A white dude from Portland became the pope of Thai street food. The Thais were confused too.
Farang, the Thai word for foreigner, is the story of chef Andy Ricker and how he spun a 25-year obsession with Northern Thailand into the hit success that is his Pok Pok restaurant empire.
Direction
Intimate vérité access to chaotic kitchen life
Writing
Complex portrait of Ricker's contradictions
Production
Gorgeous Thailand location footage
Director
Lauren Cynamon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film captures peak 'foodie' era Portland, when Pok Pok's fish sauce wings became a pilgrimage site for culinary tourists.
Ricker's Thai staff remain largely unnamed and uncommented upon—a deliberate structural choice that mirrors the restaurant industry's exploitation of immigrant labor.
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