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NYC Community Spotlight: Heart of Dinner

SEP 1, 2021

NYC Community Spotlight: Heart of Dinner

A monthly segment including interesting people, organizations, or events occurring and shaping New York City life.

By: Amanda Maldonado-Perez

Photography By: @saigonsocial heartofdinner.org

Fried chicken?

After having a meeting at the studio my friend Emily suggested we have fried chicken. My automatic response was: HECK YEAH! The last time I had fried chicken was before the Covid-19 pandemic hit New York City. So, it had been a while. As we took the F train up to Saigon Social in the Lower East Side, she elaborated a bit more about where we were going.


It was a pop-up restaurant event for a non-profit called Heart of Dinner, founded by Moonlynn Tsai and Yin Chang. I immediately hopped onto their Instagram account and learned a bit more about their amazing work. They have been "countering hunger and isolation for Asian-American homebound elderly by providing culturally thoughtful food paired with handwritten notes". I scrolled through their photos and thought about my 99 year old grandpa and how he resides with my aunt. How so many elderly don't have the same company as he does. How Heart of Dinner is bringing such joy through food and art.

They have served 82,514 meals out of 250,000 goal as of August 31, 2021.

That's just badass.

Emily and I visited the pop-up with our partners. We ordered the fried chicken, the pandan soft serve ice cream, and the sticky rice dish. Everything was absolutely delicious and it was so great to support such an amazing organization. All the profits from the pop-up are going towards their wonderful mission of serving the elderly.

Take a peek at their website here and learn about how you can get involved.

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