Thanks to Brazilian online traveling platform "Almost Locals" for the interview. The article about ONCE studio & my food art journey is now published online in the link attached. :) Here you can see the English translation of the article:
感謝巴西的旅遊網站Almost Locals 的深度專訪! 界紹了ONCE studio 玩食工作室 , OUNCE magazine 以及我在葡萄牙的"玩食故事"給巴西的讀者們。無比的榮幸！文章全文為葡萄牙語,在此附上英語翻譯：
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Meet the artist who transformed Portuguese food in art
Leslie Wang is 25 years old, is from Taiwan and is completely charmed by Lisbon. Much of this spell is due to the Portuguese food. It is that Leslie, graduated in graphic design at an American university, from adolescence draws everything she eats. What was a hobby, about a year ago became work and Leslie just launched in Lisbon the first edition of 'Ounce', a work that blends art and gastronomy and that results in a delightful script.
Leslie arrived in Lisbon in March to participate in a group exhibition organized by her teacher at Studio Gallery Teambox. It was soon conquered by the local cuisine. And without much effort. "The first thing I ate here it was a toasted sandwich. It was so simple and so delicious, "she recalls, citing the traditional hot Portuguese sandwich which is often finished off with a dollop of butter and oregano.
It was the cue for Leslie start designing Portuguese dishes and not stop more. Her work amazed the chef José Avillez - owner of some Lisbon restaurants, including Belcanto, awarded two stars in the respected culinary guide Michelin. Avillez asked Leslie to draw the entire menu of Belcanto, other chefs knew her, other works were going on in Portugal and then Leslie found a Portuguese inspiration for "Ounce".
"It was an exhibition in Cascais and I saw some old Portuguese newspapers prior to the photograph, which were illustrated. It was so beautiful, "she said, saying the concept was in her head and then she had the idea of gathering a small magazine a few restaurants that have won in Lisbon. She presented the project to chefs and owners of coffee shops and the like and soon landed supporters. "People in Portugal are very creative, very open-minded," he says.
Part of Leslie are about Landeau and its unforgettable chocolate cake (we have already spoken of it here); the cafes of Corallo, a house where the owners have coffee plantations in Sao Tome and Principe; the cool coffee Copenhagen Coffee Lab, the newly opened Danish cafeteria in Lisbon; the Tavern Rua das Flores and its snacks that value Portuguese tradition but with a modern twist. And yet one so many others.
The magazine's name is a play on the Leslie studio name, Once Studio, and with the measure used for recipes - 'ounce' are ounces, a variety of weight measure used in the United States, among other countries. Interestingly, the artist is not much to look at the pots. "I cook on paper," she says.
The work was released in a special edition with only 150 copies that are for sale in the restaurants that were included in the magazine, and some places of the LX Factory, as the bookstore Ler Devagar. Each copy costs 10 euros and Leslie hastens to explain: "It's not really a magazine, it's art. It's not something you'll want to throw away. "
The Portuguese season is not Leslie’s the first "adventure". In 2014, she went to Bolivia to do volunteer work for a few months and ended up staying seven, also working for restaurants, illustrating menus or creating and executing decoration projects. "The food is great, the view is amazing but it's the people I want to stay," she says.
Article by Flávia Motta
http://www.almostlocals.com/lis-conheca-a-artista-que-transformou-a-comida-portuguesa-em-arte/
