[Script Info] Title: [Events] Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.13,0:00:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Cambodian music ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.84,0:00:42.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Uncle Sam) Well, when I came here in 1994 Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.17,0:00:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to eat one donut you didn't realize\Nhow much work goes into one donut Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.81,0:00:51.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,until you actually go into\Ndoing the donuts. Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.58,0:00:57.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it takes quite a bit\Njust to make one donut. Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.95,0:01:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I start off by finding a location. Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.45,0:01:02.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I find a location, Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.45,0:01:07.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get a family that needs a donut shop \Nto go to look at the location, Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.50,0:01:09.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if they like it,\Nwe negotiate the price, Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.51,0:01:13.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if the price is right,\NI build it for them and turn them the key. Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.41,0:01:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, most of them\Nalready know how to make donuts. Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.36,0:01:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've worked for a family member, Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.52,0:01:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, they've already worked\Nfor like two, three or five years... Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.40,0:01:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save up the money\Nto start up the business. Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.75,0:01:36.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Chandara Meas) When I came to the States, Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.95,0:01:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have no relatives in here, Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.80,0:01:40.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I don't speak that much English, Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.60,0:01:42.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I gotta start to learn English Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.63,0:01:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and start to work to support myself... Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.51,0:01:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't have chance\Nto go back to college, Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.36,0:01:50.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I ended up \Nat a donut shop right now. Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.35,0:01:54.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most Cambodians who take us, Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.56,0:01:57.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they own a donut shop, \Nthey run a donut business... Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.79,0:02:02.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, you know, it's hard to do it, Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.41,0:02:05.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not many people want to do that job\Nas I'm doing right now. Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.95,0:02:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From 1975 to 1979, Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.43,0:02:19.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's the Khmer Rouge ran by Pol Pot. Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.22,0:02:21.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time I was 10 years old, Dialogue: 0,0:02:21.98,0:02:25.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember when they tortured... Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.44,0:02:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people dying \Nby starving and sickness... Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.19,0:02:30.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most of them were killing people. Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.43,0:02:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a hard time Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.43,0:02:38.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that was the worst thing \Nthat happened in the world. Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.58,0:02:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most Cambodians escaped from the war \Nin 1981after the Khmer Rouge regime, Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.37,0:02:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they started to come here, Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.92,0:02:52.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people don't speak that much English, Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.62,0:02:57.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that's why they started\Nworking at donut shops Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.41,0:03:00.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because most of them what they do \Nare family business -- Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.50,0:03:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is my wife's nephew. Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.29,0:03:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He just came \Nto the United States last year. Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.88,0:03:10.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came in a special case\Nthey call "Lottery Visa". Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.07,0:03:12.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a lucky one \Nthat won a lottery green card. Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.45,0:03:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The business we just opened--\Nit is still kind of slow, it's brand new. Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.20,0:03:24.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hopefully, we can own it \Nfor a long time until we get... Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.05,0:03:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, some profit... Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.88,0:03:30.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take care of my family, my kid... Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.88,0:03:32.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to school, go to college... Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.39,0:03:34.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I have a beautiful kid. Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.10,0:03:42.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like, if you work for a company, Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.25,0:03:44.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have a different schedule\Nthan the donut people. Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.91,0:03:49.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The donut people, we wake up \Nat 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.49,0:03:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we'll be done by 12:00 or 1:00 o'clock\Nand take a couple-of-hours-nap Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.31,0:03:56.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, you know, get together and then, Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.26,0:03:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go to sleep, and wake up,\Nand go to make some more donuts! Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.83,0:04:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(man singing Karaoke in Cambodian) Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.11,0:04:23.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(end of singing) Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.76,0:04:28.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, we like to get together\Nbecause, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.05,0:04:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we work seven days a week. Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.10,0:04:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, some wake up at one, Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.13,0:04:34.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of us wake up at two, Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.43,0:04:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of us at three... Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.19,0:04:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we work seven days a week, Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.78,0:04:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, this is the only fun\Nthat we have. Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.76,0:04:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Cambodian music ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.51,0:04:53.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say 95% of the donut shops\Nin Texas, not just in Houston, Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.98,0:04:56.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Texas is Cambodian-people-owned. Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.87,0:05:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One one-big -family, that's all. Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.02,0:05:04.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,♪ Cambodian music ♪ Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.53,0:05:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My parents bought the store in 1994. Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.29,0:05:46.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They would always bring us on weekends\Nbecause we have school on weekdays. Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.84,0:05:50.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really dread waking up on the weekend\Njust to come make donut, you know. Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.58,0:05:54.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They told me one day\NI'm going to own my business, Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.33,0:05:56.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I kind of say\NI didn't want to do this. Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.95,0:06:01.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not my first choice\Nof what I really wanted to do. Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.14,0:06:07.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For me, I thought going to school\Nwas what I really wanted to do, Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.20,0:06:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wanted to experience that life. Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.82,0:06:13.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day I woke up and I realized\NI didn't wanna work for somebody else. Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.30,0:06:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I called my mom and I told her\NI wanted to come back home... Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.59,0:06:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and try this again, Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.60,0:06:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she was very excited,\Nvery happy for me Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.26,0:06:24.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I can kind of woke up\Nand I wanted to do this. Dialogue: 0,0:06:28.20,0:06:29.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get up at four o'clock, Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.71,0:06:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and my sisters, \Nthey get up at about 2:00-2:30, Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.15,0:06:38.