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This is the waterhole of choice for a mixed crowd of locals and hipsters, Leonardo DiCaprio included. And with a menu boasting lime and chili blackened salmon cubes, lavender flower cured lamb loin, Swedish meatballs, and saffron ice cream - not to mention an impressive beer selection - a trip down to New York's Lower East Side will be well worth the effort. Stockholm-born proprietor Annika Sundvik says her idea behind the restaurant is "no stiffness, space between the tables and a purer kind of food." A photographer-turned-restaurateur, Sundvik had been toying with the idea of opening a bistro for some time, and when she found a former barbershop/massage parlor in Chinatown she knew she had her place, and Good World Bar and Grill opened in 1998.
"I started experimenting in the kitchen early on," says Sundvik, an entirely self-taught chef who began her culinary journey as a child. "My parents were both working, so they didn't have much time to cook. I did a lot of it myself.""I don't really know where I get my inspiration from," she says. "Although I read a lot about food and food history, I don't read any cook books. I don't think about it, I just like to try different things. Everything happens in the kitchen, and what I've learned, I've learned through trial and error. I'm always inventing new dishes. I get excited about cooking for the personnel, for example, trying to figure out recipes that are simple, fast, taste good and are inexpensive. Like stews and tacos."See the full content of this document
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This is the waterhole of choice for a mixed crowd of locals and hipsters, Leonardo DiCaprio included. And with a menu boasting lime and chili blackened salmon cubes, lavender flower cured lamb loin, Swedish meatballs, and saffron ice cream - not to mention an impressive beer selection - a trip down to New York's Lower East Side will be well worth the effort. Stockholm-born p...
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