the podcast where every conversation starts with a simple question: what is your drink of choice. interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys Shinhan Sid Kim & Hanjoong Kim drinkofchoicevodcast@gmail.com No No EP18 Daniel Yi - Serial killers, weed, and BTS 18 18 EP18 Daniel Yi - Serial killers, weed, and BTS full a372f649-a096-4931-874e-8f5c331641b0 https://share.transistor.fm/s/124f322d Daniel Yi covered a serial killer's trial for the LA Times. Years later a LinkedIn ad popped up for a company he'd never heard of. He looked it up, realized it was a weed company, and turned it down — then took it anyway after one phone call. That job led to the next one. The label behind BTS.

We also get into what actually killed newspapers, and what AI keeps getting wrong about his own name... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Daniel Yi covered a serial killer's trial for the LA Times. Years later a LinkedIn ad popped up for a company he'd never heard of. He looked it up, realized it was a weed company, and turned it down — then took it anyway after one phone call. That job led to the next one. The label behind BTS.

We also get into what actually killed newspapers, and what AI keeps getting wrong about his own name... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Tue, 15 Sep 2026 12:22:53 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4755 Daniel Yi covered a serial killer's trial for the LA Times. Years later a LinkedIn ad popped up for a company he'd never heard of. He looked it up, realized it was a weed company, and turned it down — then took it anyway after one phone call. That job led to the next one. The label behind BTS.

We also get into what actually killed newspapers, and what AI keeps getting wrong about his own name... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP17 Hyepin Im - She could've gotten angry, but instead she got us in the room 17 17 EP17 Hyepin Im - She could've gotten angry, but instead she got us in the room full 77ea21d1-14ca-4ee6-bfae-04101ed64b6f https://share.transistor.fm/s/0eda9d2a Hyepin Im was an MBA student in 1992, in Koreatown for meetings days before it burned. What bothered her afterward wasn't only the destruction. It was watching store owners who'd lost everything get talked about as perpetrators rather than victims.

So she did something almost nobody was doing then. She went to First AME, a Black church in South LA, and asked how to help. That decision turned into more than thirty years of building between two communities the riots were supposed to have set permanently against each other — and into FACE, the organization she still runs.

Along the way she's spent those decades getting Asian Americans into rooms they'd never been invited to. The part that will stay with you is what she found once she got there. Agencies publish outcomes by race and simply leave the Asian numbers out. She shows up with the figures they didn't print, and they're not what anyone expects.

Also: what she calls her best choice, and the small habit she spent years too embarrassed to practice... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Hyepin Im was an MBA student in 1992, in Koreatown for meetings days before it burned. What bothered her afterward wasn't only the destruction. It was watching store owners who'd lost everything get talked about as perpetrators rather than victims.

So she did something almost nobody was doing then. She went to First AME, a Black church in South LA, and asked how to help. That decision turned into more than thirty years of building between two communities the riots were supposed to have set permanently against each other — and into FACE, the organization she still runs.

Along the way she's spent those decades getting Asian Americans into rooms they'd never been invited to. The part that will stay with you is what she found once she got there. Agencies publish outcomes by race and simply leave the Asian numbers out. She shows up with the figures they didn't print, and they're not what anyone expects.

Also: what she calls her best choice, and the small habit she spent years too embarrassed to practice... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Tue, 08 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4547 Hyepin Im was an MBA student in 1992, in Koreatown for meetings days before it burned. What bothered her afterward wasn't only the destruction. It was watching store owners who'd lost everything get talked about as perpetrators rather than victims.

So she did something almost nobody was doing then. She went to First AME, a Black church in South LA, and asked how to help. That decision turned into more than thirty years of building between two communities the riots were supposed to have set permanently against each other — and into FACE, the organization she still runs.

Along the way she's spent those decades getting Asian Americans into rooms they'd never been invited to. The part that will stay with you is what she found once she got there. Agencies publish outcomes by race and simply leave the Asian numbers out. She shows up with the figures they didn't print, and they're not what anyone expects.

Also: what she calls her best choice, and the small habit she spent years too embarrassed to practice... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP16 Sid & Han - The Last Stage of the K-Wave 16 16 EP16 Sid & Han - The Last Stage of the K-Wave full 6a1e6311-f437-43fa-beb2-95590eefe0ef https://share.transistor.fm/s/1224a060 No guest this week. Just Sid and Han on the Korean wave - where it came from, and why they think K-food is the last piece to fall.

