La Cantina de la Touriste: Guest chef dinners with Michelle Zhao & Lorayne Teo
This week, (27-29. October) Michelle Zhao & Lorayne Teo will prepare and serve their unique weekly menu, together with Ny sjanse, at Kafé Mat & prat.
The cantine at Engen behandlingssenter, Kafé Mat & prat is transformed into La Cantina de la Touriste as part of Bergen Assembly 2022, Yasmine and the Seven Faces of the Heptahedron 8.9.—6.11.2022. The artist, Sol Calero, presents a vibrant and permanent installation in the cantine run by Ny sjanse, a work qualification program for immigrants in Bergen.
During Bergen Assembly 2022, guest chefs work in collaboration with Ny Sjanse to serve special weekly three-course menus for 300 NOK.
This week, (27-29. October) Michelle Zhao & Lorayne Teo will prepare and serve their unique weekly menu, together with Ny sjanse.
Michelle and Lorayne will be presenting a 3-course meal featuring flavours from their homelands. To start with, a Yunnanese salad often eaten during the Ching Ming Festival (tomb sweeping day), followed by an everyday noodle dish from Singapore, and finishing off with an interpretation of a South East Asian dessert.
Michelle Zhao currently lives in Bergen, Norway, but she grew up in the southern Chinese province of Yunnan. She is co-owner of the restaurant Banzha (which opened in May 2022). She loves to host dinner at home, where she cooks mainly Yunnanese dishes. Spreading the joy of good company while having delicious food is one of the happiest things she could think of.
Lorayne Teo is from Singapore and has been living in Bergen the last few years. She finds joy in cooking for others and sharing her heritage food with the people in her second home, Norway. Lorayne is excited to present a taste of South East Asia at La Cantina, and hopes that the guests will enjoy these flavours from her home.
Opening hours
Tuesday–Friday, 11:00–15:00 (open café, lunch)
Thursday–Saturday, 19:00–21:00 (dinner with guest chefs, reservation required)
Saturday–Sunday, 12:00–17:00 (open café, ramen)
Dinner is only available by pre-reservation.
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