"Sam's Laksa Chicken Soup" - a podcast by Jess Tagg

"I remember the first spoon of it, this perfect balance of like, little bit sweet, very fragrant, very coconutty, very spicy…it made all of the parts of your palette just pop.  It was always good if you had a cold or a hangover, it's one of those dishes that just brings you joy.” 

If you could share just one dish – what would it be…and why? This podcast is a collection of treasured recipes and the memories they made. 

On this episode my guest Sam Binney, shares a recipe which takes him back to Melbourne, Australia where he lived with his then fiancé (now wife and close friend of mine) Kay for a couple of years as UK expats.  As this was recorded during lockdown, it has been done over Skype with Sam based in north London, me down in south London and both of us cooking his Laksa soup (with me following very close instructions).  In between chopping up chilli, cooking chicken broth and bashing lemon grass, we talk about his time in Australia (and why the Ozzies make such damn good coffee), his staging experience at St. John’s in London, tasting raw scallop and holding giant crabs at Billingsgate Market, Pinot parties and Santa Clause look-a-like potential kidnapper when hitchhiking around New Zealand with Kay.

The recipe for “Sam’s Laksa Chicken Soup” can be found on whatweate.co.uk 

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