We recently caught up with Chef Jonathan Tam, whose culinary journey started in the Prairies and led him to Copenhagen, where he currently runs the Michelin-star restaurant Jatak (a name inspired by the Danish equivalent of “yes, chef”). His ever-changing menu – inspired by the 24-term Chinese solar calendar – draws inspiration from Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese cuisines. Just don’t call it part of the “new Asian wave” that’s swept Copenhagen. “Being from an immigrant family and being an immigrant here, why can’t we use the local things and tell our stories with our technique and precision and creativity?” he says. Read more.

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