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August 6, 2017 Ben Yeoh

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Quick Sunday Lunch. Chicken, peas, bacon; thyme, garlic, onions and splash of mirin. .
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#food #foodie #chicken and #peas

Me performing #Sustainability #Theatre show on Jan 15 @theatredeli ThenDoBetter/thinking-Bigly

I’m giving £10k in grants to people making a positive impact. Details: thendobetter.com/grants .
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#funding #giving #charity #philanthropy
#donate #grant #awards

1990s #Indonesia rainforest Guide. This is from my travels to a remote part of the Indonesian #jungle to visit the hunter-gather tribe the Wana. This was shot on black and white film in the pre-digital age. Lugging cameras in the rainforest not fun

Why my new old writing desk is a symbol for a democratic post-war vision of Britain: “design for the masses”. £23 on eBay this week it’s a “circular economy” choice to buy used (and cheaper) rather than new.

V&amp

In our current phase, we investigate the hardware in toilets. In particular the type of hand dryer if present, the type of soap dispenser, the type of toilet roll holder and other eye catching oddities such as tiling, colours, signs or crooked objec

Posing with blowpipe. This is from my travels to a remote part of the Indonesian #jungle to visit the hunter-gather tribe the Wana. This was shot on black and white film in the pre-digital age. Lugging cameras in the rainforest not fun.
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Arrived. @jay_batlle First Edition. #art #artist #book

The importance of being #Messy and the problems of categories.
https://www.thendobetter.com/arts/2019/7/27/messy-borges-celestial-emporium-of-benevolent-knowledge

Exploring the Orange Fog at #tatemodern @studioolafureliasson #art #childfriendly https://www.thendobetter.com/arts/2019/7/19/Olafur-Eliasson-Tate-exhibition

Yen London @yenrestaurant are currently missing a soba chef but the lunch bento box pretty tasty. Anything with soft egg yolk does it for me. Sashimi and delicate tempura and fatty pork. Yum.
#Food #Foodie #Foodporn
#Nom #Instafood
#Japanese #Ben

Mushrooms, celery, refried potatoes, spring onions, crushed garlic cloves and left overs.

#Food #Foodie #Foodporn
#Homecook
#Nom #Instafood
#Leftovers #nofilter

Hamachi (Yellow Tail) collar and fish cheeks and head parts. Salt. Plain grilled or plain fried. Touch of yuzu or lemon if you have it. A yummy “left over” bit. One of my favourites. Utterly delicious and important not to waste edib

Chicken Stock making. Continuing efforts to lower food waste. Turning left over chicken carcass into soup/stock. Useful for the root vegetables, onions or herbs which are past best but still edible.
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#Nom #Instafo

Hainanese Chicken rice made by Mum. One of the greatest #food dishes in the world.
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#foodie #foodporn #homecooking #chickenrice

Steak and Chips and always a Friday lunchtime queue @relaisdevenise in #London City. #food #foodie #restaurant #foodporn

Pork Belly, wood oven roasted @pizzaeast Portobello. #food #foodie #foodporn #restaurant #porkbelly

#Food @caractererestaurant comes under headings such as Subtle, Curious, Delicate. #foodie #instafood #foodporn

Watermelon, cucumber, avocado & red onion salad @cocotte_rotisserie surprisingly refreshing salad. #food #foodie #eeeeeats #londoneats #instafood #eatingout #salad #healthyfood #healthyeating #yum

Crab noodles #Hunan #restaurant. No need to choose the #food the best just comes out to you. #foodie #London

Child by river. Varanasi, India.

August 2, 2017 Ben Yeoh

By the river in Varanasi, India, 1997.

Wana Tribe, Indonesia.

July 31, 2017 Ben Yeoh

The Wana ate a cassava / tapioca like root, which to my palate was bitter with an unpleasant tang. The women spent a lot of time preparing it. Men would supplement with hunting game.

A favourite food was the maleo egg, considered a delicacy for honoured guests! I subsequently found out the maleo bird is an endangered species, and its young can fly almost as soon as it hatches. The maleo also tries to lay false holes for its eggs, which is not a great trick if you have humans watching you.

The wiki on the maleo.

Cigarette Smoking. Sulawesi, Indonesia.

July 30, 2017 Ben Yeoh

The Wana Tribe were (are) a semi-nomadic people in the Sulawesi jungle. In 1998, visitors were still very rare. Clove cigarettes were the staple smoke, but any foreign cigarettes were a highly tradable good.

According to this wiki, the Wana started some crops in 2000 (although there was evidence of this already in 1998 when I visited) and before were fully nomadic.

This article (written May 2017) quotes: "“In the old days we were entirely nomadic, but now we settle in an area for around three to four years. We burn and clear a patch of land and grow our crops. When the soil is depleted, we pack up our plank houses and move on so it can regenerate. As forest dwellers, we have the deepest respect for the earth. We take only what we need,” "

I travelled there in 1998, lugging a couple of cameras and mainly black and white film (Ilford Delta and HP5 mainly).