Local Icon: Get to know Chef and Founder of Kinoya, Neha Mishra

By Nicola Monteath | Posted on

In this Local Icon series, Neha shares her favourite takeaway, go-to drink order, and more!

Neha Mishra is the chef and founder of Kinoya, the Dubai-based Japanese restaurant with a celebrated outpost at Harrods, London, and the co-founder of the newly opened Tezukuri. From her early supper-club days, serving thousands of meals from her home kitchen, to earning recognition in the Michelin Guide Dubai and MENA’s 50 Best Restaurants, Mishra has built a reputation centred on technique and meticulous craftsmanship.

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Morning routine

Slowness – opening my windows, appreciating my home, making my coffee, being with my kids, then making an. espresso or a matcha. Everything moves very slowly. Maybe listen to a record if I really want to move at snail’s pace.

Family-favourite home-cooked meal

Roast chicken

Go-to takeaway

Mama’esh

Drink Order

V60 or Usucha. Pure.

3 fridge staples

Coriander, limes, matcha

If you could only dine on dishes from one TV show

Ramen from Chef’s Table. The Ramen episode.

Favourite restaurant

Manāo

You’re hosting a dinner party with three celebrities, who would you invite, and what would you serve

Attenborough, Jung, Bob Dylan, and there will be three different kinds of pasta, roast beef, grilled prawns, my friend Zain’s tarragon salad, caviar & blinis, bubbly, crudo, and a great towering dessert at the end.