Click the image below to be directed to Numra’s full interview with Vice’s Munchies a few months back. Within, she talks about family ties, the marriage between her home and her heritage, and how she makes her famous Bun Kababs: Image courtesy of classof2018.vice.com.
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Empress Market’s Numra Siddiqui Pitches Up in Stratford
We’re thrilled to reveal the first of our stellar lineup of food vendors – Numra Siddiqui of Empress Market. She’ll be here all summer long from opening ‘til 10:30pm, Wednesday through Sunday, serving out her award-winning Karachi-inspired cuisine. One thing led to another for Numra. After she quit her job in TV three years ago, she took the plunge into the world of food, opening a food stall called Bun Kabab in 2015. It started off as a hobby, but soon snowballed into a new career path – culminating in her opening her first permanent site, Empress Market. She’s made her living merging traditional family recipes with her London lifestyle, carving out an alternative niche in the world of Pakistani food and culture. Speaking with Vice last year, Numra explained: “I suppose living in London, cooking has been a way of expressing ourselves and keeping our heritage alive. This food […]
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Sound system legend and rare groove originator Norman Jay helped us to christen reopening in style over the Easter bank holiday. With some uncharacteristically sunny weather and tropical rum-based cocktails, Mr. Jay brought carnival vibes to Stratford on Good Friday. If Pitch had a roof, he would’ve raised it. Norman Jay started his journey to being one of Britain’s best and most-loved DJs like so many other young music enthusiasts: by raiding his parents’ record collection. Jay’s first introduction to music was his father’s Otis Redding records, and with the advent of The Record and Tape Exchange in his native Notting Hill, Norman Jay quickly began expanding his record collection and his musical horizons. Starting the Good Times sound system with his brother Joey Jay in 1980 at London’s Notting Hill Carnival, the young Norman Jay quickly started making waves in Britain’s underground music scene. Coming from a Caribbean background […]
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