This Chinese-Venezuelan restaurant in West Valley City creates a space that feels like home for Utah’s growing Latin American community. Here’s why.
Chinese-Venezuelan immigrants Johnson Chang, left, and his brother, Jimmy, at their Changs Food restaurant in West Valley City, where they serve Venezuelan-style Chinese food. Thursday, May 27, 2022.Among the red walls, paper dragons, money trees, decorative fans and posters with Chinese messages, the fast beats of a merengue playlist echoes.points out that it’s a Chinese establishment, the phone is answered in Spanish with a Venezuelan accent.
Johnson and Jimmy Chang are personifications of the Chinese-Venezuelan mix of cultures themselves. Their father, Ramon Chang, moved from Canton to Maracay, a large city in Venezuela, when he was about 18 years old. In Venezuela, Chinese food remains one of the most popular takeout options. High schoolers, working folks and families often select large plates of fried rice with smoked ham, boiled chicken or beef and shrimp, chives and sprouted beans to share. Venezuelans often order lumpias , sweet-and-sour chicken, salt and pepper ribs and chop suey . Fried rice with shrimp and ham are presented at Changs Food which serves Venezuelan-style Chinese fusion food. Thursday, May 27, 2022.
Even at the height of the pandemic, the Chang brothers found a receptive public from the beginning. “It wasn’t hard because we are the first ones to do this Chinese-Venezuelan fusion,” Johnson said. “People were waiting for us.” “Having a restaurant from a family who already had a restaurant in Venezuela is very weird,” he said. “It’s a big privilege for everyone.”
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