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(New York strip steak seasoned in rosemary cabernet demi-glace); Optimus (a prime Angus burger with goat cheese, pancetta and roasted garlic demi-glace served on a brioche bun); and the Rock-N-Rollo Pollo (sautéed breast of chicken topped with pancetta, provolone, cherry tomato and demi-glace). This complexity and sophistication stands, ironically, in stark contrast to the meaning of the name “Yabo” — a derivation of an Aussie expression that loosely translates to “lazy bum.” As Kida tells it, he was stumbling around to find a recipe to cook an Australian crustacean “Anyone who isn’t happy when cooking doesn’t belong in the kitchen.” known as a Yabby, fell in love with the word, and eventually changed it to Yabo. Of course, he kept the name even after learning what the expression meant. So does the rock star chef ever long to leave the kitchen and join a band on the Yabo stage? “Anyone who isn’t happy when cooking doesn’t belong in the kitchen,” he affirms. In fact, Kida
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