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Patrick and Jessica Ohpark are blending their Korean roots and American
upbringing into several delicious dishes with their popular f ood truck.

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A

budding lawyer and artist chef
fall in love? Hanu Food Truck in
Roanoke, Virginia.
When Patrick and Jessica
Ohpark met six years ago, they
couldn't have been on more
dissimilar journeys. Patrick, a
Los Angeles native and classically
trained chef with over a decade
of chef experiences across the
country, was thick into his latest
venture-a Korean-fare food
truck. Jessica, a Raleigh, North
Carolina native, was a young
lawyer studying for her bar exam.
The two were introduced through
mutual friends in Raleigh.
As they spent time together,
Jessica found herself wanting
to help Patrick with his food
truck more than she wanted
to practice law. She says
being around Patrick's food
truck energized her in
ways law could not: she
enjoyed working with
her hands, the artistic
side of social media
and connecting
with other
people.

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Jessica started
putting herself
on Patrick's
food truck until
one day she
found herself fully
immersed.
"Having Jessica
as part of the food truck
wasn't really the plan," explains
Patrick. "We didn't make the leap
into partnership until we decided
to get married."
Leap is the appropriate
word here. In February of
2018, Patrick and Jessica were
married. In March, they moved to
Roanoke and began the work of
establishing Hanu Food Truck. It
has been full-on ever since.
The Ohparks say they
considered several southern
cities to move to and start their
business. In the end, Roanoke
won. Why? Simple. The people.
"People ask us why we moved
here," says Patrick in a way to
suggest the question is asked with
consternation. "We chose to move
here. The people in Roanoke are
amazing. They wanted us here.
And the longer we're here, the
more it confirms this is where we
are meant to be."
This truly speaks to the big
heart of Roanokers. Because
the truth is, starting a food
truck here in Roanoke has had
its challenges. In big cities like
L.A. and Raleigh, or towns like
Asheville where the food truck
market is mature, people are
well-versed in the particulars of
food truck dining: social media

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