Hospitality/Dining

Blue Nile

Author. Martyn Pepperell — 02/ 10/ 2018

“When people come here, we want them to feel like they’re transported to Ethiopia,” explains Iman Mahyup. “We want them to be able to experience traditional Ethiopian cuisine, coffee ceremonies, music, and culture. We’re working on growing the experience. It will take time, but we’re getting there.” Iman is talking about Blue Nile, the Ethiopian restaurant she opened last year in a business partnership with her mother Fathia Sadd and her close friend Almaz Nrea.

Blue Nile
Hospitality/Dining

Biddy Fraser-Davies, my favourite ‘late developing geriatric peasant’

Author. Stone Soup — 14/ 05/ 2017

By Calum Hodgson, cheesemonger at Sabato, otherwise known as ‘The Curd Nerd’

At the beginning of September 2016, Biddy made the decision that she would no longer make heat treated cheese. Her advancing years and clapped out shoulders meant lifting heavy pans of milk into bigger pans of boiling water and then out again into iced water to cool it down before she could begin cheesemaking was a chore she could do without.

Biddy Fraser-Davies, my favourite ‘late developing geriatric peasant’
Hospitality/Dining

Camper Coffee

Author. Aaron McLean — 10/ 06/ 2016

We asked our previous hospitality profile subject @Honebegood to nominate our next subject, and he sent us to theologian-turned-coffee-guru Lee Woo Hyung of @camper_coffee. Johnny suggested Lee “simply because I really like what he’s done with the place and he seems like a really nice guy. He’s a stylish dude who is quite obviously extremely passionate about the coffee!” Lee was the winner of this year’s New Zealand AeroPress awards and will rep us in Dublin this June. Go check out his Newmarket hole in the wall.

Camper Coffee