Yotaka Martin grew up cooking alongside her mother in Thailand. Today, she strives to create authentic food that her Thai ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong in downtown Phoenix was awarded the "best chef" prize for the region representing Arizona, Nevada, ...

PHOENIX – The chef at a downtown Phoenix Thai restaurant won a 2025 James Beard Award on Monday. Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong kept the title of best chef in the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and ...

The James Beard Award is like the Oscars for food and beverages, with only the best of the best selected as finalists.

Downtown Phoenix’s restaurant, Lom Wong, won a James Beard Award! The Arizona restaurant took home the top honor in the "Best Chef: Southwest" category.

Yotaka Promtun-Martin and her husband Alex Martin started Lom Wong in 2019 as an intimate dinner party in their home in Scottsdale and over the years it has evolved to become one of Phoenix's most ...

reservation-only events were one of the best-guarded secrets among Phoenix food geeks. In early 2019, self-taught chefs Yotaka Promtun-Martin and her husband, Alex Martin, launched Lom Wong, an ...

Each week since late October, husband-and-wife team Alex and Yotaka Martin have spent Wednesday ... Their pop-up, Lom Wong, provides stunning glimpses of Thailand’s roads less traveled.

One of downtown Phoenix's buzziest new restaurants ... proved to be excellent selections. Lom Wong's owners Yotaka "Sunny" Martin and Alex Martin have plenty of experience with Thai flavors.

It's now open on Portland Street in downtown Phoenix, right next door to Lom Wong, a new Thai restaurant. Grab dinner at Lom Wong and drinks at Khla or mix and match with select drinking snacks ...