The caption was over a video dated July 24, 2021, and showed Martin serving a table of guests dining in an at-home pop-up. How to try Yotaka Martin's cooking at Lom Wong and Mr. Baan's ...

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong was a finalist for Best Chef — Southwest. She opened Lom Wong in Phoenix in 2022 alongside her husband, Alex Martin. The restaurant specializes in regional Thai cuisine.

Yotaka Martin of Lom Wong was a finalist for Best Chef — Southwest. She opened Lom Wong in Phoenix in 2022 alongside her husband, Alex Martin. The restaurant specializes in regional Thai cuisine.

How to try Yotaka Martin's cooking at Lom Wong and Mr. Baan's Martin is the chef and co-owner of both Lom Wong and Mr. Baan's Bar & Mookata in downtown Phoenix alongside her husband, Alex.

I’m not familiar…” she said. Yotaka is the chef at Lom Wong, a family restaurant that serves the cuisine of Thailand. It’s a restaurant she and her husband started a few years ago.

The pop-up Lom Wong, run by husband-and-wife team Alex and Yotaka Martin, provides stunning glimpses of Thailand’s roads less traveled.

Lom Wong’s Yokata “Sunny” Martin won the prestigious James Beard Award for Best Chef in the Southwest, beating out other chefs from Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada and Oklahoma.