Chef
It was a trip to Thailand that inspired a love affair with Asian food for John McLeay.
It was a trip to Thailand that inspired a love affair with Asian food for John McLeay.
Daringly eating fried grasshoppers from a street stall, he surprised himself, loving the taste and from there he taught himself everything he could about Thai cuisine, experimenting with Asian flavours until he found the perfect balance between the four elements of taste: hot, sour, sweet and salty.
In 2007 he opened the restaurant, Red Spice Road, which has become one of Melbourne’s dining hot spots.
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