Akukho mpheki okhethiweyo njengowaJean Georges Vongerichten. Umpheki onamava waseFrance ulawula phantse iindawo zokutyela ezilishumi elinesithathu ukusuka kwisiXeko saseNew York ukuya eSingapore kwaye ubamba iiwongwa ezivela Isiseko sikaJames Beard , Isikhokelo seMicrosoft kwaye INew York Times . I-apos iyinto enomtsalane kuwo nawuphi na umzobo, kodwa le yincam yomkhenkce eVongerichten.
Indawo yamandla okupheka ityhutyhile ihlabathi, isebenza ngapha kweMntla Melika, iYurophu neAsia, ifumana inkuthazo kwiindawo zakhe zokutyela ezininzi apha endleleni. Njengosomashishini okhutheleyo, uVongerichten uchitha ixesha lakhe elininzi endleleni, ehamba ukuya evekini inyanga nenyanga. Akayikhathaleli, nangona kunjalo. I-Vongerichten iikhredithi ezihamba ukugcina ingcinga yakhe intsha kunye nokumazisa rhoqo kwiincasa ezintsha anokuzibandakanya kwizitya zakhe.
Ukuhamba yindlela esingafumani budala ngayo, utshilo uVongerichten. Kundigcina ndiyile kwaye ndondla rhoqo ukukhuthaza kwam. '
Kwaye nobuchule kubalulekile kwimpumelelo yakhe. Emva kwe hiatus eLondon kunye ukuvalwa kweVong Ngo-2009, uVongerichten usecicini lokuvula indawo yakhe yokutyela yamva nje Ukuziva Ihotele kumbindi weLondon, kwaye uzimisele ukuyenza ibonakale. UJean Georges, njengoko kubizwa ngokufanelekileyo, uya kwenza ubungangamsha ukuba nayiphi na indawo yokutyela yaseVongerichten ibonakalise ngokuhombisa okungathandekiyo kunye nezitya ze-stellar, kodwa iya kubonelela ngokuchukumisa okukholelekileyo okholelwa ukuba kuya kuyibeka ecaleni.
Ukulindela ukuvulwa kwasekuqaleni kukaJulayi, uVongerichten wathetha nathi malunga nento emkhuthazayo, etyhila eyona nto ayithandayo kwaye sabelana ngento enye angenako ukuhamba nayo.
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Kutheni ukhethe iLondon yokutyela yakho entsha, UJean georges ?
Sichithe iminyaka eli-10 eLondon noVong kwaye ndikhumbula kakuhle isixeko. Sasiyinxalenye yotshintsho olukhulu eLondon ngexesha lokuvula kwethu okokuqala, kwaye ngoku iLondon yenye yezona ndawo zibalaseleyo nezintle zokutya ehlabathini. '
Uphi indawo oyithandayo yokuthenga izithako kwisiXeko saseNew York?
'Chinatown. Ndivela kwiminyaka eyi-12 e-Asiya kunye ne-stint encinci eLondon ngaphambi kokuba ndize kwi-NYC. Indawo ekuphela kwayo eyayibonisa iziqhamo nemifuno yayiyiChinatown. Ke i Umlimi we-Union Square kunye neeapos; s kwimarike ndaqala ukutshintsha. Kulapho ndingafumana khona ijinja, ingqolowa kunye neetshisi endithanda ukupheka ngazo. '
Sisiphi isithako esimangalisayo osithandayo ukupheka?
Isixhobo sam esincinci nguKombu. I-apos sisityalo solwandle saseJapan kwaye inencasa eninzi. Ndiyongeza kwirhasi yam ebomvu kunye nesuphu yamakhowa kwaye ivelisa incasa yerhasi. Xa sisenza umhluzi wenkukhu, okanye ngenene nawuphi na umhluzi, siya kuhlala sifaka incasa eyongezelelweyo.
Yintoni enye into ongenakuhamba ngaphandle kwayo?
Andikwazi ukuhamba ngaphandle kwe-iPhone yam. Into yokuqala endiyenzayo xa ndiye kwenye indawo kukufota. Ndijonge ehotele, ndihlambe emva koko ndiye emarikeni kwaye ndibone ukuba kuqhubeka ntoni. Ukuthatha imifanekiso yindlela endizenza ngayo iinkumbulo zam zokutya. Ndizama ukudala iinkumbulo zokutya zeendwendwe kwiindawo zokutyela. Sonke sinememori yokutya kunye nendawo yokutyela enokuhambisa inkumbulo iya kukugcina ubuya. Ewe, iinkumbulo kunye neenkanuko, ewe.
Yeyiphi eyona holide intle owakha wayithatha?
Zonke iholide ziholide ezilungileyo, kodwa eyona nto inxulumene nokutya iya kuba yiBali. Kwakungeyonto yokomoya kuphela, kodwa yayimnandi kakhulu. '
Yintoni i-snack yakho?
Ndiyayithanda itshokholethi. Ndiyitya ngaphambi kokuba ndilale, kwaye ngokwenene, imini yonke. Andikwazi ukuhlala ngaphandle kwetshokholethi, likhoboka lam. Indikhumbuza ubuntwana bam xa ndingaveli ekhaya ndibuya esikolweni, okanye ngaphakathi ndidlala nabahlobo. Umakhulu wam wayenokundinika baguette enebhotolo kunye netshokholethi ukunyanga.