- December 18, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
ORLANDO, Fla. – Chef Vic Nguyen opened his bao bun-focused restaurant, King Bao, along Mills Avenue in Orlando’s Mills 50 District in 2016 during his wife’s pregnancy.
“I was doing sushi (at Shari Sushi Lounge) at the time and then I had to figure out something where I can stay home and not have to work as a chef the whole time,” Nguyen said. “I was like thinking I was going to do some kind of sandwich place and then my brother came up with an idea of doing a bao restaurant… he gave me the idea and I ran with it.”
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Now, Nguyen is getting ready to open the third location of King Bao in 2022. The new King Bao will sit at 1881 W. Fairbanks Ave.
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The location used to house the second location of Bad As’s Sandwich, which closed in July.
Nguyen said the Winter Park location will largely serve to support the other two King Bao restaurants, helping to handle delivery and catering orders.
“It’s…

