Ep. 733: feat. Chef Irfan Pabaney

On this episode, Cyrus is joined by returning guest Chef Irfan Pabaney, Country Head of SodaBottleOpenerWala, to talk about the beef ban (beef vs buff), why Irfan never wanted to work at a 5-star hotel, the kind of restaurants Irfan has been involved with in his career, how each of them have been a learning, making the decision to move onto other ventures and cuisines, why Indian customers always go back to the food they are most familiar with, SodaBottleOpenerWala which is trying to maintain the legacy of the Parsi and Irani cafes and joints, and tons more.

They also talk about Irfan having worked at the Sassy Spoon, the creativity involved in being a chef, why India as a country needs to explore our food so much more, what Chef Irfan thinks of major delivery services taking over the delivery space and what that means for big and small restaurants, and tons more.

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