Chef adu amran hassan biography examples
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Malay Restaurant Bangsar
Words: Matt Brown
Photos: Rich Callahan
It has been a couple of years since The Yum List last visited the glorious ADU Sugar, a Malay restaurant located upstairs in the Lucky Garden area of Bangsar. I wasn’t a part of TYL back then, so this was my first time, and it became obvious very early on why Monica and Rich had raved about this place from the moment I signed on for a visit.
For those unfamiliar, the name comes from Chef/Designer/All Round Empresario, Adu Amran Hassan, as well as his father’s nickname. I don’t want to spoil any of the amazing storytelling that can take place when you visit, so just be sure to ask why his Dad was named so sweetly. Adu designs and cooks the menu, sources the ingredients, paints the art on the walls, collects the eclectic items that furnish the space and is an all-roundall-round Mr Incredible.
ADU Sugar has carved out a niche for itself as THE place in KL to bring people who may not be especi
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Chef Adu Amran Hassan
In this interview, Adu Amran Hassan chef and owner of ADU Sugar Restaurant in Bangsar, shares what it’s like to have a career as a chef and some reflections on the pandemic.
What do you do, and how did you get into the industry?
I am a chef/restaurateur. I got into the industry when I needed a career change. I was a dancer.
Share with us an interesting story from behind the scenes.
Even after nearly 30 years in the business (started in 1994 ), I still get super nervous before the service begins. I still think and feel like a dancer. Every day is a different audience, and I can’t make mistakes.
What’s a food memory from your childhood or travels that stands out?
I was always going back to my home town from childhood to see my grandparents, who were farmers. At a very young age, I was taught about the different herbs, trees, medicinal plants etc., by them. As they lived near the sea and river, we used to catch river prawns and col
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