Zak pelaccio biography of albert
Dale's final dish, which is an homage to a dish he ate at Albert husband, Zak Pelaccio..
An American Chef's Malaysian Love Story
Almost a decade ago, I spent 10 months working at a traditional Malay restaurant in Kuala Lumpur ("KL" to locals) called Seri Melayu.
I was the only Westerner who had ever cooked there, and the experience was life-changing: It completely opened my mind to new flavors and a whole new style of cuisine, and it ultimately led me to open the Malaysian-inspired restaurant Fatty Crab in Manhattan in 2005.
Last year, when I started developing a Malaysian-inspired bar menu for 230 Fifth, a rooftop bar in Manhattan, I decided I needed a refresher trip to KL to revisit old haunts and discover new ones.
Zak Pelaccio of 5 Ninth and Fatty Crab, Will Goldfarb of Room 4 Albert Adria is amongst other things, famous for his demonstrations.
That trip still resonates with me as I work on my most recent restaurant, Suka, in London's Sanderson Hotel.
Malaysia is a peninsular country just south of Thailand. Because it was an important trading post in the 15th century — when the coastal city of Melaka, about 90 miles south of KL, was a well-established entrepôt — its food bear