Yalla’s chef/co-owner Taylor Cheney joins us fresh off a trip to Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Italy with her life and business partner, Matt Mitchell. We talk about how serving dishes from another culture requires you to understand much more than just recipes, and the importance of engaging with people and places. She also gives us some international travel tips and tells us what new things are simmering  at Yalla.

Plus Meg reps the Tacoma Night Market, Mark and Taylor rep the 1991 Bill Murray comedy What About Bob?, and we all rep the local restaurant news—and our favorite bites—of the week.

Mentioned in this episode:

Nils Frahm

Tacoma Night Market

Grit City Magazine

Koshary

Aura Bora

LaCroix

Polar

Waterloo

Cantina del Sol

Temple Pastries

Mixed Pantry 

Rumba

Tacos Chukis

Sugar Hill

Maneki

Itsumono

TN Trang

The Attic

The Red Onion Tavern

The George Coffee and Pastries

Hellenika

Bang Bang Cafe

Tamari Bar

High Life

Baiten

Makoto

Corbeau

Woven

0:00 Intro

8:43 Catching Up with Yalla

17:35 Yalla Window’s Storied History

25:28 Meg’s Shell Station Mystery Treat

31:59 This Week’s Restaurant News 

40:27 Why Travel is Important

48:08 Thanks, I Ate It!

1:07:11 Coming Up Next