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</div></div></header></div></body></html>";s:4:"text";s:20468:"Alongside doughnuts, they sell imported American goods - everything from Pop-Tarts to Starbucks Frappucinos. Ngoy was one.         Phnom Penh Post "It's a crazy story, but it's true," says Ted, now 78. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. By 1987, Ngoy owned 32 Christy's Donuts locations, largely accomplished by living out of a motorhome allowing him and his family to travel up and down the state of California establishing new locations. It was helping his community and it was a bit of a cautionary tale.". But he was more than well-off; he was respected. They saved money where they could, even washing and reusing coffee stirrers - until they were reprimanded by Winchell's. "It's impossible to explain that money had nothing to do with it. They wont trust you, he said. Drenched and bleeding, he tiptoed into a hallway. Ngoy bought his first doughnut. And I feel so much hurt. Once a paragon in the community, refugees now avoided him for fear of being asked for a loan. "I achieved my American dream," Ted says. When he was working in the donut shop, he went to his sponsor and said he was having a hard time. youths avoid juvenile hall comes to an end, As it approaches its first decade, the Frida Cinema abides, Shake Shack gets ready to shake things up in Orange County, Santa Anas Electric City Butcher moves online, Brews&Bites beachside beer festival comes to the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel, 13 couples say I do on Valentines Day weekend at the Anaheim Marketplace, Broadway Divas serve off-Broadway realness at Segerstrom, Dine your heart out this Valentines Day with special menus throughout Orange County, 43rd annual Orange County Black History Parade & Unity Fair a source of pride in Anaheim. In this condensed and edited conversation, Gu talks about the American dream, Cambodian American Republicans, 1970s Orange County and the best donut she ate during filming. He trained them and handed over the keys. Over four years nearly two million Cambodians were either executed, or died of starvation, disease and overwork.  After a year of running two shops they had saved $40,000 and Ted decided to expand. He had gotten his first taste of that passion years earlier. Just knowing that my great uncle Ted and the story of my parents and hearing Alice say, 'I want to really dig deep on a Cambodian donut shop,' I was like, 'Wow, this is real. Ted Ngoy was reaping rewards of that success. "If I need the vote, I cannot gamble. Tao did everything in her power to help Gu. "I never back down. Ngoy's epic rags-to-riches-to-rags story has been chronicled before (in the  On Sundays, he attends Parkcrest Christian Church in Long Beach.     , to name a few outlets), but Alice Gu is the first to put it on film. If you walk into a doughnut shop in California, the chances are it's owned by a Cambodian family. After cry, go back gambling." I just want to create as many as I can, he said. Soldiers and dogs guarded the mansion. I could have made a special piece just on the history of donuts. With the help of his brother-in-law, he was promoted to major and appointed military attache at the countrys embassy in Thailand. We had an instant connection and it felt like we were meant to be doing this story together. When there was an overrun of pink doughnut boxes Ted bought them cut-price, and the pink boxes became his trademark.      I gave her my spiel, and she said, 'Well, you've called the right person. He had $50,000 riding on many Sundays. Christy would search for him in the casinos, the children in tow. "This friendly voice picks up the phone, a young voice in that perfectly American accented English. The next day, he flew back to Los Angeles leaving behind his new wife and their two children. But Cambodians were leaving the business, tired of working 17-hour days and squeezing a 13-cent profit from every 65-cent doughnut. "[5] Upon looking into the matter, she learned about Ted Ngoy and became fascinated with the topic. When the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975, they knew they couldn't go home. Some of the interviews in the film seemed that way.It was actually really wonderful to speak with particularly his older kids Chet and Savy, who until that interview, they didnt have much to do with him. They told him Winchells Donuts trained store managers. Some of those he borrowed from were the people he had leased doughnut shops to. Ted began to look for more doughnut shops to buy and lease to fellow refugees. Ngoy forged her signature on checks. A new documentary chronicles the fascinating saga of Ted Ngoy, &quot;The Donut King,&quot; who made a fortune and then lost it all to a gambling addiction. [3] Ngoy worked at various jobs, including as a travel agent and tour guide, before joining the military in 1970. "What happens if I decide to jump into your room?" He took a real estate class but said he couldnt retain the details. Ted Ngoy (born Bun Tek Ngoy; 1942) is a Cambodian American entrepreneur and former owner of a chain of doughnut shops in California. He had sold