Sourced Weekly Recs
A list of the all the best things we’ve consumed this week(ish)
Hello subscribers!
We’ve decided to move the group chat into the newsletter and give you all a weekly round up of the best things (food, media, viral content) we’ve consumed or at least the things we can stop thinking about. Short, sweet, and fun.
What is hot ice cream?
The Top of America’s Next Top Model herself, chaos queen Tyra Banks apparently has a few ice cream shops in Australia called Smize and Dream, where she has shared her latest ground breaking innovation: Hot. Ice. Cream.
Reviews suggest it is hot (sometimes lukewarm) melted ice cream, a drinkable custard if you will. Tyra claims these ideas just keep coming to her and we can’t wait to see whats next (hopefully her venture into ice cream will be better than that time she started an MLM).
In a way it’s very Sourced — using the drink as a way to understand migration, class, and politics. And of course, it’s so soapy and fun (lol).
A new podcast about the history of Malaysia through food. If you don’t know Noby Leugh, you should. On his instagram he often has videos about food and flavour through science (he has a PhD in chemistry). All his work is super considered, and now he’s taking this approach to the podcast arena. It is very fun, thoughtful and deeply researched with amazing interviews. Everyone interested in food, history, migration, identity, colonialism, deliciousness, needs to listen! I have also really enjoyed getting to know Philip, Noby’s partner and co-host. It is a very lovely structured podcast.
Il Bambini Club
We (Anna & Chloe) came up with this weekly recs idea at Il Bambini Club. We often get invited to places, and only say yes if we feel it has relevance to what we do or sounds like something we’d like to talk about. This is a new Italian restaurant (they’re a dime a dozen in London now!), brand new in the Hoxton Hotel. It was nice, and what we realised is that something nice is good. We have different groups of friends and family that aren’t always adventurous, and you just need nice food, central, with good service, in a pretty space – this was all that. December is around the corner, perfect for work lunches, university friend meet ups…
Mr Lyan’s Taste Trips: London episode!
Watch Chloe talk Ryan Chetiyawardana (Mr Lyan) through the creme brûlée cookie! And the story of Bake Street. Plus Jonah appears, and Anna does some drinking and walking on B-roll.
ps – Don’t forget to read our latest pieces on our website, for SUGAR season.
pps – London folks, the last of Anna’s Sunday Salon in next month, and it’s all about food! A Sunday lunch cooked by chef Budgie Montoya with readings and chats with authors Katie Goh and Stephanie Sy-Quia. Full details here.