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Today\\u2019s episode is the last of the interviews I did while I was in Cape Town.\\xa0

And it\\u2019s especially special because I got to interview 2 of my friends. Phillipa, or Phlop as her friends call her, is one of my oldest and best friends. Her and her husband Graham opened their restaurant Bao Down in Cape Town last year. They serve inventive, delicious Asian inspired dishes - think kimchi fried rice, a crazy spin on prawn toast, baos of course, and miso crack pie. People can\\u2019t get enough \\u2013 it\\u2019s full every night.

The whole celebrity chef thing hasn\\u2019t really hit Cape Town the way it has in cities like New York and London. There\\u2019s not nearly as much glits and glam surrounding the industry. It\'s a completely different scene in South Africa. There\\u2019s something very pure and humble about what these two are doing - they\\u2019re just a young couple who own and run a small, busy, restaurant serving up great food. They\\u2019re there every day and every night (along with their Cocker Spaniel restaurant dog Rupert) and it\\u2019s a way for them to be together doing what they love most - cooking and making people happy with their food. \\xa0

This is an open, honest conversation about the reality of owning and running your own restaurant. Even though this episode takes place in Cape Town, no matter where you are in the world there\\u2019ll be something for you to take away from it. It\\u2019s a story about a couple, about a restaurant, about food and having the courage to take a risk and go all in on something you care about\\u2026

I hope you enjoy this conversation with the dream team behind Bao Down, my friends Phlop and Graham\\u2026

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