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're closer to the plant\Nso they wake up earlier, Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.10,0:06:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go to the plant and-- Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.15,0:06:42.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm fortunate to have Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.40,0:06:44.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit of both, Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.66,0:06:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I can stay in bed a little longer\Nand they can-- Dialogue: 0,0:06:50.74,0:06:52.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I first got to Houston\NI didn't know-- Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.95,0:06:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought my family was \Nthe only one that's doing donuts. Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.66,0:06:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I come to find out Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.77,0:07:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of Cambodian people\Nhave done this way before we have... Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.50,0:07:04.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, it's like a community\Nof helping out each other, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.69,0:07:07.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like, people were telling each other\Nwhat can make you successful Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.81,0:07:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I don't think anybody\Nwas envious of each other, Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.68,0:07:13.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they just wanted to see\Nour culture succeed, Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.26,0:07:17.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the donut business \Nis where it started Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.32,0:07:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for a lot of these Cambodian cultures. Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.48,0:07:21.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's definitely a dream Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.69,0:07:24.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that a lot of people wanted\Nwhen they are in Cambodia, Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.23,0:07:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have their own place. Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.17,0:07:27.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Back in Cambodia, Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.17,0:07:30.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a fast, fast-pace life. Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.36,0:07:33.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day is a struggle to find, Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.13,0:07:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, money and food for the family. Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.40,0:07:38.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It made me realized\Nwhat I have out here in America. Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.43,0:07:40.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As hard as I think I work down here, Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.23,0:07:43.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that they work harder over there\Nto make a smaller living. Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.75,0:07:51.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first place when I came, Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.54,0:07:54.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned in the one Donald's Donut\Non el Dorado in Webster. Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.16,0:07:58.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I breached it out to\Na Yankee Doodle Donuts. Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.82,0:08:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, that's when I met David\Non the El Dorado store. Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.41,0:08:09.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was teaching him since he was young. Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.17,0:08:14.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I taught him probably \Nabout five years, I believe. Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.72,0:08:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David Buehrer) My name is David Buehrer\Nand this is Morningstar. Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.92,0:08:25.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Uncle Sam) Most of the time\NI don't ask for help but, you know-- Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.13,0:08:28.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It surprises me it came up from David Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.32,0:08:31.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to ask me to get into \Na business partnership with him. Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.02,0:08:37.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David B.) This is the first thing \NI'd learned with-- Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.18,0:08:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in high school\Nwas how to roll {\i1}kolaches{\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.70,0:08:43.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Sam's family \Nthey would let me roll a {\i1}kolache{\i0} Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.24,0:08:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they would immediately\Nunroll the {\i1}kolache{\i0}, Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.05,0:08:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then they would roll it again\Nto make sure it was perfect. Dialogue: 0,0:08:48.76,0:08:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for like the first three \Nor four months of me working there Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.20,0:08:54.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they never served any of my {\i1}kolaches{\i0}.\N(chuckles) Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.88,0:08:59.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day they just saw one of them\Nand decided it was okay, Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.62,0:09:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and from then on, \Nthey let me roll {\i1}kolaches{\i0} for them. Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.18,0:09:03.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it took like months Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.35,0:09:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they even serve \None of the {\i1}kolaches{\i0} that I rolled. Dialogue: 0,0:09:06.38,0:09:08.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It shows the attention to details,\Na level of quality, Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.92,0:09:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and maybe, I just needed to learn more. Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.31,0:09:14.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it took months to learn \Nhow to roll the {\i1}kolaches{\i0} right. Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.68,0:09:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(David B.) One of the things\Nwe wanted to do with Morningtar Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.51,0:09:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is bring in the technique that we learned Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.50,0:09:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from the Cambodian donut shops Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.30,0:09:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and apply it to the foodie nature\Nthat specialty copy exists in. Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.76,0:09:30.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lot of bartenders, and chefs,\Nand sommelier friends, Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.25,0:09:32.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a lot of our donuts \Nare inspired by them. Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.15,0:09:35.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yeah, at one point in high school Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.72,0:09:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was driving an hour \Nat two in the morning Dialogue: 0,0:09:38.58,0:09:42.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to go and learn how to make donuts\Nin Magnolia, Texas, with Sam. Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.24,0:09:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then, an hour back,\Nand then go to school by 7:30... Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.66,0:09:48.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, you know,\Nyou do what you gotta do to learn. Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.23,0:09:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Uncle Sam) In the nineties, you know, Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.34,0:09:55.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's when the donuts started here\Nin Houston by the Cambodian community, Dialogue: 0,0:09:55.91,0:10:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to now is a long time to me, like... Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.64,0:10:02.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we feel like, it needs change, Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.93,0:10:05.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it needs some time to change, you know. Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.47,0:10:08.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Uncle Sam) And then, \Nall of a sudden one day, Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.71,0:10:13.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he said-- he calls me {\i1}pou{\i0}\N--which is Cambodian like, uncle-- Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.36,0:10:19.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said, "Would you like to do\Na donut shop and a coffee together?", Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.50,0:10:21.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said, "Sure", \Nyou know, I never expected it. Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.79,0:10:27.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the future, Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.66,0:10:30.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the new generations\Nthey know that I own this store Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.100,0:10:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they want to do something like this. Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.47,0:10:39.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to do\Nthe same thing every day. Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.78,0:10:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially, when doing it \Nfor almost 20 years. Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.32,0:10:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're doing the same thing every day, Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.80,0:10:52.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to me, I wouldn't want to go back\Nand do the same shop Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.69,0:10:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like a mom-and-pop shop. Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.01,0:10:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the shop that I want to do \Nas the next one... Dialogue: 0,0:10:59.82,0:11:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the next one, Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.78,0:11:02.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the next one... Dialogue: 0,0:11:05.04,0:11:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have no idea \Nwhat go into a single donut here. Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.74,0:11:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,English subtitles by\NJenny Lam-Chowdhury