{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/6ace608729b9fbfbe26bced8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"816: The Pad Thai–Free Zone with Bangkok Supper Club’s Jenn Saesue","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6ace5fa439599f7c5608c536/5d161c4e2da6f22fe41e2206d942c9d4.jpg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Jenn Saesue</strong> didn’t want to open another Thai restaurant that served the same watered-down menu as everyone else’s—so she didn’t. Nearly a decade later, she’s the cofounder of 55 Hospitality, the group behind <a href=\"https://resy.com/cities/new-york-ny/venues/fish-cheeks?seats=2&amp;date=2026-07-31\"><u>Fish Cheeks</u></a>, the Michelin-listed <a href=\"https://resy.com/cities/ny/bangkok-supper-club?date=2023-10-12&amp;seats=2\"><u>Bangkok Supper Club</u></a>, and <a href=\"https://www.bubsbakery.com/\"><u>Bub’s Bakery</u></a>, New York’s first completely allergen-free bakery. Matt talks with Jenn about refusing pad Thai, managing an impossible reservation list, and how a birthday cake for her husband turned into a two-and-a-half-year research and development project.</p>\n<p><em><strong>Subscribe to This Is TASTE</strong></em><em>:</em><em><strong>&nbsp;</strong></em><a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-taste-podcast/id1393739959?mt=2\">⁠⁠<em>Apple Podcasts</em>⁠⁠</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://open.spotify.com/show/3LsLXfnYt6Ugml415hyUfh?si=MRMn32W-S5i9HktfZ_eBIg\">⁠⁠<em>Spotify</em>⁠⁠</a><em>,&nbsp;</em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ThisIsTASTE\">⁠⁠<em>YouTube</em>⁠⁠</a></p><p> </p>","author_name":"Matt Rodbard & Aliza Abarbanel"}