Sophy Khut (center) with her father, Khean Khut, and her mother, Sophea Khim in Long Beach in 2006. There were very few Cambodians in the Portland area and Sophy wanted more contact with her culture. After college, she decided to move to Long Beach, which has the largest concentration of Cambodians in the U.S. Sophy opened a couple restaurants before opening Sophy’s Cambodian Cuisine on Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach. Her parents remained in Portland.
