The chef side story: Why Dharshan Munidasa is the greatest seafood chef in Asia

It is 6.30am – peak hour at one of the busiest and largest wholesale fish markets and auction centres in Mumbai. Overflowing with fresh blood and steeped with a stiff stench, it’s not a place for the faint-hearted. But dressed in his chef’s whites, world-famous Sri Lankan chef and restaurateur Dharshan Munidasa is right at home. He wanders about, clicking pictures, checking out the tuna and Bombay ducks and baby sharks. It takes us some time to catch hold of him for the shoot.