Event: Asian Baking Club

Yu Ling Wu, Kathleen Hou, and TK show off their cookies, ready to decorate!

Kitsby Cafe entrance with rainbow gift bags filled with items from AAPI businesses

Asian Baking Club: A Sweet Time Had By All

In Fall 2022, District One Studios hosted an Asian Baking Club, a cute and casual cookie decorating happy hour spotlighting AAPI-owned brands, inspired in part by our popular Asian Breakfast Club event!

Held at Kitsby Cafe in Williamsburg, the District One team welcomed guests from EATER, Insider, Rolling Stone, New York Magazine, GQ, Cool Hunting, Well + Good, BuzzFeed, InsideHook, Thrillist, PAPER Magazine, and more. The event featuring a menu and gift bag selections from, and cookie designs inspired by, culinary kit company Kitsby, Vietnamese coffee roaster Nam Coffee, premium non-alcoholic Null Wines, award-winning Sông Cái Distillery, first-of-its-kind Lunar Hard Seltzer, starter kit company Omsom, and condiment purveyor Bowlcut.

A huge thank you to all who attended and supported from afar. Below, please find additional details and photos of our #AsianBakingClub event taken by photographer Duke Winn.


Guests show off their cookies

Guests gather for District One Studio’s Asian Baking Club held at the Kitsby Cafe and discover their cookies, ready for the addition of their personal touch!

Hunter pours water into a large-scale Nam Coffee phin filter
David Pangilinan takes photos of Sông Cái Distillery’s Spiced Roselle Gin

…and everyone quickly finds some new favorites to try!

Cookies — sporting the Kitsby whisk logo, the Lunar Seltzer bunny logo, and a bottle of Null Wine — ready to be decorated
Guests get drinks from the bar
Putting sprinkles on a cookie
Elizabeth Shevelev, District One Studios Jr. Creative Director, shows off two decorated cookies — one featuring the District One logo and one featuring a Sông Cái cocktail

Inspired by the logos and products of our clients, District One Studio’s Elizabeth Shevelev created line drawings which were printed onto cookies so guests could decorate them like an edible coloring book pages!

Guests decorate cookies at the Kitsby Cafe
Sông Cái bottles on display
David shows Dan the cookie he’s decorating

District One Studios founder Dan Q. Dao offers cookie artists encouragement.

Decorating cookies
Nam Coffee‘s Orange County blend and phin filter
Guests showing off their decorated cookies

Connecting with old friends and meeting new ones.

Dan Q. Dao and Elizabeth of District One Studios
A bottle of Sparkling Verdejo from Null Wine
Rainbow colored gift bags

Don’t forget your gift bag!

…plus any cookies not yet eaten.

Nam Coffee, Lunar Hard Seltzer, and Kitsby mooncakes on display
Guests at Asian Baking Club at the Kitsby Cafe
Stasia Brewczynski, District One Studios Accounts Manager, pours Sparkling Verdejo from Null Wines

Drinks from Null Wine, Nam Coffee, Sông Cái Distillery, and Lunar Hard Seltzer are pouring…

Yu Ling Wu poses with a star cookie
Amy Hsiao, Kitsby founder, greets guests

Kitsby founder Amy Hsiao makes sure everyone has what they need — from edible glitter to personalized instruction — to decorate the cutest cookies.

Guests decorating cookies at Asian Baking Club
Light bites from the Kitsby Cafe
Guests decorate cookies with Amy
Cookies being decorated
Amy poses with guests
Stasia pours Null Wine for guests
Decorating cookies with frosting
Amy instructs guests
Sông Cái gin bottles on display next to Kitsby mooncakes
Eitan Cassell of District One and David decorating cookies
Writer Cat Wolinski, content creator Alana Robin, and Stasia raise a glass together
Guests talking and laughing together
Lunar Seltzer, Omsom, Bowlcut, and Kitsby products from the gift bags

Gift bags are filled with goodies from AAPI-owned businesses including Lunar Hard Seltzer, Omsom, Bowlcut, and Kitsby…

Guests collecting their gift bags before departing

The District One Studios team loves coming together to host Asian Baking Club!


Event Credits

Production: Dan Q. Dao and Stasia Brewczynski

Operations: Stasia Brewczynski, Tavo Dam, Eitan Cassell, Isabela Weeks, Alex Beaufort, and Hunter Kennah

Venue: Kitsby Cafe

Graphic Design: Alex Beaufort

Photographer & Videographer: Duke Winn

Special thanks to Amy Hsiao of Kitsby, Kevin Wong and Sean Ro of Lunar Hard Seltzer, Crystal Ung of Bowlcut Sauces, and Kim and Vanessa Pham of Omsom.

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