Hungry and Frozen: i should tell you: coco solid

19 April 2013

i should tell you: coco solid

Well hello there, and welcome to volume eleven of I Should Tell You, where I interview musicians who are cool but who also respond to my earnest email. Same three questions about food every week, just to see what happens. This week I'm talking with the mercurial Coco Solid, who has already livened up this blog once before in the form of a guest post while Tim and I were roaming round America last October.

Multifaceted like an ethically-sourced diamond, Coco Solid manages to hold down a million schemes and creative projects. Like Parallel Dance Ensemble, with whom she was part of one of the best music videos of all time for their track Weight Watchers. There's Badd Energy, there's her own solo work, there's more besides. She's currently back in Korea on an artist's residency programme, but in the meantime - should you not happen to be in Korea yourself - you can follow her poetic ways with just 140 characters on Twitter, read her blog, and yeah, just watch the Weight Watchers video okay?

I love this song.

Thanks, Coco Solid! The interview starts...now.

Where's somewhere you've eaten that you kinda like to brag about or drop into conversation?

I would say my fav meals around the world include: haloumi and satay pita in Berlin, cherry pie in New York, ramen in Tokyo, soft tacos in Guadalajara, ribs in Shanghai, any goddam thing in Korea. I also champion the food joints of my native Auckland, every suburb hides a deadly secret.

What do you fix for yourself, or where do you go to eat, when it's just you on your own?

This summer I cooked a recurring breakfast - roast garlic tomatoes with basil, olive oil and balsamic and bread. It's fast, cheap and feels sorta flash.

I'm loving wandering around Seoul on my own, eating here is out of control. Because I rely on signage, body language or amazing smells, every night is a date with destiny lol.

What's one of your favourite food memories from your childhood?

My Mum is very quiet and unassuming but she is a ruthlessly talented cook. If you prepare anything for her you have to bring your A-game. I remember seeing her throw-down gourmet stuff on a tight-as budget when I was growing up, she was known for it. She taught me about good food minus the pretense.

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