Collaborators

Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen is our pick for the best house-made deli nosh in the Bay Area. In 2021, we started a beautiful partnership with Wise Sons to celebrate "Jewish Christmas" by serving cross-cultural deliciousness on our menus during the holiday season. Past menu items have included Lox Rangoons (Mamahuhu), Scallion and Mala Spice Schmear (Wise Sons), Sichuan Spiced Bialy Breakfast Sandwich (Wise Sons), and Hong Kong Challah French Toast (Mamahuhu). Hungry yet?

For centuries, many Jewish-Americans have chosen to dine at Chinese restaurants on Christmas Day (yes- Mamahuhu is open on Christmas!)- the first mention of the tradition hails back to 1899, when Jewish immigrants and Chinese immigrants lived in close proximity in New York's Lower East Side.

Teaming up with Wise Sons is one of our favorite parts of the year - there's nothing better than being able to create something delicious and new by creating new flavors in honor of a shared tradition.

What will we create this year? Get your tastebuds dreaming.

Yuenyeung, which means "mandarin duck" in Cantonese, is a beloved cha chaan teng (Hong Kong diner) drink combining coffee and milk tea. The Mandarin Duck, our play on this classic, was introduced to our menu in June 2024. The Mandarin Duck combines our malted milk tea and Minus beanless cold brew coffee. 

Did you know that the mandarin duck is known to mate for life? Male ducks flaunt vibrant plumage while females don subtle shades of gray or beige. Their contrasting appearance is a symbol of unlikely harmony— an apt namesake for blending coffee and tea and for our partnership with Minus.

When we first began to R&D our version of the Yuenyeung, we tried almost a dozen local coffees to find one that would compliment our malted milk tea. Minus’ beanless cold brew, made with upcycled fermented roots, seeds, and legumes, was the one that we kept coming back to. 

Mamamhuhu x Minus isn‘t just about taste - our values line up as well.  At Mamahuhu we’re all about cooking the Chinese-American dishes we grew up eating, with transparently sourced ingredients. Minus beanless coffee is crafted with 94% less water and its production yields 86% less carbon emissions than traditional coffee beans, an effort that Minus founder Maricel Saenz committed to after seeing the effects of changing climate in her native Costa Rica. So no, don’t worry there's no duck in this drink — just a nod to a classic drink and a partnership aimed at a more sustainable food ecosystem.

Taste Minus Coffee in: Mandarin Duck

Owned and operated by brother and sister Adam and Andrea Chinchiolo, Far West Cider is both a friend of Mamahuhu and the tastiest cider on planet earth. Far West uses delicious, high quality apples grown on their 100-year old family farm in Richmond, CA to create a range of signature dry-ciders that truly let the ingredients shine. In 2022 we launched one of our favorite collaborations to date with Adam and Andrea, creating a Sichuan Strawberry flavored dry cider called The Odd Duck. This is a seasonal product we aim to bring back whenever the strawberries say we can.