what few shops remained. All the boys at his school were in love with her, and as a poor half-Chinese boy from a village near the Thai border he had no chance. Theres a hustle to it, and director Alice Gu captures it in her debut documentary The Donut King.. I think thats the American way  the power of connections and people. Ted Ngoy in The Donut King documentary. But it was really the immigrant story. Through the maneuvering of his brother-in-law, chief of police and briefly future president of Cambodia, Sak Sutsakhan, Ngoy was promoted to the rank of major and appointed military attache at Cambodia's embassy in Thailand. He did not fare well in either the 1993 or 1998 parliamentary elections, but his friend, Prime Minister Hun Sen, made him an advisor on commerce and agriculture. One by one, Ted lost all of his donut shops. Ngoy is Cambodian and he was in Phnom Penh when it fell. He credits his Christian faith with finally curing his gambling addiction, although he confesses he liked to bet on football games until last year. The stranger who crept into her room more than 35 years ago is a stranger again. As word of Ted's success spread, Cambodian immigrants started seeking him out when they arrived in Southern California.  Ted, Christy and their two kids fled to Thailand. Upon deeper glance, it was so personal for me. It's so amazing, so touching.' He has converted to Christianity, he said, and prays often, asking God for help. He was Chinese Cambodian, part of a despised underclass. And it was actually a donut that I refused at first from Mayly Tao, the Donut Princess. "I had true love for her.". It actually made national, if not international, news about the kindness of these people in Orange County. "She was so beautiful," he remembers. Still penniless, after nearly four years of exile, Ted flew back to Cambodia.  "Ted, again, is Mr. Nine Lives. Ted and Suganthini sold everything they had and arrived in California on one of the first refugee flights, with their three children, an adopted nephew and two nieces. He had met Richard Nixon, the former president, and Presidents Reagan and George HW Bush. He is wealthy again. By 2005, after a failed political career in Cambodia, Ngoy was penniless and living on the porch of a fellow Parkcrest Christian Church parishioner's mobile home. Ted and Suganthini sold everything they had and arrived in California on one of the first refugee flights, with their three children, an adopted nephew and two nieces. In less than two years, while working on other jobs and projects, Gu directed and shot the 94-minute documentary. The families who followed Ngoys lead learned to run businesses and picked up English. When he lost their money he would just sign over the shop to them - without telling Christy, whose signature he forged. Interestingly, largely because of Democratic policy we got a grant for our camera and it came from this girl, who was the daughter of Vietnamese refugees who landed in Arkansas. He turned down a job as a security guard because it required standing for eight hours. He left behind his new wife and their two children, and what he had seen as his last chance at redemption. He had no home and no money, and his country had been overrun by a gang of pitiless thugs. Gu is working on developing a couple of music-themed film projects, both documentaries and narratives. Ted Ngoy had served in the Cambodian army as a major fighting communists that were trying to take over that country&#x27;s government in the 1970s. Faced with such determination, her family allowed the young lovers to be together. He landed in LA with less than $100 in his pocket - all the money he had left. The doughnut king landed at LAX with $50 in his pocket. Casino operators gave Ngoy free rooms, food, airfare and front-row seats to prize fights. But I still win.          , chronicles Ngoy's thrill-of-victory/agony-of-defeat rollercoaster ride through the American Dream  immigration, capitalism, history, hubris, romance, addiction, family and food. He bought a bigger doughnut shop, and offered to lease the original Christy's to a family of Cambodian refugees, who had been working in fast food outlets on low wages. "He was afraid of being shunned and feeling lonely - but I forced him!" And she said she knew a lot of people in her parents generation who are lifelong Republicans and thats why they hate the Democratic party. He returned to a refugee community in transition. He sat on the roof of his apartment and played his flute, the music sweeping over the neighborhood. In doing the research and finding that it was President [Gerald] Ford who issued the executive order to receive the refugees, a Republican president  that was a huge surprise to me given that during the time that we were making this film we were hearing Donald Trumps rhetoric. One of their sons is a financial consultant; another is a computer-networking technician. She would forgive him when he promised to stop, and he would -- for a while.  