Out & About Aug 2019

“Fascinated by Flavor” Pam George
Wit ‘Thai Guy’ Milburn fuses ethnic cuisine with spice and a whole lot of fun

In 1987, when Kamphon Milburn opened Jeenwong Thai Cuisine in Booths Corner Farmers Market, most area diners were unfamiliar with her home country’s cuisine. As a result, she also offered Chinese dishes.

Fast forward to 2019. Kamphon, Milburn’s restaurant, now located in the Riverfront Market in Wilmington, is on the cutting edge. Southeast Asian flavors, including Thai, continually rank among food writers’ top trends.

Now the next generation is making its mark. Today, Kamphon’s son, Norrawit “Wit” Milburn, has a restaurant in Booths Corner Farmers Market. He also owns a popular food truck, and he manages Ubon Thai Kitchen & Bar, the full-service restaurant that his parents, Kamphon and Norris “Buddy” Milburn, opened on the Riverfront.

As if that isn’t enough, Wit Milburn is a founder of Rolling Revolution, an association for mobile and food truck vendors. “Wit has been an instrumental player over the years in ‘moving’ the food truck movement forward in Delaware,” says Greg Vogeley, owner of Drip Café, who had a food truck called the Brunch Box. “He has a charismatic personality, and he’s always willing to help someone out when needed.”