Chef Karim Arsanios. (Credit: Ruwan Teodros)
“When I think back on everything that has happened in the country in recent years, I ask myself: Is this possible? Is this normal? It’s just surreal,” chef Karim Arsanios tells L'Orient-Le Jour.What remains are the Lebanese people’s shared memories, bitterness and trauma, but also a resilience that emerges from them, and a pride in continuing not only to function but to succeed in internationally recognized projects despite chronic dysfunction.“We are tough people,” he says. “Even without a government, we kept going. It was this incredible solidarity that saved us.”Arsanios is one of those believers, disappointed by the thawra, perhaps, but determined to transform that disappointment into something constructive. In the news Tarek Alameddine, first Lebanese person to win Best Chef Award “What matters, what remains, is what this...
“When I think back on everything that has happened in the country in recent years, I ask myself: Is this possible? Is this normal? It’s just surreal,” chef Karim Arsanios tells L'Orient-Le Jour.What remains are the Lebanese people’s shared memories, bitterness and trauma, but also a resilience that emerges from them, and a pride in continuing not only to function but to succeed in...
