Yalla’s chef/co-owner Taylor Cheney joins us fresh off a trip to Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Italy with her life and business partner, Matt Mitchell. We talk about how serving dishes from another culture requires you to understand much more than just recipes, and the importance of engaging with people and places. She also gives us some international travel tips and tells us what new things are simmering at Yalla.
Plus Meg reps the Tacoma Night Market, Mark and Taylor rep the 1991 Bill Murray comedy What About Bob?, and we all rep the local restaurant news—and our favorite bites—of the week.
Mentioned in this episode:
Nils Frahm
Tacoma Night Market
Grit City Magazine
Koshary
Aura Bora
LaCroix
Polar
Waterloo
Cantina del Sol
Temple Pastries
Mixed Pantry
Rumba
Tacos Chukis
Sugar Hill
Maneki
Itsumono
TN Trang
The Attic
The Red Onion Tavern
The George Coffee and Pastries
Hellenika
Bang Bang Cafe
Tamari Bar
High Life
Baiten
Makoto
Corbeau
Woven
0:00 Intro
8:43 Catching Up with Yalla
17:35 Yalla Window’s Storied History
25:28 Meg’s Shell Station Mystery Treat
31:59 This Week’s Restaurant News
40:27 Why Travel is Important
48:08 Thanks, I Ate It!
1:07:11 Coming Up Next