Han has spent his career advising K-pop companies, starting with a JYP internship in 2009 when the Wonder Girls were selling their own CDs at the merch table. He has a theory about why BTS broke globally that has nothing to do with the music.

Sid comes at it from food, and he has a number that reframes the whole thing. America has around 85,000 Mexican restaurants. Guess how many Korean ones. Millions of people now know what gimbap is, but not everyone can buy it.

We also get into trainees as athletes, what it actually costs to break a group, virtual idols, and the ambitious project Sid is trying to launch right now... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> No guest this week. Just Sid and Han on the Korean wave - where it came from, and why they think K-food is the last piece to fall.

Han has spent his career advising K-pop companies, starting with a JYP internship in 2009 when the Wonder Girls were selling their own CDs at the merch table. He has a theory about why BTS broke globally that has nothing to do with the music.

Sid comes at it from food, and he has a number that reframes the whole thing. America has around 85,000 Mexican restaurants. Guess how many Korean ones. Millions of people now know what gimbap is, but not everyone can buy it.

We also get into trainees as athletes, what it actually costs to break a group, virtual idols, and the ambitious project Sid is trying to launch right now... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:30:53 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4099 No guest this week. Just Sid and Han on the Korean wave - where it came from, and why they think K-food is the last piece to fall.

Han has spent his career advising K-pop companies, starting with a JYP internship in 2009 when the Wonder Girls were selling their own CDs at the merch table. He has a theory about why BTS broke globally that has nothing to do with the music.

Sid comes at it from food, and he has a number that reframes the whole thing. America has around 85,000 Mexican restaurants. Guess how many Korean ones. Millions of people now know what gimbap is, but not everyone can buy it.

We also get into trainees as athletes, what it actually costs to break a group, virtual idols, and the ambitious project Sid is trying to launch right now... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP15 Tony Moon - OG Rooftop Korean 15 15 EP15 Tony Moon - OG Rooftop Korean full 99dc5d4a-4db7-4767-8c3a-5b745ea96762 https://share.transistor.fm/s/aca2e024 Tony Moon immigrated from Germany at five, grew up in Hollywood through the LA of the 1980s, and was nineteen when the Rodney King verdict came down. The internet later claimed him as one of the original Rooftop Koreans, a meme he didn't know existed until 2020. His account complicates it. He argues there were three separate riots that week, not one, and that what happened in Koreatown was not what the popular narrative says. He talks about the friend who called only him, the older uncles pushing cars into a perimeter on Olympic and New Hampshire, and why the story has to be written down before the people who lived it are gone.

We also get into his book, out next month, and his two answers at the end: his best choice was faith, his worst was joining a gang at fourteen. He refuses to excuse it... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Tony Moon immigrated from Germany at five, grew up in Hollywood through the LA of the 1980s, and was nineteen when the Rodney King verdict came down. The internet later claimed him as one of the original Rooftop Koreans, a meme he didn't know existed until 2020. His account complicates it. He argues there were three separate riots that week, not one, and that what happened in Koreatown was not what the popular narrative says. He talks about the friend who called only him, the older uncles pushing cars into a perimeter on Olympic and New Hampshire, and why the story has to be written down before the people who lived it are gone.

We also get into his book, out next month, and his two answers at the end: his best choice was faith, his worst was joining a gang at fourteen. He refuses to excuse it... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 23:11:28 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4246 Tony Moon immigrated from Germany at five, grew up in Hollywood through the LA of the 1980s, and was nineteen when the Rodney King verdict came down. The internet later claimed him as one of the original Rooftop Koreans, a meme he didn't know existed until 2020. His account complicates it. He argues there were three separate riots that week, not one, and that what happened in Koreatown was not what the popular narrative says. He talks about the friend who called only him, the older uncles pushing cars into a perimeter on Olympic and New Hampshire, and why the story has to be written down before the people who lived it are gone.

