Upcoming Events in 2026
June 26, 2026- Ocean Mouth
@Land to Sea - East Williamsburg BK, NYC
This menu features Chinese-Hainanese style street food.
pastured pork belly- yellow lantern chili - calamansi
hainanese noodles - toasted peanut - pickled bamboo - mustard green - summer corn - cilantro - garlic
shrimp fritters - cherry sweet & sour - carrot- chive
chicken fat rice - lemongrass- ginger - white pepper
July 25, 2026- Island Gyals
@Whoopsie Daisy - Crown Heights BK, NYC w/Imani Lezama of the Amandla Collective
Trini-Hainanese island food, round three of our partnered menu series. Menu to come.
August 1, 2026 - TANG!
@FF&E, Ridgewood, QNS, NYC with Uncle’s Green Curry
Returning with a sour-savory menu inspired by Asian street food.
Previous Events
Previous Events include…
PRETEND RESTAURANT at Current Cassis
VESSELS, a ceramics presentation and paired tasting at Lichen showroom with artist Vũ Hoàng Khánh Nguyên
EAT WITH YOUR HANDS with photographer Hannah La Follette Ryan of Subway Hands at Lichen showroom
QUEER SOUP NIGHT benefitting Sunnyside-Woodside Mutual Aid at Sanger Hall
ISLAND GYALS Trini-Chinese fusion at Whoopsie Daisy w/Erica Lezama
SILK ROAD at Honey’s with Sabrina Beydoun
INO jewelry line launch, Million Goods
Roujiamo sandwich, sides and ice cream pop up with Sea & Soil Coop as fundraiser for Palestine UNRWA
Fusion food/vinyl pairing with Hi-Note vinyl program director at Hi-Note Radio Bar
CHIFA Peruvian and Chinese fusion cuisine at Prima in Clinton Hill w/Pri Aguilar
OCEAN MOUTH Haikou-inspired residency at Commune
DELTA MAGNOLIA Mississippi homage menu at Honey’s in Bushwick w/Omari Chapman
Popup dinner & live vinyl record at Cordial Wine Bar in Lima, Peru
FOLK whole-animal & vegetable-centric menu with Lj Almendras at Winona’s, sponsored by Burlap & Barrel
BAKERY, ice cream & coffee popup with Peace Peace at Lichen showroom
Pride Night snacks, provided at Brooklyn Botanical Garden with Queer Soup Night
Lunar New Year skewers at Enoki in Catskills, NY
BABE Queer wine small bites at Rialto Grande
Eight Treasures, a Lunar New Year pop up at Local Roots with Lj Almendras supporting Queer Food Foundation
On Food Writing, dinner & writing workshop at Sunnyside Arts with Leo Kirts supporting Sunnyside-Woodside Mutual Aid
MIDAUTUMN festival small bites, Land to Sea
Mushrooms, dinner & writing workshop at Sunnyside Arts with Leo Kirts supporting Sunnyside-Woodside Mutual Aid, sponsored by Smallhold Mushrooms
Love Bites, a two-part sweet/spicy dinner & writing workshop series at Sunnyside Community Garden and Solid State bar supporting of Sunnyside-Woodside Mutual Aid, sponsored by Queer Food Foundation
GRAINS, dinner and writing workshop with food media producer and storyteller David Manrique (and writer Leo Kirts), supporting Astoria Mutual Aid
KITCHEN OBJECTS, dinner and writing workshop with Yesterday’s News vintage store with Leo Kirts