
Show Notes
"I fell into a pond in full view of a packed restaurant." Lizzy Hoo gets a little starstruck over food critic and former Masterchef judge, Melissa Leong. Mel and Lizzy bond over growing up as second generation migrants, their love of food and giggle through the time Melissa took a nosedive into a duck pond at a Singaporean restaurant. MELISSA LEONG INSTAGRAM COOLROOM CONFESSIONAL PODCAST LIZZY HOO INSTAGRAM
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