Ehara i te mea uaua ki te kite i te tūtakitanga o ngā momo toi ki a rātou anō, ā, ka puta he hua whakamiharo, inā koa i roto i ngā mahi tunu kai me te ao hoahoa kanorau. Mai i te whakakikorua mohio ki te whare tomokanga huatau o ā tātou wharekai me ngā kawhe tino pai, me te kore e whakahua i ā rātou kaimahi matatau, kāore e taea te whakakorekore i tēnei mahi tahi - ahakoa he ngawari i ētahi wā. Nō reira, ehara i te mea miharo te kitea o ngā kaitautoko e whakakotahi ana i te hiahia ki te kai me te kanohi koi, kua whakangungua rānei ki te hoahoa mai i ngā mara auaha tautoko, me te ritenga kē.
I muri i tana whakawhiwhinga i tana tohu paetahi i te hoahoa ahua, he mea tūpono noa te urunga atu o Jennifer Lee ki te ao tunu kai ngaio, kāore i te tino ataahua. I neke atu ia ki Rānana i muri tata mai i tana whakawhiwhinga i tana tohu paetahi, ā, i te mutunga ka mahi ia i roto i te umanga kai me te inu i a ia e rapu ana i tētahi "mahi tika". Hei kaimahi tunu kai whaiaro, i tīmata anō hoki ia ki te tiaki i ngā pae inu me te whakahaere wharekai.
Engari tae noa ki tōna noho hei kaiwhakahaere kīhini mō te wharekai Vasco o Amerika Latina kua kore ināianei, kātahi ia ka mōhio ki te motuhake o te noho hei kaimahi tunu kai, hei kaimahi tunu kai wahine hoki i Singapore. Ahakoa rā, e whakaae ana ia kāore anō ia kia tino rongo i tēnei i waenga i te hunga mā o ngā kaimahi tunu kai noa. He whakamarie. I whakamārama a Lee: "Kāore au i te whakaaro he kaimahi tunu kai 'tika' ahau nā te mea kāore he whakangungu tunu kai, ā, he ahua whakama te mau i tētahikoti mā o te kaimahi tunu kai"I tīmata ahau ki te uhi i ngā kākahu mā o taku kaimahi tunu kai ki ngā papanga kanapa. Hei tāpiri i ngā pātene, i hoahoatia e au ētahi koti mō te huihuinga."
Nā te kore e taea te hoko noa i ngā mea tika, ka whakatau a Lee ki te whakamahi i tana arotahi ki te ahua, ā, i whakatūria e ia tana waitohu kakahu wahine a Mizbeth i te tau 2018. Mai i taua wā, kua whanake te waitohu hei waitohu rongonui mōngā kākahu mahi a te kaimahi tunu kai hou me te whai huaKo ngā āpere te taonga tino rongonui i waenga i ana kiritaki (tāne me te wahine). Ahakoa kua tipu te pakihi ki te kapi i ngā momo kākahu me ngā taputapu katoa, kei te mārama tonu te whāinga kia honoa te rerekētanga i waenga i ngā kākahu tiriti me ngā kākahu o roto. E whakapono ana a Lee he waitohu nō Hingaiapore a Mizbeth, ā, he mea hanga ā-rohe āna hua. He waimarie ia kua kitea e ia tētahi kaihanga ā-rohe e whakarato ana i te mahi toi kounga teitei. "Kua whakaratohia e rātou he tautoko whakamiharo i roto i tēnei haerenga ohorere," tana kī. "Kāore rātou i te iti te utu pērā i te hanga i aku hua i Haina, i Vietnam rānei, engari e whakapono ana ahau ki tā rātou tauira pakihi, tā rātou manaaki nui ki ngā kiritaki me te aro ki ngā taipitopito."
Kua tino arohia tēnei momo ahua e ngā kaitao me ngā rangatira wharekai pai rawa atu o te moutere, tae atu ki ngā kamupene hou pēnei i a Fleurette i Yangon Road. I tāpiri atu a Lee: "He kaupapa pai a Cloudstreet (te whakamaoritanga a Rishi Naleendra nō Sri Lanka mō te kai o nāianei) hei whakataurite i te āperene ki te roto ataahua o te wharekai. Ko Seumas Smith te kaitao e ārahi ana i Pärla i Phuket. He wheako e kore e warewaretia te ranunga o te hiako, te raranga me te papanga, he whakanui iti ki te iwi Sami i Huitene (he whakanui ki ngā tūpuna o te kaitao).
Tae noa mai ki tēnei wā, ko ngā eperona me ngā koti ritenga tana mahi matua, ahakoa kei te whakaaro ia ki te whakarato i ngā kohinga hokohoko kua oti te hanga, he maha atu ngā kōwhiringa eperona, tae atu ki ngā taputapu i hangaia ki te papanga remu.
Heoi, kāore ēnei katoa i aukati i tana aroha ki te tunu kai. "Koinei tonu taku hiahia me taku whakaora - ina koa ko te tunu kai," te kī a Lee, ko ia te kaiwhakahaere matua o te peka o Starter Lab i Singapore i tēnei wā. "Me te mea nei nā aku wheako katoa i mahi i ngā wāhi katoa o te ao me ngā kamupene maha i homai tēnei tūranga whakamiharo ki ahau," tana kī. He pono, i ātaahua te āhua o tana mahi.
Hei whakarato i te wheako pai rawa atu ki a koe, ka whakamahia e tēnei paetukutuku ngā pihikete. Mō ētahi atu kōrero, tirohia tā mātou kaupapa here tūmataiti.
Wā tuku: Pipiri-10-2021