{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-line.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F40e59a1d-40e59a1d","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 75: Chef Dennis Ngo","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/aee198/aee1980a-64b6-46b1-9d28-04427d10c320/517e61d4-9ab7-4e81-b96d-fb27a2c45876/1549989950artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/517e61d4-9ab7-4e81-b96d-fb27a2c45876\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 75: Chef Dennis Ngo\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On today's show Eli welcomes Chef Dennis Ngo the chef / owner of Di An Di, a Vietnamese restaurant in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Dennis left his job as a consultant to pursue being a chef and has since helped open numerous Vietnamese restaurants in New York City, including An Choi, Lucy’s Vietnamese Kitchen, Hanoi House and founded Lonestar Empire, a Texas style smoked brisket operation, which has been at Smorgasburg since 2012. Di An Di, which opened to acclaim in 2018 has become an instant neighborhood favorite. "}