WuiT #046: Tomer Feldman

Filed Under: Love Story, Sababa Pita, Neon.
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Tomer(front) is originally from Israel, worked as a chef in New York and fell in love with his current wife Jun(back) from Malaysia during their time there. After a trip together in Asia, Tomer returned to New York while Jun went and visited her relatives back home. When Jun attempted to return to New York to meet with Tomer, her visa was denied by the U.S. customs. Also because of Tomer's nationality, he is unable to enter Malaysia. Due to all of these unpredicted elements, they decided to meet in Taiwan.

This meant that they had to start everything from scratch, and brand new way of life had to emerge. They supported each other faithfully, and after 5 years of hard work and adjusting to the lifestyles In Taiwan, Tomer is now a co-owner of Sababa Pita Bar, and formed the rock band "Neon" with his wife Jun as the lead singer. They are also the proud parents of their beautiful baby girl named Mika.

Neon's first album will be released by January 2007, produced by one of the most well-known musicians in Taiwan, Mr. Bobby Chen. Sababa Pita Bar might have just opened very recently, but there are already people saying great things about it on their personal blogs.


Sababa Pita Bar (Photos by Orange)

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Tomer（前）來自以色列，在紐約開餐廳並認識了來自馬來西亞的Jun（後），兩人相戀。一次亞洲的旅行後，Tomer返回紐約，Jun回馬來西亞探親。當Jun準備回紐約和Tomer見面時，美國政府卻沒有批准Jun的入境加簽，而Tomer也因為他的國籍，無法進入馬來西亞。因為這些意外，他們約在台灣碰面。

這幾乎是將一切歸零，而選擇重新開始的決定。經過五年的適應、努力與相互支持，現在Tomer開了自己的餐廳Sababa Pita Bar，和Jun組了自己的樂團Neon，還擁有一個寶貝女兒Mika。

Neon將於2007年1月發片，製作人是陳昇。Sababa Pita Bar雖然剛開幕，已經有網友在部落格裡報導了。

WuiT #043: Nicholas Pena Alvarez

Filed Under: Night Life, Animal Care.
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Nicholas is a 27 year-old young man from Canada who has only been in Taiwan for merely 7 weeks when we did the interview, but within that short time frame, he managed to visit all of the popular nightspots in Taipei.

Nick is currently employed by the Landis Taipei Hotel as the chef of La Brasserie Restaurant. This is certainly not a common position for someone his age. He feels that he was hired due to his training and experiences, and the willingness to try creative new ideas, as well as his easy going personality, and we have to agree. Any hotel owner would be delighted to have a chef that can cook as well as entertain the guests.

Nick talked to us about the fascinating similarities between sugar and glass before the interview, he can basically create anything with sugar that you can do with glass. He has once worked for over 30 continuous hours in extreme heat to build a life-sized eatable jukebox. We are looking forward to seeing more of his amazing creations in Taipei.

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來自加拿大的Nicholas今年僅27歲，訪問當天抵達台灣才七個星期，但幾乎已經逛遍台北知名的夜店。

Nicholas受聘於亞都麗緻大飯店，擔任巴賽麗廳主廚。這個職位以他的年紀來說，絕對是非常年輕的。他自認受聘的原因除了他受過專業訓練、以及年輕人的敢於嘗試新點子，還有個性隨和。的確，我們覺得他非常有親和力。聘雇一位有才華的主廚，奉送公關能力，我想任何老闆都很樂意。

訪問前Nicholas與我們閒聊糖與玻璃奇妙的相似性，任何可以用玻璃製作的東西，他都能用糖製作出來。他曾經連續三十幾個小時，在高溫下用糖製作了一個實體大小，並且可以食用的音樂點唱機，希望以後能在台北看到他別出心裁的作品。