What does Anh Ơi mean?
It’s my bake shop’s name, yes. But also a phrase I grew up hearing.
A way of calling out to someone-a brother, a partner, a stranger-with care.
It’s Vietnamese. It’s tender.
And it holds more than it says.
I chose it not because it fits me perfectly,
but because it carries the ache I wanted to keep.
For the third culture kids.
For the Asian Americans still finding their way back.
For anyone who’s ever called out to something that feels like home-
and hoped it might call back.
#vietnamesebakery #vietnameseamerican #thirdculturekid #aapivoices #seattlebakery #asianamericancreatives #identityandbelonging
How a tiny shout—“Anh ơi!”—became a small-batch Vietnamese-American cookie shop.
Growing up, that two-syllable “hey you” echoed through hallways, markets, and phone calls home. It carried buttered warmth, a nudge to come closer, a reminder of who I was becoming. Today it rises again in every batch of pandan-brown-butter, Viet-coffee, and cloud-sesame cookies we pull from the ovens in Seattle.
This carousel is our love letter to anyone who speaks (or tastes) in more than one language—who keeps one foot in memory and one in motion.
If that voice tugs at you, follow along for first bake-drop alerts, pop-up whereabouts, and bite-sized musings from both sides of the hyphen. Tag a friend who’d vibe with an “hey-you” cookie. I’m happy you’re here.
#AnhOiBakeShop #VietnameseAmerican #seattlebakery #FlavorObsessed #CultureCrossed #PopUpBakery
Come get your super thick shokupan toast from @akiosbakery at Anh Ơi Bake Shop! Toast it in house and drizzle it with our free condensed milk for a bombshell that you probably shouldn’t eat in public. 👹
Anh Ơi Bake Shop is open in Nihonmachi (Japantown), Seattle
📍 314 6th St S
Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday 9-3
Friday & Saturday 9-4
Anh Ơi Bake Shop is officially open in Japantown!
Through Seattle Restored, @ohanhoi has opened its very first storefront, serving their signature Vietnamese-American bakes alongside items from other Asian-American bakers. Stop by, grab a bite, and help welcome Anh Ơi to the neighborhood!
📍 314 6th Ave S
🕓 Hours: Wed-Thu & Sun 9am–3pm · Fri–Sat 9am–4pm
🎉 PLUS: Join in on the celebration next Saturday, May 23, for their Grand Opening Party with ribbon cutting, lion dancers from JunHong’s Kung Fu Club, and a meet-the-bakers market. You won’t want to miss it!
What once started as conversations, ideas, late-night planning, and shared visions has finally come to life today. Seeing everything come together so beautifully for Anh Oi Bake Shop feels incredibly special.
Being part of this experience has reminded me that running a business is truly no small feat. There’s so much intention behind every detail- the planning, organizing, strategizing, creating, and problem-solving that happens behind the scenes. It’s given me such a deep respect and admiration for every person involved in bringing a dream like this to fruition.
What makes this project even more meaningful is the community behind it. So many talented bakers from all across the Seattle area came together to help create a space that celebrates culture, creativity, and connection through the universal language of desserts. There’s something really beautiful about that.
This is why community matters so much. There is room for all of us to grow, create, and succeed together. That collective support, passion, and shared purpose is what makes spaces like this feel so special. I’m truly honored to be a part of something that aligns so deeply with passion, creativity, and values- that’s the sweet spot right there.
If you’re in Seattle, come experience some of the most incredible treats and support this beautiful new space 💛
📍Anh Oi Bake Shop
314 6th Ave South
Seattle, WA 98104
(Nihonmachi - Japantown)
🗓️ Store Hours:
Mon/Tue: Closed
Wed/Thur/Sun: 9AM–3PM
Fri/Sat: 9AM–4PM
🎉GRAND OPENING: May 23 at 11am
Bakers in Residence:
@ohanhoi@akiosbakery@sweet_hanako_bakeshop@sweetdreambakes@chibakery.seattle@ellee.vate
Seattle, we’re coming for you!
We are collaborating with @mingouns and popping up at The @thewaylandmill on Tuesday June 9, 5–9pm. Come find us for a night of good food, good music, and good company.
@ohanhoi will be providing some amazing desserts and the @nate.spade jazz trio will be setting the vibe with some live jazz.
