Omer Miller reveals: "I don't eat in luxury restaurants, I haven't gone for a few years"
Chef Omer Miller, who left Israel with his family, revealed the dramatic change he underwent and explains why he refuses to pay for these meals: "I prefer to collect experiences"
The esteemed chef Omer Miller, one of the most prominent names in the Israeli culinary industry, surprises by admitting that he has stopped eating in luxury restaurants.
"It excites me less to eat in restaurants in general. I am much more interested in eating street food and simple food. I haven't gone for a few years," the chef said in an interview with the "Mako Eats" podcast. — "In the end, most of these restaurants serve the same food as far as I'm concerned, without offense, because I have friends who are chefs who make this food now. But the thought that I am putting down 1,200 or 1,500 shekels for a couple now, makes me feel uncomfortable in my stomach, makes the food taste not good. What can I do?"
Miller said that he prefers to spend the money elsewhere: "I don't blame the restaurateurs for the prices. It's not pleasant for me to pay this price. I say, for 1,500 shekels I prefer to give to my children as a certain investment, I prefer to fly with them abroad, I prefer to collect experiences."
On his change of perception, he added: "Once it was exactly the opposite. Once I didn't care, I would fly to London and take a three-star restaurant and put 5,000 shekels for a meal, but I said this is my profession, this is my life, this is the most exciting thing in the world for me. Today, less so. In the end, to go now and eat a grouper skewer for 200 shekels, I don't feel like it, I don't give a damn about eating it. Sorry."
As recalled, recently, Miller caused a stir in Israel when he announced to his followers on social media that he had decided to move his life to Thailand together with his family. The decision, it turns out, comes after years of deep changes that the family underwent. Since they became parents during the COVID-19 period, the two experienced a significant process that influenced their career, worldview, and even their place of residence, starting from leaving Tel Aviv for a moshav in the Sharon region, and up to the current move to the Jezreel Valley.