We also get into his book, out next month, and his two answers at the end: his best choice was faith, his worst was joining a gang at fourteen. He refuses to excuse it... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP14 Flowsik - From Queens to Korea: tales of a Asian-American Rapper 14 14 EP14 Flowsik - From Queens to Korea: tales of a Asian-American Rapper full 51a4f992-9b78-48d8-bb36-26cb85f997d4 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5b4a3f18 Flowsik was born and raised in Queens, discovered by Ice-T at 18, and signed to Cash Money at the height of Drake and Lil Wayne - then watched the label shelve his album and go silent for four years. He won a MAMA Award with Aziatix, blew up in Korea on Show Me The Money, took four years off working in HR at a shipping company, and came back to do it all again as a contestant with nothing left to prove. Koreans call him the Korean DMX. The voice that earned him that name arrived at a church retreat when he was 13, and his music teacher told him it was coming before it did. We talk about ego, reinvention, cultural appropriation, and why he's making country music now... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Flowsik was born and raised in Queens, discovered by Ice-T at 18, and signed to Cash Money at the height of Drake and Lil Wayne - then watched the label shelve his album and go silent for four years. He won a MAMA Award with Aziatix, blew up in Korea on Show Me The Money, took four years off working in HR at a shipping company, and came back to do it all again as a contestant with nothing left to prove. Koreans call him the Korean DMX. The voice that earned him that name arrived at a church retreat when he was 13, and his music teacher told him it was coming before it did. We talk about ego, reinvention, cultural appropriation, and why he's making country music now... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:03:25 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 3417 Flowsik was born and raised in Queens, discovered by Ice-T at 18, and signed to Cash Money at the height of Drake and Lil Wayne - then watched the label shelve his album and go silent for four years. He won a MAMA Award with Aziatix, blew up in Korea on Show Me The Money, took four years off working in HR at a shipping company, and came back to do it all again as a contestant with nothing left to prove. Koreans call him the Korean DMX. The voice that earned him that name arrived at a church retreat when he was 13, and his music teacher told him it was coming before it did. We talk about ego, reinvention, cultural appropriation, and why he's making country music now... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is a long-form interview podcast hosted by restaurateur Sid Kim and entertainment lawyer Han Kim. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices that don't always get a seat at the table, Drink of Choice is intimate, unhurried, and long overdue.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP13 Johnny Kyunghwo - The path to 3.8 million followers 13 13 EP13 Johnny Kyunghwo - The path to 3.8 million followers full 9414bdbc-729d-4a06-aec0-09d077ee26c9 https://share.transistor.fm/s/dd73c03d Johnny Kyungu, or The Fermentation Guy, is half English, half Korean, and somehow more passionate about Korean fermentation than most Koreans. With nearly four million followers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, he built one of the most unexpected food audiences on the internet - starting with a single anonymous video of kkaennip jangajji that got 50,000 views overnight. We sat down with him in Seoul to talk about makgeolli, nuruk, the science behind fermentation, and how a craving during COVID changed the entire trajectory of his life... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Johnny Kyungu, or The Fermentation Guy, is half English, half Korean, and somehow more passionate about Korean fermentation than most Koreans. With nearly four million followers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, he built one of the most unexpected food audiences on the internet - starting with a single anonymous video of kkaennip jangajji that got 50,000 views overnight. We sat down with him in Seoul to talk about makgeolli, nuruk, the science behind fermentation, and how a craving during COVID changed the entire trajectory of his life... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Tue, 11 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4953 Johnny Kyungu, or The Fermentation Guy, is half English, half Korean, and somehow more passionate about Korean fermentation than most Koreans. With nearly four million followers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok, he built one of the most unexpected food audiences on the internet - starting with a single anonymous video of kkaennip jangajji that got 50,000 views overnight. We sat down with him in Seoul to talk about makgeolli, nuruk, the science behind fermentation, and how a craving during COVID changed the entire trajectory of his life... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP12 Mark Arbitrario - From VHS to Hollywood. The story of a Filipino-American filmmaker 12 12 EP12 Mark Arbitrario - From VHS to Hollywood. The story of a Filipino-American filmmaker full be62a78f-b072-47fb-b0ea-9dd77225fed2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/03a8e015 Mark Arbitrario started filming with his dad's VHS camera at age 10, co-founded the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and wrote a screenplay for James Hong - all before landing on Survivor, The Apprentice, and The Contender. A Filipino-American who learned Korean, embraced the jung, and eventually found himself directing music videos for BooHwal in Seoul. Along the way he learned the one thing his immigrant parents never taught him: hard work alone won't get you there. You have to make noise. We also talk about family, loss, and the one choice he wishes he could take back... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Mark Arbitrario started filming with his dad's VHS camera at age 10, co-founded the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and wrote a screenplay for James Hong - all before landing on Survivor, The Apprentice, and The Contender. A Filipino-American who learned Korean, embraced the jung, and eventually found himself directing music videos for BooHwal in Seoul. Along the way he learned the one thing his immigrant parents never taught him: hard work alone won't get you there. You have to make noise. We also talk about family, loss, and the one choice he wishes he could take back... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:03:02 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4986 Mark Arbitrario started filming with his dad's VHS camera at age 10, co-founded the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and wrote a screenplay for James Hong - all before landing on Survivor, The Apprentice, and The Contender. A Filipino-American who learned Korean, embraced the jung, and eventually found himself directing music videos for BooHwal in Seoul. Along the way he learned the one thing his immigrant parents never taught him: hard work alone won't get you there. You have to make noise. We also talk about family, loss, and the one choice he wishes he could take back... