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Sebby Holmes of Islington restaurant Farang
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Thai restaurant Farang is featured in a fundraising cookbook aimed at combating racism against Asian communities.
Head chef of the Highbury restaurant, Sebby Holmes, has contributed one of his best loved dishes to Recipes against Racism , which hopes to highlight the culinary and cultural diversity across Asia.
The downloadable cookbook is a response to the dramatic increase in anti-Asian hate crimes since the start of the pandemic. Hackney-based creators Claire Sachiko and Lex Shu launched it in collaboration with leading Asian and Asian-influenced restaurants and all proceeds go to End the Virus of Racism and Stop Hate UK to support a 24-hour reporting hotline, support for mental health support and a guide to legal aid.
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1:30 PM April 27, 2021
Claire Sachiko (left) and Lex Shu (right) have collected Recipes for Racism in aid of two charities supporting the Asian and South East Asian communities
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A Hackney duo have launched a cookbook of Asian dishes from the capital s top chefs in a bid to battle racism.
Claire Sachiko from Haggerston and Lex Shu from Dalston hope to raise £20,000 for two charities supporting the East and South-East Asian communities, with their downloadable Recipes Against Racism.
The lawyers, who have run supper clubs and music events, collected more than 20 recipes for the likes of Kung Pao chicken, Taiwanese minced pork, and salmon and cod green curry balls from London s leading Asian restaurants and chefs including Chinese Laundry, Farang, Kiln, Lucky & Joy, and Atsuko Ikeda who runs “Atsuko’s Kitchen” on Columbia Road.