Learn about chef Hannah Wong who whips up things like fresh mochi donuts, to an Instagram-worthy Vietnamese Caesar salad at Morningbird.
has witnessed an influx of impressive and noteworthy restaurant openings from former New York City chefs and restaurateurs migrating upstate, a trend that only intensified during the pandemic as a surge of urbanites decamped for greater open spaces and a closer proximity to Mother Nature. While there’s been no shortage of buzzy new places to dine, the lack of diversity amongst the crowd, however, is apparent.
Wong, who previously helmed the kitchen at the Michelin-awarded Vietnamese restaurant Van Da in Manhattan’s East Village, is overseeing a sizable, multi-venue dining hub occupying a former 19th-century knitting mill in the village’s central square, where Morningbird—the first of three dining concepts to open—currently operates as an all-day cafe.
In Columbia County, where just 2 percent of the population is Asian, Morningbird’s arrival is both exciting and impactful. That fact isn’t lost on Wong, who had been living in New York City for the last ten years before relocating upstate this past summer. “I’ve come up to Columbia County to hike or to visit Hudson, but I've never lived in a place that’s so homogenous. That’s been the biggest personal adjustment: not seeing myself reflected in my surroundings,” she said.
In Kinderhook especially, a calmer, more quaint counterpart to nearby Hudson, with less than 15,000 residents, the lack of ethnic and cultural diversity is all the more pronounced. But in the last few years, the small village has become a low-key destination in its own right.
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