Fingers in Pies

In this episode of Fingers in Pies, Niamh heads to Ottawa and chats o Hung Ha and Ha Van Trung of Lous Fast Food and Pho 99 about their immigrant Canadian food story and their arrival in Canada as refugees fleeing the Vietnam war. 

I was in Dublin last week and, as I always do, I popped in to Picado Mexican to see Lily Ramirez Foran. Except this time I was armed with my microphone and laptop to record my podcast. We had a great chat about Lily’s life in food and favourite dishes. Her family were third generation tortilla makers but Lily rejected a life in food for a career, only to turn this around to a career in food when she moved to Ireland to be with her husband Alan. Lily is now the Irish authority on Mexican food, and I am delighted to share our chat with you.  We talked everything from Mexico to Japan (where she met Alan) to Ireland. And of course we talk about Day of the Dead, Mexican Breakfast, Mezcal and Tequila among many other things. This podcast was recorded on site in Lily's shop Picado in Portabello in Dublin.

Join us for a gorgeous chat with Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express in Soho London and hear her story. From new immigrant to the UK from Bangladesh, the shock of the bare trees and the cold to her longing for her food from home and tears on the street as she despaired for it. Asma shares with us her journey from novice and lonely cook to the first British based chef on Netflix Chef's Table, from the street food of her native Calcutta to the royal cooking of both sides of her family which she learned in her family palace in Bangladesh. We speak about her Second Daughters charity, and what that means to her, and her wonderful new cookbook, Asma's Indian Kitchen.