More in store for global food fans

Cambodian immigrants have long been leaders of California’s doughnut scene, a phenomenon chronicled by Alice Gu’s 2020 film, The Donut King, which explains why more than 80 percent of Los Angeles area doughnut shops in the 1990s were owned by Cambodians.

Mara Men, who six years ago moved east from Santa Monica, wanted to give his customers more than just the pastries which have been a staple of his family’s business.