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The Migration MenuReflections: Q&A with James and LukeReflections: Q&A with James and Luke This week we look back on the series, respond to questions and comments from our listeners, chat with Geeta Ludhra about Southall, and look forward to series 2. We also hear from Dr, Geeta Ludhra, Senior Lecturer in Education at Brunel University London, as she reflects on her visits to Southall as a child and her grandmother’s Jalebi dipped in milk. **Introduction** (0:00 – 2:49) (Starter) -Luke and James reflect on their podcast journey and the taste for this episode
2024-08-2039 min
The Migration MenuOne Woman ArmyThis week the food came to James and Luke, from Alaisha Kaishyap, owner of the tiffin delivery brand, The London Food Company. An example of the growing band of home cooks catering to hungry international students and others missing the food of home, they are also joined by a group of PhD students to reflect on their own food ways. **Introduction** (0:00 – 6:24)(Starter) -James and Luke introduce Aalisha Kaishyap, who started the London Food Company and is also Brunel Alumni. They outline the significance of the “Dabbawala” and caste. **Inter...
2024-08-1332 min
The Migration MenuShort Eats Not Short CutsThis week James and Luke headed way out west, to Pinner, to visit a new Sri Lankan restaurant called Yako. Following a tour of the Grade II listed building in which they have recently set up shop, they sat down to a colossal meal and to hear the story of Yako’s founder, Darshana Wathadura, A.K.A Dash. **Introduction** (0:00 – 3:39)(Starter) -Luke outlines the significance of the Yako symbol, the restaurant’s namesake. **Interview** (3:40 – 23:41)(Main) -Darshana recounts the difficulties he had with settlin...
2024-08-0629 min
The Migration MenuOn The Spice TrainThis week James and Luke are meeting Sujay Sohani and Subodh Joshi, co-founders of Sri Krishna Vada Pau – or SKVP, the acronym given to the chain by the restaurant’s followers on social media. Tapping into the current trend for vegetarian and vegan food, as well as for affordability, the Vada Pau – or the Mumbai burger, as it’s sometimes referred to – celebrates the street food of the pair’s native Mumbai. **Introduction**(0:00 – 5:06) (Starter) James and Luke introduce Sujay Sahani and Subodh Joshi, the founders of Shree Krishna Vada Pav. **Intervi...
2024-07-3030 min
The Migration MenuWhen My Back Is Against The WallThis week, James and Luke are meeting and eating with Sanjay Anand, MBE: owner of Madhu’s of Southall, as well as six other restaurants, including Madhu’s of Mayfair at The Dilly. He documents his family’s journey from India to Kenya, where he was born, and on to the UK, where – over the last four decades – he has seen venue managers going from turning their noses up at the aromas of South Asian cooking to begging for more. Madhu’s high chai now outsells its traditional English counterpart in some of the UK’s most elite hotels. **Intr...
2024-07-2336 min
The Migration MenuA Stomach for BusinessThis week, James and Luke go to the heart of Southall. On the first of two visits to Madhu’s, they meet Ash Verma, a business consultant and former civil servant who travelled to the UK from India with his parents when he was just 8-years-old in 1958, and who over the last 50 years or so has played key roles in supporting the regeneration of West London, and the socio-economic development of the UK’s South Asian community. Having grown up in his father’s own Indian restaurant, like other interviewees, Ash is acutely aware of the role food, and the kn...
2024-07-1629 min
The Migration MenuA Home Away From HomeThis week, James and Luke head to Southall for lunch at Saravanaa Bhavan, an international vegetarian Indian restaurant with branches in 27 countries across the world. They’re going there for lunch with Mukesh Gauthaman, whose ambitious project to reintroduce some of heirloom to his home village in Tamil Nadu and has brought him to the UK to study international business at Brunel. Saravanaa Bhavan offers both work and food from home. **Introduction** (0:00 – 6:20) (Starter) James and Luke introduce Mukesh Gauthaman. They also discuss how Southall acts as a region of...
2024-07-0929 min
The Migration MenuFor Biriyani, it's the Uxbridge RoadThis week, James and Luke went to Al Hyderabadi, on the Uxbridge Road, a busy thoroughfare which stretches from Uxbridge all the way to Southall. While Hyderabad – centre of the Mughal Empire in India’s Deccan South – is famous for the biriyani, we discovered that its dishes also owe a great deal to centuries of pan-oceanic trading and migration, and a particular connection to Yemen. **Introduction**- (0:00 - 7:03) (Starter) James and Luke explain the expansive relationship of migration between the Arab world and South Asia, forming rich histories of cultural hybridity creating...
2024-07-0228 min
The Migration MenuLaunch EpisodeA special episode for the launch of The Migration Menu to celebrate its success. Join us to journey through the business we visited as we ate our way around West London.The accompanying video can be viewed on the website at: www.themigrationmenu.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-06-2614 min
The Migration MenuThere Will Always Be MomoThis week, James and Luke travel to Namaste Gurkha in Feltham to examine how Nepalese food has been reimagined in West London. In doing so, they speak with Indra Hang Linden, one of the proprietors of Namaste Gurkha. **Introduction** (0:00 - 3:41)(Starter) -James discusses how globalization has affected what South Asians now eat for breakfast. -Luke delves into how restaurant décor factors into authenticity and showcases homeland.**Interview** (3:42 -17:18)(Main) -Indra discusses representations of Nepalese food, as well as ho...
2024-06-2625 min
The Migration MenuWelcome to The Migration MenuWelcome to The Migration Menu Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-06-0701 min