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP11 Jon Hwang - An entrepreneur who built the drink he couldn't find 11 11 EP11 Jon Hwang - An entrepreneur who built the drink he couldn't find full 52e76162-29b3-4280-a969-2d72bdcd5557 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fd63cea8 Jon Hwang spent a year turning his kitchen into what looked like a Breaking Bad lab: bags of white powder, mystery ingredients, and a food scientist who had never tasted milk tea in his life. The result is MAKO, a boba-inspired high-protein milk tea designed to do what no ready-to-drink protein shake has done before: actually taste good. We talk about leaving a tech career behind, bootstrapping a CPG brand from scratch, navigating supply chains, trademarks, and co-manufacturers - all as a team of one. Plus, why the Asian fitness market is about to explode and why milk tea protein might be exactly what it's been waiting for... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Jon Hwang spent a year turning his kitchen into what looked like a Breaking Bad lab: bags of white powder, mystery ingredients, and a food scientist who had never tasted milk tea in his life. The result is MAKO, a boba-inspired high-protein milk tea designed to do what no ready-to-drink protein shake has done before: actually taste good. We talk about leaving a tech career behind, bootstrapping a CPG brand from scratch, navigating supply chains, trademarks, and co-manufacturers - all as a team of one. Plus, why the Asian fitness market is about to explode and why milk tea protein might be exactly what it's been waiting for... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 19:04:10 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 3963 Jon Hwang spent a year turning his kitchen into what looked like a Breaking Bad lab: bags of white powder, mystery ingredients, and a food scientist who had never tasted milk tea in his life. The result is MAKO, a boba-inspired high-protein milk tea designed to do what no ready-to-drink protein shake has done before: actually taste good. We talk about leaving a tech career behind, bootstrapping a CPG brand from scratch, navigating supply chains, trademarks, and co-manufacturers - all as a team of one. Plus, why the Asian fitness market is about to explode and why milk tea protein might be exactly what it's been waiting for... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP10 Paul Dimalanta - The most important shot 10 10 EP10 Paul Dimalanta - The most important shot full 12fa7177-e953-4b6c-b199-b584391cefe1 https://share.transistor.fm/s/48db31fe Paul Dimalanta grew up in Oxnard, California, the son of a Filipino Navy engineer who gave up a college degree for a one-way ticket to America. Paul was supposed to follow the path - engineering, stability, the whole thing. Then he watched Office Space and changed his major. What followed was a career that took him from the accounting department of Robb Report magazine to shooting luxury brands across the world for clients like MasterCard - from Lake Como to the Yellowstone Club in Montana. Along the way he had to learn that his photos could look too good, that car ads don't always need cars, and that the most important project of his career wasn't for any client at all. It was photographing the faces of his own Filipino community. We talk about art, identity, AI, and what happens when you finally stop apologizing for who you are... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Paul Dimalanta grew up in Oxnard, California, the son of a Filipino Navy engineer who gave up a college degree for a one-way ticket to America. Paul was supposed to follow the path - engineering, stability, the whole thing. Then he watched Office Space and changed his major. What followed was a career that took him from the accounting department of Robb Report magazine to shooting luxury brands across the world for clients like MasterCard - from Lake Como to the Yellowstone Club in Montana. Along the way he had to learn that his photos could look too good, that car ads don't always need cars, and that the most important project of his career wasn't for any client at all. It was photographing the faces of his own Filipino community. We talk about art, identity, AI, and what happens when you finally stop apologizing for who you are... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:25:44 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4358 Paul Dimalanta grew up in Oxnard, California, the son of a Filipino Navy engineer who gave up a college degree for a one-way ticket to America. Paul was supposed to follow the path - engineering, stability, the whole thing. Then he watched Office Space and changed his major. What followed was a career that took him from the accounting department of Robb Report magazine to shooting luxury brands across the world for clients like MasterCard - from Lake Como to the Yellowstone Club in Montana. Along the way he had to learn that his photos could look too good, that car ads don't always need cars, and that the most important project of his career wasn't for any client at all. It was photographing the faces of his own Filipino community. We talk about art, identity, AI, and what happens when you finally stop apologizing for who you are... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP09 Noelle Song - The pancake that started it all 9 9 EP09 Noelle Song - The pancake that started it all full eebfcd3c-3f64-438d-827c-a24beba90e6e https://share.transistor.fm/s/a582dd33 Noelle Song had a dream job, a marketing degree, and a plan. Then she quit. What followed was a tiny pancake, five million views, and the beginning of something she never saw coming. Today she's a fitness coach, content creator, and musician navigating the space between going viral and building something that actually lasts. We talk about fear, identity, and what it really means to bet on yourself... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Noelle Song had a dream job, a marketing degree, and a plan. Then she quit. What followed was a tiny pancake, five million views, and the beginning of something she never saw coming. Today she's a fitness coach, content creator, and musician navigating the space between going viral and building something that actually lasts. We talk about fear, identity, and what it really means to bet on yourself... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 3355 Noelle Song had a dream job, a marketing degree, and a plan. Then she quit. What followed was a tiny pancake, five million views, and the beginning of something she never saw coming. Today she's a fitness coach, content creator, and musician navigating the space between going viral and building something that actually lasts. We talk about fear, identity, and what it really means to bet on yourself... here on the Drink of Choice.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP08 Tom Li - Beijing to to America, and his Choice to Stay 8 8 EP08 Tom Li - Beijing to to America, and his Choice to Stay full 944bd727-e146-4c10-a49d-22e21a4851a5 https://share.transistor.fm/s/5c656dce Tom Li was born in Beijing, fled to America as a child in the wake of Tiananmen Square, and grew up in a high school that was 80% Asian - never once setting foot in a majority-white space until law school at age 22. He decided to become a lawyer at five years old, not out of passion, but because it seemed safe. It took twelve years of practicing law to finally find his footing. We talk about identity, belonging, code-switching, and the quiet choices that shape who we become... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

