Mark Arbitrario started filming with his dad's VHS camera at age 10, co-founded the San Diego Asian Film Festival, and wrote a screenplay for James Hong - all before landing on Survivor, The Apprentice, and The Contender. A Filipino-American who learned Korean, embraced the jung, and eventually found himself directing music videos for BooHwal in Seoul. Along the way he learned the one thing his immigrant parents never taught him: hard work alone won't get you there. You have to make noise. We also talk about family, loss, and the one choice he wishes he could take back... here on the Drink of Choice.

Jon Hwang spent a year turning his kitchen into what looked like a Breaking Bad lab: bags of white powder, mystery ingredients, and a food scientist who had never tasted milk tea in his life. The result is MAKO, a boba-inspired high-protein milk tea designed to do what no ready-to-drink protein shake has done before: actually taste good. We talk about leaving a tech career behind, bootstrapping a CPG brand from scratch, navigating supply chains, trademarks, and co-manufacturers - all as a team of one. Plus, why the Asian fitness market is about to explode and why milk tea protein might be exactly what it's been waiting for... here on the Drink of Choice.

Paul Dimalanta grew up in Oxnard, California, the son of a Filipino Navy engineer who gave up a college degree for a one-way ticket to America. Paul was supposed to follow the path - engineering, stability, the whole thing. Then he watched Office Space and changed his major. What followed was a career that took him from the accounting department of Robb Report magazine to shooting luxury brands across the world for clients like MasterCard - from Lake Como to the Yellowstone Club in Montana. Along the way he had to learn that his photos could look too good, that car ads don't always need cars, and that the most important project of his career wasn't for any client at all. It was photographing the faces of his own Filipino community. We talk about art, identity, AI, and what happens when you finally stop apologizing for who you are... here on the Drink of Choice.

Noelle Song had a dream job, a marketing degree, and a plan. Then she quit. What followed was a tiny pancake, five million views, and the beginning of something she never saw coming. Today she's a fitness coach, content creator, and musician navigating the space between going viral and building something that actually lasts. We talk about fear, identity, and what it really means to bet on yourself... here on the Drink of Choice.

Tom Li was born in Beijing, fled to America as a child in the wake of Tiananmen Square, and grew up in a high school that was 80% Asian - never once setting foot in a majority-white space until law school at age 22. He decided to become a lawyer at five years old, not out of passion, but because it seemed safe. It took twelve years of practicing law to finally find his footing. We talk about identity, belonging, code-switching, and the quiet choices that shape who we become... here on the Drink of Choice.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling, Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

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A bad breakup sent Alice Kao to a climbing gym in London. That one afternoon changed everything. Today she's the co-founder and CEO of Sender One, one of the premier climbing gym chains in Southern California — built with no plan, a lot of grit, and a Harvard-educated husband who gave up his law career to hand out shoes at the front desk.

Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling, Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.

Tiffany Law is an entertainment lawyer, entrepreneur, and lifelong lover of dance music whose career has taken her across four continents and through some of the world’s most competitive industries. From growing up in Canada after immigrating from Hong Kong, to living in Africa and Europe, surviving Big Law, and eventually finding her place in the music industry, Tiffany shares the experiences, setbacks, and life decisions that shaped who she is today.

A receptionist became a producer, a producer became a showrunner, and a showrunner became a director. Along the way, Sam Gollestani got Sylvester Stallone mad at him and wrote the untold story of what it felt like to be Iranian American on September 11th. That short film won at Cannes — and changed someone else's life. Not getting help sooner was his worst decision. Finding the right person was his best.

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Drink of Choice is an interview podcast co-hosted by Sid Kim, restaurateur and entrepreneur, and Han Kim, entertainment lawyer. Every guest arrives with a drink that means something to them, and that drink becomes the doorway into a much larger conversation about their life. Built around Asian and Asian-American voices, artists, creators, chefs, entrepreneurs, and anyone who carries a story worth telling, Drink of Choice creates a space that is intimate, unhurried, and culturally grounded.

New episodes every Tuesday. Subscribe so you don't miss one.