![]() ![]() With curious eyes, I stared up at the woman, but I just couldn’t place her. “Samir, do you know who this is?” Bob asked. Smartly dressed and statuesque, she had to have stood more than six feet tall. There, standing next to Uncle Bob, was a distinguished-looking middle-aged woman. As I walked in the kitchen, I sensed a commanding presence. “Can you come to the kitchen real quick, Samir?” he asked. Uncle Bob had a lovely backyard swimming pool, which I was floating in one morning, daydreaming deeply, of course, when Bob suddenly appeared poolside. While in Santa Barbara, we stayed with one of Dad’s dearest and longest-term friends, Robert Huttenback, or “Uncle Bob,” as we called him in the endearing Indian tradition of addressing elder family friends as “uncle” and “aunty.” ![]() ![]() We traveled first to Disney World in Orlando and finished in Santa Barbara, California, not far from his old UCLA stomping grounds. A longtime Plano resident, Dhurandhar is the founding chef at Nick & Sam’s in Dallas.Īfter years of our hearing his enthusiastic tales about the wonders of the USA, my father finally brought our entire family over to the States for a coast-to-coast trip. In this excerpt from Raising the Steaks: My Journey to Creating the Best Steakhouse in the World: Nick & Sam’s, Samir Dhurandhar recalls his meeting with a culinary icon. Browse the July/August edition of Local Profile now! While you sip on your glass learn all there is to know about the authentic Texas barbecue, where to get the best ramen Collin County has to offer and where to dine if you have food restrictions. Saddle up and let’s take a trip through Texas’ whiskey trail. This article originally appeared in our July/August 2023 edition of Local Profile. ![]()
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