In 2010, Edwin Zoe opened Zoe Ma Ma for his mother, Anna. He hoped having a restaurant where she could cook the homestyle Taiwanese and Chinese foods she’d made for him growing up would help her cope with the recent loss of her husband. Anna could fuss over dumplings and braised beef soups, Edwin figured, instead of her son.
But Dragonfly Noodle—which launched in Boulder in May 2022 and opened a second location this
