This is Homegrown DXB, hosted by Omar Butti, the show taking you inside the lives of the people changing yours, right here in Dubai. Today we’re getting a taste of the east with Chang Sup Shin, the CEO of 1004 gourmet, a Korea supermarket that has grown into a pan Asian retail food retail brand that supplies the likes of Carrefour, Nobu, Burj Al Arab, and Zuma.1004 gourmet was opened in 2008 by Chang’s father Dong Chul Shin, but Chang and his family have been Dubai residents for over 30 years, coming to our shores in 1992. Growing up in Dubai gave Chang an appreciation for the rich culinary landscape of the emirate, but also an awareness of the opportunities that were open to someone offering the best products from Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Thailand, and China. His experience and passion for a good meal also led him to expand into the restaurant space with Seoul Street Café, Ugly Burger, and Ugly Noodles.