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  • 15 - Lady Chu with Neel Kolhatkar
    Dec 23 2025

    This episode's more redacted than the Epstein files but we get through a lot. Covering Sydney food and Comedy. We review Queen of Dumplings and Lady Chu's in Potts Point.

    Joining us, Neel Kolhatkar, controversial Sydney comedian and podcaster. Expect food takes, politix, and unfiltered comedy.

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    56 Min.
  • 14 - Wahlburgers with Yaz
    Dec 17 2025

    Testosterone overload at Wahlburgers, who would've thought. Mustaca family brought us United Cinemas, backroom brawls and God Kill The Coronavirus.

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    1 Std. und 15 Min.
  • 13 - Pizza Dal Pazzo, Tuscany
    Dec 8 2025

    Big news week - Italy vs Taiwan. We talk about our first ever jokes. And we added an industrial air con noise to improve the listening experience.

    Word of the Week: Jambalaya

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    40 Min.
  • State of the Union
    Dec 1 2025

    No restaurant news this week. No guests.

    Instead: a homeless man shadowing me, a massage joint best avoided, some light pig trading, and a few Hughsey tales. We even do more impressions, for reasons unknown.

    Word of the Week: Logarithmic

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    1 Std. und 4 Min.
  • Mushi Mushi, Bald Knob w/ Rohan Ganju
    Nov 23 2025

    We've got comedian Rohan Ganju with us this week as we head to Bald Knob, Arkansas, where things have gotten strange at the infamous food-truck Mushi Mushi Hibachi Express - a place now tangled up in a small-town murder mystery.

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    https://www.youtube.com/@thelunchshift

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    55 Min.
  • Ayam Goreng, Indonesia
    Nov 16 2025

    Kiyanosh Sahebi clocks in to the shift late, this is a short one.

    Halal restaraunt uses pork lard for cooking. The Mayor and National Guard get involved.

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    Watch on YouTube:
    https://www.youtube.com/@thelunchshift

    Give the boys a shout
    instagram.com/michaelasscho
    instagram.com/riv.narak

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    28 Min.
  • Applebees, Shaolin with Lockie Mac
    Nov 5 2025

    Lockie Mac joins us to discuss the biggest spaz ever in Staten Island.

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    Watch on YouTube:
    https://www.youtube.com/@thelunchshift

    Give the boys a shout
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    instagram.com/riv.narak

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    43 Min.
  • Snuff Shift with Alan Fang
    Oct 31 2025

    Alan Fang joins us to share some stories about his life. Not too much about the restaraunt on this one.

    Join Riv Narak & Michael Cho as they stumble into the restaurant and hospitality business — with zero experience, terrible advice, and guidance from dodgy business owners whose exploits made the news.
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    Watch on YouTube:
    https://www.youtube.com/@thelunchshift

    Give the boys a shout
    instagram.com/michaelasscho
    instagram.com/riv.narak

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    36 Min.