'Traveling overseas around the south Pacific islands,' Suzuki said, 'they learned some new recipes and new cooking techniques, and that's how they came up with the concept.' The band now plays again at Asian Tropix, and a lifetime of traveling and sampling Asian cuisine from multiple locations came together.

'But we tried that for a few years and she decided she wasn't done yet. 'We had our kids going through college and we wanted to retire,' Suzuki said. Tom and Huy entertained delusions of retirement again. Tom then purchased Deli Dave's in Pueblo West before selling that restaurant, keeping it in the family by selling to his sister-in-law, Siv. That success propelled them to Pueblo, where the family purchased the Tea Palace in Pueblo West before selling that restaurant to entertain the concept of retirement. Huy and Ban got their feet under them running 'K Express' out of the Mesa Mall in Grand Junction, and the duo received the mall's 'best startup' honors and was the mall's top grosser for two years running. It was hit and miss the first few times, but they figured out how to do things, and the rest, as they say, is history.' 'They worked regular jobs, saved some money, then got some restaurants going. 'They've been in the restaurant business since they emigrated to the U.S.,' Suzuki said.

They've accumulated those influences through numerous stints as restaurant owners around Colorado, Tom Suzuki, manager of Asian Tropix and Huy's husband, said. The brainchild of siblings and Singapore natives Huy Suzuki and Bun Taing, both seasoned restaurateurs, Asian Tropix draws from multiple influences to capture the type of scattered cuisine Pacific islanders consider comfort food. That's Asian Tropix in a nutshell, a fusion of traditional Asian favorites and unique and sometimes unexpected offerings that hearken back to the Hawaiian islands, and brings that unique mixture to Pueblo West. Purcell Blvd., Suite 120, you immediately see an assortment of flags hanging on the walls.įlags of China, Japan, Vietnam, and Singapore hang on the north wall while the south wall is adorned with a boogie board, a ukulele, and flags from Guam and Hawaii. When you walk into the doors of Asian Tropix Fusion Restaurant in Pueblo West, located at 198 S.

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