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]]> Tom Li was born in Beijing, fled to America as a child in the wake of Tiananmen Square, and grew up in a high school that was 80% Asian - never once setting foot in a majority-white space until law school at age 22. He decided to become a lawyer at five years old, not out of passion, but because it seemed safe. It took twelve years of practicing law to finally find his footing. We talk about identity, belonging, code-switching, and the quiet choices that shape who we become... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 3611 Tom Li was born in Beijing, fled to America as a child in the wake of Tiananmen Square, and grew up in a high school that was 80% Asian - never once setting foot in a majority-white space until law school at age 22. He decided to become a lawyer at five years old, not out of passion, but because it seemed safe. It took twelve years of practicing law to finally find his footing. We talk about identity, belonging, code-switching, and the quiet choices that shape who we become... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP07 Alice Kao - She Didn't Find Her Sport. Her Sport Found Her. 7 7 EP07 Alice Kao - She Didn't Find Her Sport. Her Sport Found Her. full 3bb28720-41bd-4e4e-a904-3b8f17ed0896 https://share.transistor.fm/s/c039ed64 A bad breakup sent Alice Kao to a climbing gym in London. That one afternoon changed everything. Today she's the co-founder and CEO of Sender One, one of the premier climbing gym chains in Southern California — built with no plan, a lot of grit, and a Harvard-educated husband who gave up his law career to hand out shoes at the front desk.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> A bad breakup sent Alice Kao to a climbing gym in London. That one afternoon changed everything. Today she's the co-founder and CEO of Sender One, one of the premier climbing gym chains in Southern California — built with no plan, a lot of grit, and a Harvard-educated husband who gave up his law career to hand out shoes at the front desk.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Wed, 01 Jul 2026 03:28:31 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 2810 A bad breakup sent Alice Kao to a climbing gym in London. That one afternoon changed everything. Today she's the co-founder and CEO of Sender One, one of the premier climbing gym chains in Southern California — built with no plan, a lot of grit, and a Harvard-educated husband who gave up his law career to hand out shoes at the front desk.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP06 Tiffany Law - From Hong Kong to Big Law to Dance Music 6 6 EP06 Tiffany Law - From Hong Kong to Big Law to Dance Music full 820a1801-113a-4aa3-a1f5-3b32825bd853 https://share.transistor.fm/s/8fcdcc69 Tiffany Law is an entertainment lawyer, entrepreneur, and lifelong lover of dance music whose career has taken her across four continents and through some of the world’s most competitive industries. From growing up in Canada after immigrating from Hong Kong, to living in Africa and Europe, surviving Big Law, and eventually finding her place in the music industry, Tiffany shares the experiences, setbacks, and life decisions that shaped who she is today.

