Sum Bar owner Khailing Neoh left engineering to follow her passion for food, bringing fresh dim sum and new flavors to Greenville’s dining scene.
Meet Khailing Neoh, owner of popular Greenville dim sum restaurant Sum Bar, which opened in 2022. Neoh transitioned from a successful engineering career to open the restaurant after starting with pop-ups. Ahead, find out why she decided to switch careers and where she is on her entrepreneurial journey.
You had a successful career in engineering before opening Sum Bar. What made you want to pivot to the restaurant industry?
Entrepreneurship is in my blood, and my grandparents and parents who immigrated here, they had their own restaurants…