a person · CANing Yen
Named in the same breath as Ngoy, and much less often.
Credited with Ted Ngoy for the pink donut box, after helping other Cambodians set up shops in Southern California.
The story Cited · wp-cambodian-americans
The pink boxes that package donuts in Southern California shops are attributed to Ngoy and Yen. Beyond that attribution this project has found little published detail about him, and says so rather than filling it in.
Today Cited · wp-cambodian-americans
The box outlasted both names in public memory: most people who know the box do not know either.
The particulars
| role | founder |
|---|---|
| state | CA |
| region | Southern California, Cambodian America |
| confidence | medium · needs verification · updated 2026-09-16 |
Who it runs with
peopleTed NgoyThe other name on the box.and of this page it says: Named with him for the pink box.artThe pink boxThe object.and of this page it says: Credited with it.stylesThe Southern California pink boxThe style it marks.and of this page it says: Named with Ngoy as the reason the box is pink.
Who talks about it
Where we got it
- Cambodian Americans — Wikipedia · link
Where it came from: Cited a source we name · Harvested pulled from an open dataset · Tradition what the tradition says, hedged · Inference this project's reasoning · Field somebody stood there. This record as JSON.