RiceVan In the News

A future where robots are serving you dinner is not as far away as we think it is. It’s here, actually: EMei, a restaurant in Chinatown, recently introduced Bella the Bot as part of its staff.

Chefs are giving Afghan evacuees in Philadelphia a taste of home. It's just one of the ways the region is helping them get back on their feet.

RiceVan, run by Daniel Tsao, is a centralized food distribution platform that specializes in delivering unique restaurant meals and specialty groceries from Philadelphia to suburban communities within a 5-to-60 mile radius.

Philadelphia's General Tsao's House restaurant may be a Chinese take-away spot but these days some Afghan chefs can cook authentic meals for the city's growing Afghan refugee population.

Refugees from Afghanistan who settled in the Philadelphia area have found it hard to find the food they are used to from their home

Philadelphia's RiceVan was created to support local restaurants and grocers in Chinatown by offering delivery services to surrounding areas.

Craig LaBan, restaurant critic and “Drink” Columnist of The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote an article about RiceVan.

Craig LaBan has been the resident restaurant critic and drink columnist for the Inquirer since 1998. He is the winner of multiple national awards from the James Beard Foundation and the Association of Food Journalists.