Near the station was a doughnut shop. I ate the whole thing. In Cambodia, Ngoy formed the Free Development Republican Party. and California landscape with a familiar coat  yellow strip mall signs with red lettering reading Christys Donuts. Six weeks later, Gu and her producer, Jos Nuez, were on a plane to Cambodia where they spent three days interviewing Ngoy and shooting B-roll. If you can dream it, they're probably mixing it somewhere on property. "If I need to shower, I knock on the door, 'Lady can I take a shower?' Then, after falling out with a powerful political rival he feared for his life and fled to the US. Christy's parents said they would let Ted live if he told Christy that he was a dog who had romanced other girls and had never loved her. Because of the Ngoys, a Cambodian refugees first American job was often in a doughnut shop. "[1] In 1977, the Ngoys took a trip to Las Vegas where Ted saw Elvis Presley. Buddha cannot help me.. He was born Bun Tek Ngoy. "That's why I want to tell the world, 'Do not gamble.' To make sure he went through with it, they insisted on hiding behind a curtain while he said his spiel. He hired his wife and nephew. I'm no good. [7][3], Ngoy's fortunes improved dramatically, such that by the mid-1980s Ngoy had amassed millions of dollars through his expanding doughnut shop empire, reported as 50 locations throughout California. This tastes like any other glazed donut,'" Gu says. They barely talked to him. Ngoy fled with his wife, three young children, two cousins and a nephew to the United States in 1975. All that money paid for expensive clothes, luxury cars, fancy trips and an opulent home in Mission Viejo. When time goes by it gets into your blood and you just cannot get it out," says Ted. Christy Ngoy now owns a Peruvian restaurant in Irvine. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Key grant funding to help O.C.  Ted was the consummate schmoozer and salesman. Long hours. Then, he lost it all. Ted remembers hiding from her behind the slot machines. Streaming now on PBS. Because he was a high roller the casinos put him up in $2,000-a-night suites and offered him VIP tickets to the best shows. After setting up a sweet shop of his own, he helped fellow . "[7] In a positive review, Richard Whittaker with The Austin Chronicle said that "Gu does stellar work compiling and constructing Ngoys life story through interviews and archive and contemporary footage," and added "the animation sequences by Chapeau Studios and 1881 Animation that make the perfect drizzle of icing. I cry. What was surprising for me was watching Ted, a Republican, pictured with Pete Wilson at one point in the film since Wilson supported laws that hurt immigrants.Its wild. All three were taken to the police station but they were too scared to mention the cash in the boot. While working a second job at a gas station, Ngoy took notice of a busy local doughnut shop and inquired of its operators about learning the business. Why would anybody be interested in my story?' When Christy returned to California for the birthday of a grandchild in 1999, Ngoy met a young woman and brought her to live in his house. Chuong Lee Tao passed down DKs Donuts in Santa Monica to her daughter Mayly Tao, who updated the shop with a vast menu and a worldwide social media following. Everybody cry," he said. [6][3], Ngoy bought additional doughnut shops in Orange County.  Ngoy wrote to her. "When Alice called me, she described something that I have always wanted to tell but never thought that it would get picked up anywhere," Tao says. More and more relatives came forward for sponsorship.         LAist.com/radio. Ngoy built a vast donut shop empire across California and it started in 1970s Orange County. "Growing up, when you look on the screen, there's not a lot of Asian representation. He is nicknamed the &quot;Donut King.&quot; He is nicknamed the &quot;Donut King.&quot; She later discovered that they were among the first to be executed by the Khmer Rouge. [1], That's why I want to tell the world, "Do not gamble." Every time I met them I said, 'Sorry son, sorry my daughter, sorry Christy.         the  Nearly every independent donut shop in every Southern California mini-mall hides a story  and many of them start with an unlikely impresario, a Cambodian refugee named Ted Ngoy. Suganthini was terrified, but she let the stranger stay. He ran to the shop across the street where he bought a donut. Suganthini and her mother heard the music. A day before he left, his eldest son said if you have $3.2 million you can buy it. When he lost he would lash out, smashing doors, breaking furniture and frightening the children. Ted now sees that the same character traits that made him take bold risks in life also made it easy for him to fall prey to gambling.      That is because I had a buttermilk bar about 30 seconds out of the fryer with fresh glaze on it. (Elina Shatkin/LAist). He was fortunate to escape with his wife, two kids and some relatives, arriving in California where he and his family were housed in a. To Christy, this was the final betrayal. He slept under the bed and hid when the maids came to clean. They would speed through Phnom Penh on his motorcycle, the couple recalled.  