Karissa Chen

Karissa Chen is a writer who splits her time between Taipei and New York. She has published pieces in The Atlantic, Eater, Longreads, Catapult, and more. She is editor in chief at Hyphen Magazine, and is currently at work on a novel. Follow her on X and Instagram.


Illustration by Jeannie Phan

Chinatown USANational

Pork Buns Have Become an American Favorite. Why Can’t We Acknowledge They’re Taiwanese?

The first time I had Momofuku’s pork buns, I was hungover. Noodle soup long being my hangover cure, I decided…

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