PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- In this edition of The Dish, we're getting something warm and buttery-like a culinary hug-from Philadelphia's only James Beard Award winner this year.

Phila Lorn, owner of the critically acclaimed Mawn and now Sao, both in South Philly, is sharing the secrets behind a dish he calls Hoe Cakes.

"It's like if a corn muffin fell in love with a pancake and made a baby," Lorn laughs. "Some people call it a Johnny Cake. It's a pancake that tastes like a corn muffin, topped with trout salad, trout roe, and everything steeped in honey butter."

We're inside Sao on East Passyunk, which opened its doors in September. It's Lorn's second restaurant, a Cambodian/Southeast Asian crudo and oyster bar.

"We're also doing super homey, comfy food out of the back - stir-fries and noo

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