Welcome back to The Migration Menu!! In this week’s episode, James and Luke reflect on the past two seasons of dining out and discussing migration journeys and culinary transformations, and preview what’s on the menu for Season Three…Dig in!

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**Starters** (00:18 – 01:40)

Welcome to the new series, which takes us beyond our usual stomping ground of London to take in road trips to Newcastle and Edinburgh, and explores the phenomenon of the South Asian diaspora celebrity chef…

**Mains** (01:40-26:42)

James and Luke offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse of The Migration Menu’s origin story and at what they’ve learnt along the way. They also look back at the restaurants, restaurateurs, and others who have joined them on the journey, with shout-outs to…

Series One

01:49: Indra Hang Linden at Namaste Gurkha

08:12: Al Hyderabadi

08:44: Madhus

10:56: Sri Krishna Vada Pau

11:09: London Food Company

12:10: YAKO

12:31: Saravanaa Bhavan

*16:56: Shout out for our fellow anthropology podcast, The Anthropology Podcast!*

Series Two

18:03: London Buddhist Vihara

18:37: Guru Nanak Sikh Academy (GNSA) annual Langar

20:14: Graam Bangla

20:29: Maldivian Supper Club

21:10: The Kokum

22:53: Takharistan (Shepherd’s Bush) and Shiraz (Uxbridge Road)

23:42: GIFTOs

23:45: Behesht

24:25: Sohini Banerjee & Debbie Weekes-Bernard at Pitzhanger Gallery

24:46: The Vegetarian Brown Girls

25:21: Sathnam Sanghera at GNSA

25:35: The Gaze – the hidden lives of food entrepreneurs

**Dessert** (26:42-29:46)

James and Luke wrap up this week’s show with a round-up of what’s in store this series, where their interviews with celebrity South Asian diaspora chefs reveal some of the creative ways in which restaurateurs survive in a tough environment. Shout-outs to…

27:22: Tony Singh at Kalpna, live from Edinburgh

27.46: Asma Khan of Darjeeling Express, London

27.56: Asma Khan at the SOAS Food Studies’ Centre Annual Distinguished Lecture

28:04: Ravinder Bhogal of Jikoni, London

28:38: Aida Khan of Shola Karachi Kitchen

28:53: Special live recording from ClassicsFest, Newcastle, with food at The Lubber Kitchen and The Seven Bridges Café

29:30: Cyrus Todiwala of Café Spice Namaste

Works Cited:

Baumann, G. (1996) Contesting culture: Discourses of identity in multi-ethnic London. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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