King Phojanakong, Pioneer of Filipino Food in New York, Dies at 54
King Phojanakong, who in the 2000s led the charge in bringing Filipino cuisine to the American culinary mainstream with his first restaurant, Kuma Inn — an impossibly tiny spot on the Lower East Side that quickly developed a passionate following — died on Jan. 2 in Manhattan. He was 54. His wife, Annabel Nau-Phojanakong, said…
