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Ivan Orkin on Love, Loss, and the Tastiest Chicken Bits
Ivan Orkin on Love, Loss, and the Tastiest Chicken Bits
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Feb 3, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this first part of a Special Sauce double-header, Ivan Orkin, of Ivan Ramen and Slurp Shop in NYC, talks about life before he became a celebrity in Japan as a gaijin (foreigner) ramen chef: the Orkin family table growing up on Long Island, NY, how a high school job working as a dishwasher in a local Japanese restaurant helped first develop his palate, his early years teaching English in Tokyo, the restaurant cooking experiences in the U.S. that shaped his philosophy on hospitality, and how he was able to overcome tremendous loss.
Released:
Feb 3, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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