Pit bosses, floor men and dealers at Caesars Palace, the MGM Grand and the Mirage got to know the Cambodian doughnut king. Like Ngoy, most of the people who leased his stores were Chinese Cambodian. He was, however, invited to become a government adviser on commerce and agriculture. We were taxed to the hilt, unemployment was high and he was very reluctant to give refugees a home here when Californians were out of work. He did as he was told, but then pulled out a knife and stabbed himself, declaring he would rather die than live without her. "The note said, 'I appreciate you blowing the flute. After completing the company's training program, they gave him the keys to a store in Newport Beach.  ", Alice Gu's documentary, The Donut King, is available in the US now in theatres and online and will be coming to the UK in 2021, Listen to Ted Ngoy on Outlook: How the Donut King lost his crown (produced by Maryam Maruf), Ted Ngoy's autobiography is called The Donut King: the rags to riches story of a poor immigrant that changed the world. The Donut King is a documentary directed by Alice Gu that covers the life of Ted Ngoy, one of the primary reasons behind the Cambodian American donut shop boom. He joined Gamblers Anonymous but was back at the tables in no time. [8], Author Ryka Aoki describes Ngoy as legend in our Asian-American community and inspiration for her award-winning novel Light From Uncommon Stars for both his stealing books process and the legacy of Cambodian-American donut shops in Southern California. Christy has remarried and lives in Lake Forest, not far from their three adult children, who all live in Orange County. Ngoy bought his first doughnut shop from a couple who was retiring. He formed the Free Development Republican Party (ahead of the countrys UN-backed elections), believing that he could show others the path to wealth and hoping that being a politician might stymy  his gambling addiction. No days off. They did business on a handshake, he said, and his tenants always paid. The second time Ted came back to California, Chet took all this time off of work, took him to his timeshare in Oceanside and drove his dad around all over Southern California. Beautiful views aren't the only thing drawing Angelenos to the region. ", "I was like, 'What on earth makes this Cambodian?      "But what shall we do in the morning? When they were released, the cash was gone.      "a short-lived comeback in Sacramento in 2002," the Massachusetts-based company didn't return to the Golden State  Don't die. Their fairy tale romance is so distant, she said, its as if it happened to someone else. His sponsor told him people will have their prejudices but they mean well. He tasted his first donut at a Tustin gas station, trained as a baker in a La Mirada Winchells and ran his own Winchells store in the Balboa Peninsula.      in Tustin sponsored the family, allowing them to live in the church where Ted worked as a janitor. Ted and a lot of the Asians who came aligned themselves with the Republican party. I go to borrow. On hearing the music float across the quiet city, Suganthini's mother remarked that whoever was playing must be in love. The whole community banded together and they all agreed to sell him out of donuts every morning by 9 a.m. And then we opened second store in Fullerton, and when they opened, I also train people and my wage, Christi, also . He began to disappear off to Las Vegas for days, losing $5,000, $7,000 a game, and neglecting his family and his doughnut empire. Her daughter, Mayly Tao, has taken over the reigns of DK's. The film follows an immigrant tale of the American dream through Bun Tek Ted Ngoy, a Cambodian refugee whose charmed life is full of war, romance, entrepreneurship, racism and a caution about greed. After Ted revealed his presence to Christy, he hid under her bed until he was eventually discovered and her family allowed them be together. Her father was a high-ranking government official. It's a monster in me.". He said that we didnt have room for these refugees here. Theres also the moment where Ted revisits his former home in Mission Viejo. Yeah, My Family Doesn't Either, Soup Dumplings, Kimchi Burritos And More Fast, Cheap Eats In Glendale, At Masarap Cafe, West African and Filipino Cuisines Find Their Pairing, Drinking At Disneyland? "Many times I try to commit suicide because I hate myself. [5], Ngoy was hesitant to return to California for the film; he was estranged from his children and former friends. I just do it.. The documentary goes back and forth between Ngoy and the present-day lives of second- and third-generation donut shop kids or what Gu refers to as Donut Generation 2.0. Distraught, she took an overdose of sleeping pills and fell into a coma. It was hurtful. Ted, who spoke four languages, was offered a post as liaison officer in Thailand by Suganthini's brother-in-law, Gen Sak Sutsakhan. Then he pulled a knife. Ngoy also involved himself in American politics, joining the Republican Party and hosting fundraisers for George H. W. Bush and encouraged fellow Cambodian immigrants to support the GOP. ";s:7:"keyword";s:20:"ted ngoy second wife";s:5:"links";s:276:"<a href="http://informationmatrix.com/SpKlvM/kevin-espiritu-family">Kevin Espiritu Family</a>,
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