I was born in Rangoon, Burma, and grew up in Mandalay, the last known kingdom of Burma. Burma is located next to China, Thailand, Laos, and India. So Burmese cuisine is the melting pot of many Southeast Asian nations.  My culinary journey is interesting, exotic, and full of stories. Grew up in a big local culinary business family, I gained pieces of knowledge not only in basic kitchen skills but also at the restaurant operation levels. As a member of the family of the most popular noodles restaurant in the city of the nation that was well-preserved in culinary aspect without any industrial product influences like other neighboring Asian countries, I learned how to make Asian curry pastes from scratch, how to bring out the flavors from the ingredients, hand-made noodles, well-preserved primitive skills of handling livestock from my grand mothers, mother and local hunters, fishermen and excellent home cooks.

I moved to the Netherlands in 2021 and start working in the culinary industry as a freelance chef for many catering companies, well-respected hotel chains, and well-respected Asian restaurants such as Hosokawa (one of the oldest Japanese restaurants in Amsterdam). 

But I feel the culinary fire of my roots in me is still going strong and want to preserve these. I would like to share my Asian culinary knowledge which I learned from some great women and men (from my grand mothers to a very old local hunter I met in the deep deep rain forest of Burma)  with everyone who would love to cook delicious food in the old ways I used to cook in Asia.

I believe there are many immigrants who feel the same way about their traditional cookings methods, who still make these comfort food to make themselves feel less home sick like me. And wondering how their career path will take them in a new country.

With  ‘Yin's Asian bites’, we are helping the immigrants to practice, gain culinary skills so they have a foundation to go into a professional workspace. And with the collaboration of restaurants and hotels in the Netherlands, we are helping them to get the better future in horeca industry.

 You can experience Asian flavors just as they came out from an Asian grandma’s kitchen from out pop-up events. Share the amazing flavors with your friends and family in bites with the catering service. For recreating these flavors by preparing all the ingredients without using today modern machines and experiences the preserved Asian old ways of preparing amazing food for your loved ones, you can join my cooking classes and workshops and you can also experience exclusive dinners prepared by me and amazing Asian chefs , excellent home cooks for special occasions.