]]> Tiffany Law is an entertainment lawyer, entrepreneur, and lifelong lover of dance music whose career has taken her across four continents and through some of the world’s most competitive industries. From growing up in Canada after immigrating from Hong Kong, to living in Africa and Europe, surviving Big Law, and eventually finding her place in the music industry, Tiffany shares the experiences, setbacks, and life decisions that shaped who she is today.

]]> Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:24:50 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4208 Tiffany Law is an entertainment lawyer, entrepreneur, and lifelong lover of dance music whose career has taken her across four continents and through some of the world’s most competitive industries. From growing up in Canada after immigrating from Hong Kong, to living in Africa and Europe, surviving Big Law, and eventually finding her place in the music industry, Tiffany shares the experiences, setbacks, and life decisions that shaped who she is today.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP05 Sam Gollestani - September to Remember 5 5 EP05 Sam Gollestani - September to Remember full 7bff7639-1e09-4fa8-afd2-0d1a69692b2e https://share.transistor.fm/s/cac04e51 A receptionist became a producer, a producer became a showrunner, and a showrunner became a director. Along the way, Sam Gollestani got Sylvester Stallone mad at him and wrote the untold story of what it felt like to be Iranian American on September 11th. That short film won at Cannes — and changed someone else's life. Not getting help sooner was his worst decision. Finding the right person was his best.

Grab a glass. This is Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> A receptionist became a producer, a producer became a showrunner, and a showrunner became a director. Along the way, Sam Gollestani got Sylvester Stallone mad at him and wrote the untold story of what it felt like to be Iranian American on September 11th. That short film won at Cannes — and changed someone else's life. Not getting help sooner was his worst decision. Finding the right person was his best.

Grab a glass. This is Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:06:39 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4887 A receptionist became a producer, a producer became a showrunner, and a showrunner became a director. Along the way, Sam Gollestani got Sylvester Stallone mad at him and wrote the untold story of what it felt like to be Iranian American on September 11th. That short film won at Cannes — and changed someone else's life. Not getting help sooner was his worst decision. Finding the right person was his best.

Grab a glass. This is Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP04 Big Phony — How Bobby Choy Hid His Identity to Break Into Music 4 4 EP04 Big Phony — How Bobby Choy Hid His Identity to Break Into Music full 8f8d074e-3aec-481b-879b-92991c60cdc8 https://share.transistor.fm/s/bb1a3fea Bobby Choy has spent his entire life doing things he wasn't supposed to do.
As a kid, he moved 45 times, taught himself guitar using cassette tapes, and was left to fend for himself in New York at 14. As a young man in LA, he decided to become a musician  at a time when Asian Americans simply weren't supposed to. So he hid behind a name: Big Phony.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Bobby Choy has spent his entire life doing things he wasn't supposed to do.
As a kid, he moved 45 times, taught himself guitar using cassette tapes, and was left to fend for himself in New York at 14. As a young man in LA, he decided to become a musician  at a time when Asian Americans simply weren't supposed to. So he hid behind a name: Big Phony.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Tue, 09 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 4352 Bobby Choy has spent his entire life doing things he wasn't supposed to do.
As a kid, he moved 45 times, taught himself guitar using cassette tapes, and was left to fend for himself in New York at 14. As a young man in LA, he decided to become a musician  at a time when Asian Americans simply weren't supposed to. So he hid behind a name: Big Phony.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling,  Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP03 Young Kim — Behind the K-Pop Curtain: Scandals, Soju, and Starting Over 3 3 EP03 Young Kim — Behind the K-Pop Curtain: Scandals, Soju, and Starting Over full 0d159113-ac6a-4345-aac0-43d189097757 https://share.transistor.fm/s/61fe86fd Young Kim had a dream, a one-way ticket, and no real idea what he was walking into. As a member of S#arp and Uptown, he was a young kid from the States trying to learn to rap, dance, and sing in a language and culture that wasn't his own — all while being constantly scrutinized for the way he looked. The K-pop machine made him plenty of promises. It didn't keep all of them.

