Pod#184 - Chef Zaryan Turab (feat Kazi Akber) - His journey, Pakistan's madness & more

Another live episode from earlier this year, with another person from the food industry! This time round we have Zaryan Turab, chef and partner aad Mews! His life, his journey, his career, Pakistan and so much more talked about! Many thanks to brother Kazi without whom this episode wouldn't have been possible. And also to Zarak for sitting and connecting us to Zaryan! Things discussed in this episode: 00:00 We’re in a kitchen! Setting up & introducing the episode 04:26 Zaryan comes from a family of artists & cooks going back generations 10:28 From interning at the Sheraton to getting into culinary school, 2000s Karachi food scene 17:12 INTERLUDE on people liking specific flavors only, cultural hegemony, baseless ego in our society 27:05 Zaryan’s close relationship with his mother, being the favourite child 29:50 Getting a job right out of culinary school at Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai 37:00 Tiring of Dubai, considering other options, making time to learn about his industry 41:39 INTERLUDE on Pakistanis not being open to the idea of criticism, despite rising desolation all around 47:28 Coming back to Pakistan, working at Aylanto, comparing food industry systems abroad to chaos back home 58:58 Short stint in Islamabad and quick segment talking about his gaming hobby 1:02:54 The terrible state of produce and ingredients in Pakistan - cows eating garbage, all expect damaged produce being exported, destructive practices & inept systems 1:10:39 Starting up Kudu, his first self-owned restaurant, and the ideas and practices behind it 1:15:09 People getting in the restaurant business, and other businesses, primarily/solely for profits 1:20:57 The produce is not great, the systems are terrible, what about people and their taste? Also bad 1:25:43 Why is Pakistan so unclean? Maybe because the nation feels robbed of hope and control 1:31:40 Of course we asked him about rude local Facebook food groups, of course they are trash 1:39:49 People being rude to the staff, truly disgusting no matter the situation 1:44:34 INTERLUDE on the kitchen running with his moods 1:47:47 His vision for the future, an industry where people try and work with instead of against one another 2:04:47 Outro, links, message to the people of the world LINKS: Zaryan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chef_zaryan_turab/ Zarak's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zarakyusufzai_/ Kazi's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kaziakber/ Support the podcast by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/tprpod) or send a one-off token on Ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/tprpod)! Find all our previous episodes on SoundCloud, Spotify & Apple Podcasts and follow us all on Twitter! Links to everything below! SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/tprpod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6PvTahp... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tprpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TPRPod Ali: https://twitter.com/themaholupper Rizwan: https://twitter.com/RizwanTakkhar Sarkhail: https://twitter.com/Sarkhail7Khan