Jehangir Mehta On Cooking With A Tiny Kitchen At Graffiti, An East Village Restaurant
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You may have complained about your tiny apartment kitchenâbut think about Jehangir Mehta who feeds a hundred hungry people every night at Graffiti, his wildly inventive, globally-inspired, and undeniably teensy restaurant in the East Village. His kitchen is just 30-square-feet, with hotplates and mini fridges and he still manages to turn out dishes like duck portobello gratinee with mustard onion confit and hazelnut chocolate caviar cupcakes night after night. In order to make it work, Mehta explained to us, "The main thing it just being organized. Every kitchen requires organization, but in some places, you have more space to do it. Here, you have no choice. So you just have to make sure everything is in the right spotâif you put your hand in the right side of the fridge, you WILL find your mesclun, if you go a little to the left, you WILL find your fish. Weâve been open about five years, and we havenât changed a single container that weâve put whatever ingredient in. The fish is always in a square box, if somethingâs in a round container, itâs always in that round container."And if you're hungry for more, tune in to BBC Americaâs "No Kitchen Required,â new food travel adventure series where chefs cook in the most remote and exotic locations with little more than a knife, fire and a pan. Watch new episodes of No Kitchen Required every Tuesday at 10pm Eastern / 9pm Central only on BBC America. For more updates on the series, be sure to like No Kitchen Required on Facebook.
<p>It's like a college dorm room with hot plates used to cook</p>
<p>Well, a fancy college dorm room where the food is actually good</p>
<p>Not much space to dine</p>
<p>But they manage to fit their customers</p>