(Hard to describe people who are larger than life. I will try)
We’re doing a passion project:
Gary and I. People Who Love Their Work.
Ayesha Nurdjaja chef at Shukette
I’ve wanted to eat there since they opened
never could get a reservation
Ayesha Nurdjaja not easily described
the usual details don’t tell her story:
Italian mother Indonesian father Brooklyn childhood
how she became a chef don’t do justice
to the strength of her love for food
her 5,000 pairs of earrings
the process of elimination she used
to become a chef: lawyer, diamonds, d.j., chef,
and then, the miracle of Ayesha’s food
(we ate there last night and I will
go back again as soon as I possibly can.)
I’m convinced! Address?