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New podcast – Hugh Allen, Vue de Monde, Noma

June 19th, 2019  |  by  |  published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »

New podcast – Hugh Allen, Vue de Monde, Noma

You don’t need a roof or floor to run a great restaurant – that’s what Hugh Allen learnt while working at Noma’s Mexico pop-up. And yes, there were issues. “If it rained, the guests had to come sit in the kitchen,” he says. Simple things, like boiling water, became a mission that could take hours. […]

New podcast – Eve Yeung, Noma

April 9th, 2018  |  by  |  published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »

New podcast – Eve Yeung, Noma

The first restaurant Eve Yeung ever worked at was Noma – yes, the Copenhagen establishment named the World’s Best Restaurant four times. So how did she end up in René Redzepi‘s renowned kitchen at the age of 18? The young pastry chef actually considered becoming a competitive hockey player (a path she pursued while working […]

New podcast – Elijah (EJ) Holland, Noma Australia, Nature’s Pick

June 28th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Latest, Podcasts | 1 Comment »

New podcast – Elijah (EJ) Holland, Noma Australia, Nature’s Pick

How do you make an impression on Rene Redzepi? Turn up with 300 wild plants – painstakingly gathered over four days – to present to Noma’s award-winning chef. That’s what Elijah (EJ) Holland did – and hand-picking lemon aspen and diving for seaweed definitely paid off as EJ became a key part of the Noma […]

Noma Australia, Barangaroo

March 29th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Favourites, Latest, Restaurants | 5 Comments »

Noma Australia, Barangaroo

So I’m still in a life-altered daze after eating at Noma Australia – even though my visit was a month ago. It might seem like wild overpraise to think that one meal could radically affect my oxygen levels and offer so many moments worth freeze-framing. But this isn’t a restaurant where plate after plate is […]

New podcast – Corie Sutherland, Edition Coffee Roasters

March 10th, 2016  |  by  |  published in Latest, Podcasts | Leave A Comment »

New podcast – Corie Sutherland, Edition Coffee Roasters

From drinking supermarket Nescafe to the buzz of making espressos for his hero Rene Redzepi every morning (and basically being the Noma chef’s personal barista), Corie Sutherland has certainly had an unexpected career. In this podcast, he tells his story of living in Japan, getting into ‘specialty coffee’ (a term he’s wary of using) and […]

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Hi, I'm Lee Tran Lam. When not blogging with my mouth full, I'm usually writing, presenting Local Fidelity on FBi radio, making zines, producing podcasts or continually breaking promises about how I really am gonna get through my book pile one day.

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