His years in Korea took him through broadcast politics, industry scandals, and the kind of late-night soju conversations that either break you or bond you for life. He found his footing in radio and television, built a life far from home, and somehow kept a marriage intact through all of it.
Then he came back to the States with no plan and had to start over from scratch. He sold cemetery plots at a funeral parlor. He hustled. He figured it out. Eventually he found a small restaurant in Inglewood — one that's been feeding the same neighborhood for eighty years, with a loyalty that spans generations. He wasn't looking for peace and contentment. He just followed the next open door until he found it.

His drink of choice? Red top soju. Naturally.

Every week, Sid and Han sit down with fascinating guests, each of whom arrives with a drink that means something to them. What follows is a conversation about the choices — big, small, accidental, and hard-won — that shaped who they are.

New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Young Kim had a dream, a one-way ticket, and no real idea what he was walking into. As a member of S#arp and Uptown, he was a young kid from the States trying to learn to rap, dance, and sing in a language and culture that wasn't his own — all while being constantly scrutinized for the way he looked. The K-pop machine made him plenty of promises. It didn't keep all of them.

His years in Korea took him through broadcast politics, industry scandals, and the kind of late-night soju conversations that either break you or bond you for life. He found his footing in radio and television, built a life far from home, and somehow kept a marriage intact through all of it.
Then he came back to the States with no plan and had to start over from scratch. He sold cemetery plots at a funeral parlor. He hustled. He figured it out. Eventually he found a small restaurant in Inglewood — one that's been feeding the same neighborhood for eighty years, with a loyalty that spans generations. He wasn't looking for peace and contentment. He just followed the next open door until he found it.

His drink of choice? Red top soju. Naturally.

Every week, Sid and Han sit down with fascinating guests, each of whom arrives with a drink that means something to them. What follows is a conversation about the choices — big, small, accidental, and hard-won — that shaped who they are.

New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 3711 Young Kim had a dream, a one-way ticket, and no real idea what he was walking into. As a member of S#arp and Uptown, he was a young kid from the States trying to learn to rap, dance, and sing in a language and culture that wasn't his own — all while being constantly scrutinized for the way he looked. The K-pop machine made him plenty of promises. It didn't keep all of them.

His years in Korea took him through broadcast politics, industry scandals, and the kind of late-night soju conversations that either break you or bond you for life. He found his footing in radio and television, built a life far from home, and somehow kept a marriage intact through all of it.
Then he came back to the States with no plan and had to start over from scratch. He sold cemetery plots at a funeral parlor. He hustled. He figured it out. Eventually he found a small restaurant in Inglewood — one that's been feeding the same neighborhood for eighty years, with a loyalty that spans generations. He wasn't looking for peace and contentment. He just followed the next open door until he found it.

His drink of choice? Red top soju. Naturally.

Every week, Sid and Han sit down with fascinating guests, each of whom arrives with a drink that means something to them. What follows is a conversation about the choices — big, small, accidental, and hard-won — that shaped who they are.

New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> K-pop, interviews, Asian-American No EP01 Han Kim - JD? Or DJ? Or Both? 1 1 EP01 Han Kim - JD? Or DJ? Or Both? full 1387a809-58d9-4326-9aa3-74b8da08a650 https://share.transistor.fm/s/573e3817 Before Han Kim was negotiating deals for K-pop's biggest labels, he was in the booth — rapping, producing, and managing artists out of pure love for the music. He had a front-row seat to the early days of Epik High and the Wonder Girls, cold-DM'd an artist he discovered in a Facebook group and talked his way into becoming their manager, and made beats on an old MacBook and GarageBand while most kids were just trying to pass high school.

