Hlangana noMpheki weSushi Owesifazane Ochoboze Uphahla Lweglasi
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Njengomunye wabapheki besifazane abambalwa besifazane, u-Oona Tempest kwadingeka asebenze kanzima kabili ukuthola indawo yakhe njengendawo yamandla ngemuva kweSushi yiBae eNew York.
Ngesikhathi sokuqeqeshwa okunzima ukuba ngumpheki we-sushi — ikakhulukazi njengowesifazane waseMelika emkhakheni ophethwe amadoda aseJapan — iSipest, 27, sasisebenza amahora angaphezu kwama-90 ngesonto. Ngesikhathi ematasa ephula imigoqo, engazi futhi elwa nesifo sokuzivikela komzimba esibizwa ngokuthi i-Hashimoto’s disease—lapho umzimba uhlasela indlala yegilo. Wayehlushwa ukukhathala nobuhlungu bemisipha namalunga—okuwubufakazi bokuqina kwakhe. “Ngangizizwa ngikhathele ngaso sonke isikhathi,” kusho uTempest. Kodwa ngaqhubeka. ”
Lapho nje kutholakala ukuthi unalesi sifo, umpheki kwakudingeka alungise indlela adla ngayo futhi angabi nayo i-gluten. Lokho okuhlangenwe nakho kwaba ngumgogodla we-MO Yesiphepho weSushi ngo-Bae: Yidla ukuze uzizwe umuhle.
“Njengompheki, kungumsebenzi wami ukondla izivakashi — kokubili ngokombono wokungenisa izihambi nangokusebenzisa izithako ezitholakala kahle kakhulu,” kusho uTempest. Nokho, ugqozi ngemuva kokunambitheka kwakhe, luvela olwandle, akhulele kulo ngesikhathi ehlala ogwini lwaseMassachusetts.
Kulezi zinsuku udla ukudla kwakhe okukhulu eSushi nguBae, okuvulwe ngonyaka odlule. Ekhaya, nokho, ubeka iphrononi yompheki wakhe futhi agcine izinto zilula; ukusebenza amahora angu-14 akumniki isikhathi esiningi sokupheka izitsha eziphambili.
"Uma nginezithako zamakhekhe kuphela, ngenza isobho le-miso," kusho uTempest. “Ngihlale nginezinto ezintathu eziyisisekelo eziyisisekelo somhluzi: i-miso paste, i-kombu, ne-katsuobushi, noma ama-bonito flakes. Ngigcina i-kombu icwile emanzini abandayo esiqandisini sami; ukuphisa okubandayo kuvimbela ukunambitheka okumunyu. Ngifaka isithombo sikadayikoni esitsheni bese ngifaka uhlaza lwasolwandle olubizwa ngewame. Ukuze ngizizwe njengokudla, ngiphonsa amakhowe, ikakhulukazi ama-enoki, ashwabene.”
Uma kungenjalo, uzojikijela imifino yenkathi ethile namafutha omnqumo ase-Italy angcono, usawoti, kanye nopelepele—lokho kulungiselelwa okulula “kuvumela ukuthanda kwabo kwemvelo kukhanye,” kusho i-Tempest. Kuyashesha, kunempilo, futhi kuyanambitheka kobusuku beviki. Uthi: "Yilokho engikufisayo manje," esho. "Isitsha esikhulu semifino noma inhlanzi phezu kwerayisi."
Shape Magazine, Januwari / Februwari 2020 udaba