A second Ning restaurant opened in York and was in business from 2012 to 2014. Once the restaurant business took off in 2009, he left his career in quantity surveying to work full-time at Ning. Norman worked as Head Chef at the restaurant for the first year, then returned to his role as a quantity surveyor. The menu centered on Malaysian and Thai cuisine. The restaurant, Ning, opened for business in December 2006 and was located in the Northern Quarter. In 2006, Musa took a break as a quantity surveyor to plan, design, and develop a restaurant with his partner at the time. In 2003, he moved to Manchester where he continued to practice as a quantity surveyor. After graduation in 1997, his first job as a quantity surveyor was in Bournemouth, Southern England before relocating to London in 1999. Following his secondary education, he earned a scholarship to study quantity surveying at the University of Portsmouth beginning in1994. Norman Musa is a Malaysian Malay, raised by his parents in a kampung called Sungai Nyior in Butterworth. Join them at 12pm Thursday April 21st 2022.Chef Norman Musa Life, career and awards For a full, glorious hour, Goldster Inside Story will have Norman to ourselves where you can ask him for any tips about Malaysian gastronomic skills, whether you are a talented expert stirring and sorting ingredients in Norman’s wake or a total beginner, like your Goldster host Humphrey Hawksley.

In 2014, he was appointed Kuala Lumpur Food Ambassador to the European Market.

Once that took off, he abandoned his day job for the work he loved and went on to win a string of awards. Norman was born in a village or kampong near Butterworth on Malaysia’s west coast and originally trained as a quantity surveyor while planning and opening the now famous Ning restaurant in Manchester. He is a regular contributor to magazines and feature pages, has been a guest on Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes and Sunday Brunch and teaches regularly at cookery schools, such as Leith's School of Food & Wine. The amazing Norman Musa will explain all. Try, for example, an authentic satay, an aromatic curry, a laksa, or simply the perfect fluffy coconut rice. These are healthy, vibrant recipes with dazzling flavours and textures. We will be discussing his highly-acclaimed book Amazing Malaysian, which opens the door to more than a 100 Malaysian dishes that can be cooked in your own home with ingredients available at any supermarket. Imagine sea swept beaches, cool coconut and Asian spices with award-winning Malaysian chef, Norman Musa.

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