Nyum Bai’s Cambodian street food to be unleashed in Oakland on Feb. 17

Nite Yun in the kitchen preparing for dinner service at Nyum Bai at Gashead Tavern in S.F. Nite Yun in the kitchen preparing for dinner service at Nyum Bai at Gashead Tavern in S.F. Photo: Jen Fedrizzi, Special To The Chronicle Photo: Jen Fedrizzi, Special To The Chronicle Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Nyum Bai’s Cambodian street food to be unleashed in Oakland on Feb. 17 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

After bouncing around the Bay Area for the last few years as a pop-up and most recently a food kiosk in Emeryville, Nite Yun’s popular Cambodian concept Nyum Bai will finally open as a full-fledged restaurant in Oakland on Feb. 17.

The restaurant is taking over the former home of Half Orange (3340 E. 12th St.) in Oakland’s Fruitvale Village.

Based on some of the early details, Nyum Bai’s menu is traditional Cambodian fare — kuy teav Phnom Penh (rice noodles, sliced beef, minced pork, shrimp); lort cha (stir-fried pin noodles, minced tofu, chives, sprouts, dark soy and a fried egg); and koh (caramelized pork belly with hard-boiled egg and daikon simmered in coconut water, dark soy and palm sugar), among other things.

But just as important as the food at Nyum Bai is the shop’s environment. Yun is the daughter of Cambodian immigrants, so her childhood was shaped by what her parents enjoyed: the music, culture and style of Cambodia in the 1950s and 1960s.

Yun says the restaurant’s dining room will have ’60s-era songs her father loved playing overhead, and the walls might be scattered with black-and-white photos of Cambodia’s capital, Phnom Penh.

Stay tuned for updates.

Nyum Bai: Coming soon to 3340 E 12th St., opens Feb. 17

Justin Phillips is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: jphillips@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @JustMrPhillips