LIVING LEGEND
by Josh Sims
KEN hom
“Did I know about all the problems I’d have before I opened? No,” says a jovial Ken Hom, of his MEE restaurant in Copacabana, now recipient of an Asian Restaurant of the Year award and a Michelin Star in awarded in May 2015, one of only 6 Michelin Star restaurants in Rio de Janerio. “I opened there because I like to holiday there. I thought the restaurant would pay for my trips to Brazil.” 16