About Superkim

Some people are born into food. SuperKim is one of them.

It started in Thailand, on the streets where his grandmother ran a beloved Thai dessert stall at the local market. The smell of coconut milk, the warmth of freshly made kanom — these were SuperKim’s earliest memories. Food wasn’t just sustenance. It was love, passed down through generations.

When his family packed up and moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s, they brought those flavors with them. His parents opened one of Thai Town Hollywood’s first authentic Thai dessert shops — Kanom Thai Ramsong — serving the community the same recipes grandmother once made on the streets of Thailand.

Growing up behind that counter, SuperKim learned everything — not just how to cook, but how food builds community.

In 2016, he took a leap. He moved to Portland, Oregon and launched his first food cart: Thai Me Up. It was scrappy, bold, and unapologetically Thai — and Portland loved it.

Then came Seattle. In 2023, SuperKim opened SuperKim Crab House in the heart of Pioneer Square, riding the wave of Seattle’s love for seafood.

But something was missing.

After years of running the Crab House, SuperKim looked around Pioneer Square and realized — this neighborhood, full of life, history, and hungry people — had no real Thai food to call its own.

So he changed that.

SuperKim Thai Kitchen & Bar was born from that realization — a restaurant that brings the bold, honest flavors of Thailand to the heart of Pioneer Square, Seattle. From grandmother’s street stall to Hollywood’s Thai Town to a Portland food cart — every step of the journey led here.

This is not just a restaurant.
This is SuperKim’s life’s work.