Desert Island Dishes

Desert Island Dishes by Margie Nomura

Margie Nomura

What would you choose as your last meal? Chef Margie Nomura talks to a special guest about the seven dishes that have shaped their lives.

In this podcast you will find conversations with interesting people from the world of food and beyond uncovering the seminal dishes and experiences that have shaped who they are today. We will find out about their favourite childhood dishes, the dishes they eat the most often, and the dishes that mean the most to them. And of course we will also discover what their last dish would be before being cast off to the desert island.



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My guest today is the founder of Hoppers - Karan Gokani. Combining his passion for cooking with his love of the country of Sri Lanka he has built a restaurant empire celebrating the food of Sri Lanka and Southern India. I went to Sri Lanka last year for the first time and completely fell in love with the food. I’ve been to Hoppers many times so I kind of knew what to expect but honestly it’s just the most amazing country and the most delicious food so it was brilliant to hear from Karan about his love for it it too.


I know I told you that this was going to just be a little short season for the month of February but already we have come to the last episode of this mini season – it’s gone very quickly but fear not as we are already recording the next – so hopefully wont be too long to wait. 


Another reminder to any one listening – if you haven’t yet subscribed to my newsletter Dinner Tonight, please do think about it. It’s one easy weeknight recipe, often one pan, mostly 30 minutes or less and I look forwards to writing it every week and it’s honestly amazing that there are so many people reading it. Over 22,000 of you now which is amazing but there’s always room for more. https://dinnertonight.substack.com/


I do hope you enjoy todays episode and thank you for listening. If you don’t already, come and follow me on Instagram @desertislandishes and you can sign up for the newsletter and find a whole host of different recipes at www.desertislanddishes.co 


Thank you again to HG Walter our sponsor for this month of Desert Island Dishes, and thank you for listening!




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Previous episodes

  • 184 - Karan Gokani the founder of Hoppers on his love of Sri Lanka, his passion for cooking and the best dish he's ever eaten 
    Thu, 29 Feb 2024 - 0h
  • 183 - Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Ravneet Gill (mini episode) 
    Tue, 27 Feb 2024 - 0h
  • 182 - Bee Wilson, food writer and historian on what comfort food means to her, the joy of potatoes and her 7 Desert Island Dishes 
    Thu, 22 Feb 2024 - 0h
  • 181 - Side Dish: The Dream Dinner Party with Zena Kamgaing (mini episode) 
    Tue, 20 Feb 2024 - 0h
  • 180 - David Loftus the photographer whose work has resulted in more than 30 million book sales on the dishes that have shaped him 
    Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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