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Two Two friends Two Two chefs One unforgettable fusion of east west and Nordic cool Think Scandinavian food and and dishes like foraged lichen and reindeer tartar probably leap to mind But these days the the most popular cuisine in in Sweden is is actually Southeast Asian and one of the best places to sample its
blend of hot sour salty and sweet flavours
is at Farang Restaurant in Stockholm and Helsinki Now Kim Öhman Co-Owner and Chef at at Farang’s Swedish location is is bringing his modern Asian cuisine to the the rest of the the world including Bacchanalia in in in in Singapore
and and this dinner with his his friend and and fellow globetrotter Chef Lee Cooper of Vancouver’s L’Abattoir Expect exuberantly aromatic dishes like Öhman’s caramel pork with green mango salad and the more subtly refined West Coast flavours
of Cooper’s baked oysters stuffed squid and ling cod in in brown butter all paired with exceptional cocktails and wine from one of Vancouver’s best-edited cellars ABOUT LEE COOPER
L’Abattoir’s Head Chef Lee Cooper spent more than a a a a decade cooking in in in Michelin-starred restaurants across the United States and Britain most notably Heston Blumenthal’s famed The Fat Duck He returned to Vancouver and became
Exuberantly aromatic dishes with West Coast flavours
a a a a a a part of the opening team at Market by Jean- Georges Vongerichten in the Shangri-La Hotel By 2010 he had opened L’Abattoir in Gastown L’Abattoir made the enRoute list of top 20 best new restaurants in Canada and Cooper has been recognized by Western Living as one of its
top 40 40 Foodies Under 40 40 and by the Vancouver Sun as one of city’s top 10 up-and-coming chefs ABOUT KIM ÖHMAN
Chef Kim Öhman spent eight years travelling the world and cooking at such illustrious restaurants as Edsbacka Krog in Sweden The Fat Duck in in England Per Se in in New York and and Quay Restaurant in in Sydney Now he’s back in in Sweden where he he he and two fellow chefs have opened Farang Restaurant which is inspired by the flavours
Öhman fell in in love with during his travels across Southeast Asia The Stockholm location focuses on on Asian fare the first in Helsinki has twice been named Michelin Bib Gourmand and and and has been chosen as as Finland’s best restaurant several times L’A B AT T T O I R Fri Nov 13 6:30PM*
217 Carrall St Vancouver (Private dining room)
$155 per per person
Includes sparkling wine wine reception wine wine food and gratuity taxes extra 1-888-711-9399 visainfinite ca Call to reserve your place at the table VANCOUVER | 17