The road to Elizabeth.
Cooking my way around the world until I open my dream restaurant.
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I’m Opening a Restaurant for My Mom | Building Elizabeth Ep. 1
I don't have a restaurant yet. So one of the best hotels in the world handed me their kitchen for a night, and we sold out every seat.
Why Japanese Oysters Are So Expensive
The Kaneda family at Maruko Suisan in Hiroshima showed us how they grow oysters, and we ate them right there on the water.
The Man Who Ate 3,000 Bowls of Ramen Took Me Here
Recipe: Tokyo-Style Clear Shoyu Ramen
Cooking in the middle of South Africa | The Kitchen Episode 4
I cooked a trackside dinner with Chef Vusi and the Kruger Shalati team.
Wine Dinner at the #7 Vineyard in the World | The Kitchen Episode 3
Polina and I take you behind the scenes of my pop-up dinner at Creation Wines.
How a Buddhist Monk Grows Real Wasabi in Japan
I went into the mountains to see how real wasabi grows.
Farm Dinner | The Kitchen Episode 1
I followed the farm, the prep and the dinner at Few & Far.
How a Japanese Grandmother Makes Onigiri in the Mountains
Recipe: Harita-san’s Hand-Pressed Onigiri
Inside Peru’s #1 Cevichería with Chef Anthony
I went back inside La Mar for ceviche and a wood-fired flounder.
I Worked at Tokyo’s Viral Street Ramen Stall (50 Bowls an Hour)
I made bamboo shoots, ramen broth and chashu with Chef Shun before service.
I Found a 157-Year-Old Sake Brewery in a Town of 300 People
I went inside a 157-year-old sake brewery in Japan.
Cooking Dinner at the #1 Resort in Indonesia
I followed the ingredients from Cap Karoso’s farm into dinner service.
How To Break Down a Whole Fish (What I Learned Watching Them Swim)
When I was learning to cut fish, I went to an aquarium and watched them swim for an afternoon. I wanted to see how the bones connect to the fins.
I Got The Call My Dad Overdosed. I Had A Dinner To Cook.
I landed in Pune to cook at a restaurant called Aragma. The next morning, I got a call that my dad had overdosed and was on life support in California. I decided to stay and cook.
The First Pop-Up Of My World Tour Was In India
I went inside the kitchen during the India pop-up.
A Stranger Let Me Film In Her Restaurant After Knowing Me 10 Minutes
I had 100 people about to watch me cook live online. The kitchen I booked didn't work. A stranger let me film in her restaurant after knowing me for 10 minutes.
Thank You Tyler For Letting Me Borrow Some Photos
Sometimes I suck at planning. I needed new photos for my first restaurant pop-up in India. I had one day in Bangkok to shoot every dish on the Elizabeth menu.
Training Muay Thai in Thailand
I started the journey by training Muay Thai in Koh Samui.
I Crashed an Indian Wedding. Then This Happened.
I showed up to a wedding in Hyderabad I wasn't invited to. By that same evening I was cooking for the US Consulate. India does not slow down.
Thomas Keller Taught Me This. A Farmer in India Proved It.
When I was 20, Thomas Keller told me my job was to respect what farmers grow. Twenty years later, at Redstone Farm in Pune, a farmer named Gja showed me that same lesson in a completely different way.
A Bangkok Chef Showed Me Real Tom Kha Gai
Chef Apple has been making this soup her whole life. I watched, tasted, and took notes. No shortcuts. This is Tom Kha Gai from Bangkok.
I Forgot My Knives. My Pants Don't Fit. Shot It Anyway.
I showed up to my first culinary photo shoot in Bangkok after a month of muay thai. No knives. Pants that barely closed. We got three dishes shot instead of eight.
She Uses 10 Chilies in Papaya Salad
She put 10 chilies in my papaya salad. I put in 1. My eyes still watered. Chef Kookai is the 30-year Thai cook they call the “Chili Lady,” and she showed me what Western restaurants get wrong about Som Tam.
I Thought I Knew Pad Thai. Then I Met Kookai
Recipe: Kookai’s Street Style Pad ThaiShorts
All Shorts on YouTube →Short clips from the road
my prep rule for a sold-out dinner | building elizabeth
i cooked a menu on a train bridge in kruger
i got invited back into peru's #1 ceviche kitchen
i ate the cut of flounder most kitchens throw away
cooking barbacoa in Mexico
Cutting agave leaves for barbacoa
i met the man who ate 3,000 bowls of ramen
i got into a closed ramen shop in tokyo
the six course menu I built in sumba
I cooked for 10 guests in Sumba
what a sold-out dinner in india looks like
i cooked inside a rotating kitchen in hyderabad
thai green curry the way it should be
what actually goes in thai curry paste