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Carving your own path with entrepreneur Sooji Im (Be-oom, Cha-oom)
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Carving your own path with entrepreneur Sooji Im (Be-oom, Cha-oom)

Listen to Sooji's courage-riddled journey from growing up in South Korea to becoming an entrepreneur, and Europe's first Korean Tea specialist.

For this episode of Spilling Tea, I’m sitting down for lunch with the lovely and extremely impressive Sooji, whom I had the pleasure of interviewing for my Substack a while ago (If you miss it, head here to read it). This conversation focuses more on Sooji’s inspiring personal story, as well as what it’s like to start a business from scratch during the pandemic.

It was a rainy summer day when Sooji came to record. To brighten up the day, I cooked a Spanish/Peruvian-inspired feast: A classic Tortilla de Patatas, charred asparagus on Romesco sauce with burrata and toasted almonds, baked feta with cherry tomatoes and oregano and finally a green salad made with pak choi, grapes, blueberries and a green dressing inspired by a dish I tried at Llama Inn, one of my favourite restaurants.

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We mention in the podcast…


Sooji’s favourite author & books:

W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage & The Moon and Six Pence

Be–oom best selling Tea:
Persimmon Leaf tea

Sooji’s favourite spot in London:
The Barbican

Sooji’s favourite Bakery in London:
Arome Bakery, Covent Garden

Sooji’s favourite comfort-food restaurant:
My Old Place, Liverpool Street

Sooji’s favourite fine dining Korean restaurant:
Sollip, London Bridge

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