How It Works

 

• • Pre-Pay: You are placing an order to be received at the end of the week on Sunday or a prearranged date with Mama Tan.

• • What You Get: Approximately 24-28 oz of Asian Soul Food HEAVEN in a 32 oz container as shown in the picture above. THAI RED CURRY and TOM YUM SOUP ARE FROZEN because the coconut milk will spoil contained in the curry and the soup keeps longer.  Fried Rice is made to order and all deliveries are done on the weekend.   Instructions below.

• • Limited Supply: My mom can cook, but she can only cook so much! Limited supplies!

• • ​Pickup or Delivery: All deliveries will happen Sunday and pickups can be arranged individually via email.

 

Pick Up and Delivery Options

 

• • Delivery available within 15 miles of zip code 33713.  I will make a delivery run to Tampa if I get enough orders.  If you ordered with us from the beginning, you are grandfathered in so keep ordering!

• • ​All Deliveries are Sunday of the week you order, unless otherwise specified 1:1 via email or text.

• • ​Pickups can be arranged as soon as we notify everyone when your order is ready for pickup.

 

• • Don’t be scared by the word Veggie. We threw in everything we had in FLAVORTOWN! You will NOT be disappointed!

• • ​Each batch is slightly different because, “Who really measures these days?”

 

What’s In This?

THAI RED CURRY

 

• • Chinese Eggplant

• • Chayote (Asian Squash)  

• • Bamboo Shoot 

• • Potatoes

• • Green Beans

• • Onion

TOM YUM SOUP

 

• • Thai Eggplant

• • Chayote (Asian Squash)  

• • Bamboo Shoot 

• • Tomato

• • Pineapple

• • Onion

FRIED RICE

 

• • Eggs

• • Onions

• • Carrots

• • Peas

• • Chinese Sausage, Shrimp, Chicken, or Beef

 

Made from Scratch

Everything is made from scratch. Ingredients are locally sourced from various Oriental/Asian Food Markets and the Pinellas Farmers & Flea Market.

 

Food + Community

Food has a special ability to bring people together and speaks to the soul. Our goal is to share the food we love with your family.

 

Hometown Flavor

Mama Tan grew up in Cambodia and learned how to cook on a budget. Our food is authentic Chinese, Thai, & Southeastern Asian dishes 

 

Can Mama Tan Cook?

Growing up, Mama Tan (my mom) was exposed to so many Southeast Asian cultures and cooking including Chinese, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Thai, Malaysian, and even Singapore because that is where my dad’s from.

Mama Tan opened her first restaurant in 1978 in a small town in North Carolina.  She had picked up her cooking recipes and skills growing up in Cambodia back in the 1940’s, traveling through China for school (4 years), Hong Kong (5 years), Singapore, and Thailand. 

With only $2,000 borrowed from some very close friends, Mama Tan took the risk and opened up the restaurant. We were the first and only Chinese Restaurant for over a decade. Business was good. It was really good!

Mama Tan owned that restaurant in North Carolina for more than 34 years. Every meal is different and the layers of flavor from such simple herbs make all the difference. 

Chicken or Vegan Thai Red Curry is just a taste of what will be to come. Enjoy the journey as am I and stay tuned for more items we may offer!

Lastly, go spend time with your parents or those that matter most. Time is all we have to give another.  Even if it is a phone call.

 

Who is Mama Tan?

Mama Tan was the oldest of 12, 100% Chinese born, and raised in Cambodia.  Born in 1940’s, she loved to cook, sing, dance, and was talented enough to be asked to go to school in China.  

With 7 sisters and 5 brothers, cooking was always very challenging and innovative.Her family never had refrigeration so every meal was made with fresh ingredients back then. 

At age of 16, she went off to school in China. It took Mama Tan 10 years to get back to Cambodia. By that time Pol Pot was beginning to take over Cambodia. Mama Tan left her family and escaped with her husband and one son, with another son on the way.

When we legally immigrated to the United States in 1975 as Cambodian Refugees, we ended up in a small little town in the middle of North Carolina.  

Once the restaurant opened in 1978, Mama Tan was able to save enough money and have the rest of her surviving family found in Cambodia.

But that’s an entirely different story that we will explore later.

 

My Tribute to Mama Tan

When I moved my mom to Florida from North Carolina in July of 2019, I had to come up with something that she could do with all this spare time she had.  What I missed most about my mom was her cooking.  

I had left home since high school and never came back.  The rare times I did come home, she would cook me my old time favorites I remembered eating when I was a kid.

I had already been cooking for some friends and invited some for a dinner party. Only this time, my mom was cooking!

It was my mom’s first dinner party at the new house in Florida.  My mom made the initial Vegan Thai Red Curry .  And from that point on it solidified the love and passion we both have for cooking and food.

I have the privilege of having my mom as my personal executive chef.  I have 2-4 dishes for lunch and dinner.