Kwakuyisimemo esingavamile. Umcimbi omkhulu bekuyisingeniso se-Exotic Herbs Mayo esethulwa ngabakwaNum Pang Kitchen kanye no-Sir Kensington's.
Ngangingazi ukuthi iNum Pang yayiyini, kodwa ngangijwayele ekaSir Kensington - ngemva kokuthola enye indlela ye-mayo kwa-Whole Foods. Ngicabange ukuthi lokhu kube isengezo esisha ku-Sir Kensington Avocado Oil Mayo futhi kwakuzogqugquzelwa ngesibindi-Southeast-Asian, kwakheka i-Exotic Herbs Mayo.
Kufanele Ngihambe Noma Ngihlale?
Ngosuku oluhle, ngingase ngibike ngokuvulwa kwemvilophu, ngakho-ke – isifiso sokudla sesilungile, ngi-RSVP'd futhi ngengeza usuku ekhalendeni lami.
Bengingakulindele. Ngokuvamile ukudla emicimbini kubi! Izinsuku ezilungiselelwe kusengaphambili, izinto eziphakelwayo zilungele kuphela i-dumpster.
Usuku lomcimbi belulubi kakhulu. Kwakuwubusuku bangoJanuwari obubandayo, obumpunga, obuswakeme - bengifuna ngempela ukunqwabelanisa, ngithathe amabhasi ama-2 - ukuze nje nginambithe imayonesi? Benginokukhetha, ukuthumela i-imeyili kubantu be-PR engingeke ngiye kuyo, noma, ngigqoke amabhuzu, nama-mittens, isikhafu nesigqoko, ngigibele amabhasi angu- # 15 kanye ne-#23, ngithathe uhambo lwemizuzu eyi-10 ukuya indawo yokudlela, thola izithombe ezimbalwa, unambithe imayo, bese ubuyela emuva kuhhoko lami elifudumele lasempumalanga.
Surprise!
Lapho izinzwane zami neminwe eyayilunywe ungqoqwane ithola indlela eya ekhelini elifanele futhi ngivula umnyango, ngakhungatheka! Iphathi yayihlelelwe u-6 PM - ukufika kwami kwaba kamuva, kodwa iqembu laligcwele isiphithiphithi futhi isixuku sasinomsindo.
Abantu baseNew York kumele babe nesithukuthezi ngempela ukushiya amahhovisi afudumele namafulethi ukuze bathole imayonnaise entsha. Bengishoda ngani kumlayezo?
I-Trend Setter
Okungimangazayo kakhulu, iNum Pang ingenye yezindawo zokudlela ezisheshayo ezisheshayo ezisheshayo e-Manhattan, futhi ithuba lokudla nokuphuza mahhala likhiphe izinkulungwane zeminyaka ngenqwaba, futhi bebenesikhathi esimnandi.
Ubani/Iyini iNum Pang?
Lolu chungechunge lwamasemishi, izitsha, amasobho, amasaladi, nezinhlangothi eziphefumulelwe eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia lwaqala ngo-2009 ngabangane ababili basekolishi, u-Ratha Chaupoly no-Ben Daitz. Bahlangana eNyuvesi yaseClark ngo-1994 futhi baphinde baxhuma eNew York City ngo-2000. Njengoba babengebona ochwepheshe bezokudlela ekolishi, bamangala ukuthi bobabili babekhuthele embonini yokudlela.
Isihlahla somndeni wakwaDaitz sihlanganisa uyise, uStephen, uprofesa wezilimi zasendulo nesiHebheru eCity College kanye nomama wakhe, osesikhundleni sobuhlakani eJulliard. Ngemva kokuphothula eClark, uDaitz waya eCulinary Institute of America futhi wasebenza noDanny Meyer endaweni yokudlela yaseTabla evaliwe manje kanye noDavid Bouley eDanube.
U-Ratha Chaupoly wavula i-Kampuchea ngo-2006 lapho amasemishi e-Num Pang ayewukudla okuyisisekelo semenyu. Laba bobabili banquma ukuvula isitolo sokuqala saseNum Pang Sandwich ngase-Union Square ngo-2009, kwalandelwa indawo yaseMidtown East. Inhlanganisela yamasemishi ase-Asia abonisa ubuntwana buka-Chaupoly wase-Cambodia kanye nolwazi lwezokupheka luka-Daitz, lwenza izitolo zaphumelela ngokushesha.
Angela Datre
Izinsika zemenyu: i-Num Pang yakudala (isandwich yaseCambodian), enikezwa nekhukhamba, izaqathe ezifakwe emanzini anosawoti, i-cilantro, kanye nepelepele kuhlanganiswe ne-Five Spice Glazed Pork Belly Pang ne-pickle yase-Asia kanye ne-Coconut Tiger Shrimp Pang enezitsha zikakhukhunathi ezithosiwe ezine Ilayisi noma i-Super Grains (i-faro, i-quinoa, irayisi elinsundu) isisekelo; imifino eyosiwe yonyaka; iyogathi eyisipele; i-chive lime vinaigrette kanye neLemon Grass Braised Beef Short Rib kanye Nenkukhu Egazingiwe “Chimi,” kanye nesobho, amasaladi (i-kale eluhlaza nama-apula, i-broccoli eshisiwe), izinhlangothi, neziphuzo zasendlini.
Namuhla, kunezindawo eNew York naseBoston. Yaziwa ngobuciko be-graffiti ezindongeni, kanye ne-hip hop/reggae echumayo ezipikheni, iNum Pang isungule ukulandela okuthembekile okuhlanganisa abapheki abadumile nezihlabani ze-biz.
Abasebenzi
Izisebenzi zase-Num Pang zibukeka sengathi zithanda ngempela ukusebenza kule ndawo yokudlela edumile nesemfashinini futhi zabelane ngokulangazela ngoqweqwe lokudla futhi zifake izicelo zokukhetha izithombe.
Iqembu
Iminyaka eyinkulungwane ephathini nakanjani bebenobusuku obumangalisayo namabhodlela kabhiya we-Tiger nezinkomishi ze-Rum Punch ezinezambulela zejinja nephepha, futhi bewuthanda umsindo ohlukanisa izindlebe ocushwe ngu-DJ Stretch Armstrong… Lona bekuwumcimbi “okufanele ube khona”.
Noma ngabe uhlala eDolobheni noma uvakashile, kuphakanyiswa kakhulu ukuthi ume e-Num Pang. Intandokazi yami? I-Tofu ye-Organic eshisayo. I-Num Pang izophinde ibhekelele iphathi yasehhovisi lakho futhi izokulethela endaweni oyithandayo. Baze babe nohlelo lokusebenza lokwethembeka olungalandwa. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe: numpangkitchen.com.
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