It’s not unusual for kids to say, “Hey, we should open a business someday.”
The three Thach kids used to say it in the car or around the dinner table every time the family hit up a boba shop. Only one time, their parents took them at their word, remembers Caitlyn Thach, 21, of Fresno.
“We would just be joking around, not really serious. One day it did get serious,” she said. “It was like, ‘Oh we’re actually doing this.’”
Her parents, Sophea and David Thach, Caitlyn and siblings Natalie, 18, and Tyler, 14, are now running Sweet Ppang , a dessert, ice cream and boba drink shop in central Fresno.
It opened this past summer near the Golden Dynasty Chinese restaurant in the shopping center next to Target at Shields Avenue and First Street.
Dessert and drinks
It serves taiyaki — the little fish-shaped waffles popular in many Asian countries that are served warm with various fillings and toppings.