He went on to work with Far East Movement, Black Label, and JYP Entertainment — a career path that started with a nickname his mother gave him and a relentless belief that he could figure it out along the way. When the music industry's notoriously thin margins caught up with him, his mother (in her infinite wisdom) suggested he go to law school. Her pitch? Become a JD DJ. He listened.
Now he sits at the intersection of law, music, and culture, protecting the choices of artists who are living the dream he once chased himself.

His drink of choice? An unlikely combination of creatine and matcha, and he'll tell you exactly why it changed everything.

Every week, Sid and Han sit down with fascinating guests, each of whom arrives with a drink that means something to them. What follows is a conversation about the choices — big, small, accidental, and hard-won — that shaped who they are.

New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Before Han Kim was negotiating deals for K-pop's biggest labels, he was in the booth — rapping, producing, and managing artists out of pure love for the music. He had a front-row seat to the early days of Epik High and the Wonder Girls, cold-DM'd an artist he discovered in a Facebook group and talked his way into becoming their manager, and made beats on an old MacBook and GarageBand while most kids were just trying to pass high school.

He went on to work with Far East Movement, Black Label, and JYP Entertainment — a career path that started with a nickname his mother gave him and a relentless belief that he could figure it out along the way. When the music industry's notoriously thin margins caught up with him, his mother (in her infinite wisdom) suggested he go to law school. Her pitch? Become a JD DJ. He listened.
Now he sits at the intersection of law, music, and culture, protecting the choices of artists who are living the dream he once chased himself.

His drink of choice? An unlikely combination of creatine and matcha, and he'll tell you exactly why it changed everything.

Every week, Sid and Han sit down with fascinating guests, each of whom arrives with a drink that means something to them. What follows is a conversation about the choices — big, small, accidental, and hard-won — that shaped who they are.

New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 2569 Before Han Kim was negotiating deals for K-pop's biggest labels, he was in the booth — rapping, producing, and managing artists out of pure love for the music. He had a front-row seat to the early days of Epik High and the Wonder Girls, cold-DM'd an artist he discovered in a Facebook group and talked his way into becoming their manager, and made beats on an old MacBook and GarageBand while most kids were just trying to pass high school.

He went on to work with Far East Movement, Black Label, and JYP Entertainment — a career path that started with a nickname his mother gave him and a relentless belief that he could figure it out along the way. When the music industry's notoriously thin margins caught up with him, his mother (in her infinite wisdom) suggested he go to law school. Her pitch? Become a JD DJ. He listened.
Now he sits at the intersection of law, music, and culture, protecting the choices of artists who are living the dream he once chased himself.

His drink of choice? An unlikely combination of creatine and matcha, and he'll tell you exactly why it changed everything.

Every week, Sid and Han sit down with fascinating guests, each of whom arrives with a drink that means something to them. What follows is a conversation about the choices — big, small, accidental, and hard-won — that shaped who they are.

New episodes every week. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No EP02 Sid Kim - The Long Way Home 2 2 EP02 Sid Kim - The Long Way Home full e19afb51-c63d-40ae-aee6-f4b3e35714c3 https://share.transistor.fm/s/d9d78da2 Sid Kim didn't plan any of this. A year became thirty. A lazy afternoon at Barnes & Noble became an internet business. An idea and a little luck became an F&B group across Asia. Then a health scare reset everything. Now he's telling stories through food — here on Drink of Choice.

]]> Sid Kim didn't plan any of this. A year became thirty. A lazy afternoon at Barnes & Noble became an internet business. An idea and a little luck became an F&B group across Asia. Then a health scare reset everything. Now he's telling stories through food — here on Drink of Choice.

]]> Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0700 Sid Kim & Han Kim Sid Kim & Han Kim 3751 Sid Kim didn't plan any of this. A year became thirty. A lazy afternoon at Barnes & Noble became an internet business. An idea and a little luck became an F&B group across Asia. Then a health scare reset everything. Now he's telling stories through food — here on Drink of Choice.

]]> interviews, Asian-American, Asian, life stories, personal journeys No