A huge thank you to @aluc.oiii and @thewaylandmill for making this happen. So excited to finally bring our food to Seattle 🙏
📍 The Wayland Mill
🗓️ Tuesday, June 9
⏰ 5–9pm
Tomorrow, Anh Ơi Bake Shop opens.
And somewhere between the paint drying, the shelves filling, the spreadsheets, the panic, and the exhaustion…I realized there are probably going to be so many things I won’t fully remember. Conversations that blur together. Faces I only get to thank for a second before running off to fix something else.
My friend Tran from @aufe.coffee suggested we create a wishing tree.
A place where you can leave a note:
for the bakers,
for the space,
for the neighborhood,
for whatever you hope grows here next.
We’re not going to open them right away. Maybe not for a long time.
Because tomorrow will probably be chaotic. Beautiful, but chaotic. And I already know I won’t be able to fully hold all of it while it’s happening.
But maybe one day, when the adrenaline fades and this place finally becomes real to us too, we’ll sit down and read through every wish slowly.
I think that’s the strange thing about building something you dream about for so long.
You spend months, years even, trying to arrive.
And then suddenly, the arriving itself feels a little heartbreaking.
Like the end of one version of your life.
And the beginning of another.
Anh Ơi Bake Shop opens tomorrow.
And somehow, that still doesn’t feel real.
#anhoibakeshop #thirdculturekid #vietnameseamerican #seattlebaker #seattlebakery
For Anh Ơi’s soft opening, our friends at @drinknusa will be very generously hosting an Indonesian Hospitality Table beginning at 9 AM while supplies last.
There’ll be complimentary pours of traditional Indonesian jamu waiting for the people arriving early. A small welcome into the space as the day begins.
My dear friend Willson started Nusa after moving from Jakarta to Seattle and missing jamu - a drink tradition built around ginger, turmeric, tamarind, roots, warmth, and care.
“Nusa” means island.
And I keep thinking about that lately. The ways our cultures become little islands we carry with us after migration. Fragments of language. Rituals. Tiny inheritances passed hand to hand.
I’m deeply inspired by the sincerity of what Willson is building. The way he speaks about jamu less like a product and more like memory. The care he puts into preserving something ancestral without flattening it into trend or spectacle.
A lot of us are trying to do that right now, I think. Carry something soft into the future before it disappears.
So please be kind to him when you see him at the shop. I’m really proud to call him my friend.
And if it feels right there, maybe this won’t be the last time something warm from Nusa is waiting for you at Anh Ơi.
Anh Ơi Bake Shop soft opens Friday, May 15.
📍314 6th Avenue S in Nihonmachi (Japantown)
#anhoibakeshop #thirdculturekid #vietnameseamerican #seattlebaker #seattlebakery
2 Days Until Anh Ơi Bake Shop Opens.
One thing that felt really important to me while building this space was making sure the bakers themselves were visible too.
So next to the pastries and cookies, you’ll find framed stories and portraits of the people who made them. Because none of these bakes appeared out of nowhere. Every recipe came from somewhere. A childhood. A migration. A memory. A craving that stayed long enough to become a craft.
I hope people take a moment to slow down and read them.
This shop was never supposed to just be about products on shelves. It’s about the people behind them. The lives behind them. The quiet reasons someone spent years learning how to make one thing feel like home.
And maybe that’s what I want this place to become too.
Not just somewhere to buy cookies.
A place where stories get to stay visible.
Anh Ơi Bake Shop opens May 15, 2026.
📍314 6th Avenue S in Nihonmachi (Japantown)
#anhoibakeshop #thirdculturekid #vietnameseamerican #seattlebaker #seattlebakery
3 days until Anh Ơi Bake Shop opens.
The last few weeks have been about introducing you to the inaugural bakers joining these shelves. But this was never meant to stop at just a handful of people.
There are already more bakers in the pipeline. More stories coming. More recipes carrying entire worlds inside them.
And I know there are still people out there I haven’t met yet - people making beautiful things quietly from apartments, shared kitchens, farmers markets, or somewhere in between.
If there’s a baker you think needs to be part of this, I’d genuinely love to know about them.
Tag them below. Send this to them. Let’s keep building this together.
Anh Ơi Bake Shop opens May 15, 2026.
📍314 6th Ave S in Nihonmachi (Japantown)
#anhoibakeshop #thirdculturekid #vietnameseamerican #seattlebaker #seattlebakery
