Nepali chef in Sydney serves "Salmon Cigar" on an ashtray

Rajendra Tamang with his long time of research and experiments invented the idea to serve cigar in ashtray filled with ashes in his Surrey Hills restaurant. Find out how this humble chef from Nepal who never went to Japan became sought after sushi chef.

Source: sunita pokharel

Rajendra Tamang spoke with SBS Nepali about his journey as a chef and what attracted him to explore and experiment with Japanese cuisine.

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