PhDing @MonashUni | chef | anthropologist | community educator | occasional food writer | cafe owner •Food Pedagogies • Food Security • Critical Theory • Intersectionality • Decolonisation • she/her • Naarm • Nonya 🇦🇺 🇸🇬 the rest is detail.https://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3m3oxvi6yuk2sSo I've been sick at home for the past two days and going stir crazy. Decided to go through my cutlery drawer, because why not? Here are some spoons that I have *accidentally* stolen from different kitchens over the years.21 Oct 2025 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3oxvi6yuk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lnpbrqjx7c2cOn special this weekend is a whole bunch of stuff that I needed to clear from our coolroom 🤣 Corn & cheese fritters with green apple gazpacho, fried egg, grilled zucchini, crispy rice vermicelli and a petit salad of watercress, apple and pickled shallots. Fritters are gf. Made with tapioca flour.26 Apr 2025 08:06 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnpbrqjx7c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lka2ipapf22yWe are sad today. An elderly customer has passed away. Their family just came in to let us know, and to thank us for taking care of him.13 Mar 2025 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lka2ipapf22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3ljwp3udwz224So, our house got broken into this morning. They got my husband's playstation, his car keys and our spare house keys before the dogs woke us up. The best part? This happened a couple of hours before we had to open up the cafe 🙃 (which is literally just up the road from our house) #hospolife09 Mar 2025 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljwp3udwz224https://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3ljoqybozzk2gSorry I can't come to the phone right now ... I've run away to join the circus.06 Mar 2025 05:25 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljoqybozzk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3ljbzslsvbc2kI will never understand people who get off from being patronising and condescending to hospo workers. Get over yourself. Your $15 does not entitle you to belittle me or my staff. And please don't ever darken the door of our establishment ever again.01 Mar 2025 03:58 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljbzslsvbc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lj72wk4ni22cToday for our little act of resistance, we are silently dosing local conservatives (via house-made fig and honey muffins) with: Single origin ho-mo honey 😏27 Feb 2025 23:41 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj72wk4ni22chttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3livhdomzrc2nReading through reviewers comments on my recently accepted paper, and this one sent me 🤣:24 Feb 2025 03:56 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3livhdomzrc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3liv2fu473k2wFirst academic paper accepted with minor revisions 🤸‍♀️ Am very excited to get this paper (and my work) out there! Probably won't be published till later in the year tho. 🤣24 Feb 2025 00:05 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3liv2fu473k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3likxmjao4k2kI'm having a fantastic day off. Our coolroom at the cafe is on the fritz (needs a new evaporative unit and fans~$4k), and my car battery just died. Don't get into the hospitality business unless you really love it, because some days, that's the only thing that will keep you going.19 Feb 2025 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3likxmjao4k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3likrs4lybc2kMillennial here. When did it become normal for people to make restaurant bookings via DMing on social media (FB &insta)??? Also why do people assume that social media is monitored 24/7 and expect an immediate response??19 Feb 2025 22:04 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3likrs4lybc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3liidxukdss2iWas at a thing last night where we were asked to share our names and one 'weird' food that we ate recently. A few people mentioned foods from my region of origin (e.g. tapioca pudding and mango sticky rice) and I guess it gave me a bit of an ick. Tbf they were put on the spot, so not their fault18 Feb 2025 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3liidxukdss2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3li73bekq5c2mWhen you put a weekend special on to clear some stock... But it sells out before 10 on a Saturday.. And then you have to go to the shops to buy more of said stock so that you have more to sell on Sunday.. 😑 #cheflife15 Feb 2025 06:21 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3li73bekq5c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lhhv7v3vys27I haven't talked much about my research on here as I'm kinda on an extended leave of absence to focus on the cafe. I started reading some of my past writing this week to get my mind back in the game, and boy have I a newfound respect for past me. It's gonna take awhile to get back in the zone 😬06 Feb 2025 01:02 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhhv7v3vys27https://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lgtgzica4s2vBought this functioning mechanical snack bar for a hundred bucks off a local buy swap swell page yesterday. I am beside myself with joy. Can't wait to clean it up and put some tasty things in there!28 Jan 2025 21:55 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtgzica4s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lgtfupbybc2vOk my arms and abs are in so much pain, but that was the most fun I've had in awhile. Really looking forward to the rest of the term! I love learning new things and discovering what my body can do. 🤸‍♀️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtfupbybc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lgrw7f3cx22pHeading in for my first circus aerials class 😁 Feels like the first day of school. Wish me luck!28 Jan 2025 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgrw7f3cx22phttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lgn2zt75b226Dear Melbourne coffee-drinkers, A 'Magic' is defined by its ratios. If you order it 'topped up', it ceases to be a magic. It becomes a double ristretto flat white with a fancy made-up name that makes you feel special.26 Jan 2025 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgn2zt75b226https://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lgbzmcwud22rArriving at yoga class straight from the "office" to come to the acute realisation that you smell *strongly* of crustacean stock 🙃 #cheflife21 Jan 2025 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbzmcwud22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lftnq3zdr223One of the things that I miss about eating in Southeast Asia is how nose-to-tail eating is such a normal and accessible thing. Whether its kway chap (flat rice noodles served with braised pork and innards), braised duck noodles or hainanese chicken rice, all parts of the animal are used.16 Jan 2025 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lftnq3zdr223https://bsky.app/profile/nihilistnomya.bsky.social/post/3lfjroamsqs23Lunar New Year is coming up, and I'm always sad that it's not bang kuang(jicama) season in Melbourne. It's so lovely seeing them in abundance.12 Jan 2025 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:kdn4kgo747za3qqffthv5tzx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfjroamsqs23