Aliya LeeKong is an American chef, television personality and author of the cookbook Exotic Table - Flavors, Inspiration, and Recipes from Around the World – to Your Kitchen.
Aliya LeeKong was born in New York and raised in central Florida. A first generation American, her parents are Indo-Pakistani and Tanzanian immigrants. After graduating from Brown University and Columbia Business School, LeeKong went on to work in New York City, before finding her way to cooking.
LeeKong trained at the International Culinary Center and has traveled to over 30 countries in the past 10 years to study under international home cooks. Countries include Brazil, India, Thailand, Turkey, Chile, South Africa, and Peru. LeeKong initially worked at New York City’s Jean Georges, Devi, and Per Se. From March 2011 until January 2014, she served as Chef and Culinary Creative Director of the Indian restaurant Junoon. A television personality, LeeKong has appeared on Food Network’s "Beat Bobby Flay," Chef Marks the Spot, NBC Weekend Today, CBS New York, Men's Health: Guy Gourmet New England Cable News Peggy’s Kitchen Cures, What Would Julieanna Do, and Nirmala’s Spice World on Veria Living.Leekong was also featured in Kitchen Casino
Aliya (also spelled Aliye, Alia, or Aliyah) is a female given name mainly of Hebrew, Arabic, Persian, and Turkish origin. It is the female equivalent of the name Ali, meaning "high" and "exalted".
Zeira:
Sleep my little Kovu
let your dreams take wing
one day when you're big and strong
you will be a king
Kovu: Goodnight
Zeira: sleep well my little prince, tomorrow your training intensifies
Zeria:
I've been exiled persecuted
left alone with no defense
when I think of what that brute did i get a little tense
but i dream a dream so pretty
that i dont feel so depressed
'coz it soothes my inner kitty
and it helps me get some rest
the sound of Simba's dying gasp
his daughter squealing in my grasp
his lioness's mournful cry
thats my lullaby
now the past i've tried forgetting
and my foes I could forgive
trouble is I know it's petty
but i hate to let them live
Nuka:
so you found yourself somebody who chased Simba up a tree
Zeira:
oh the battle may be bloody
but that kind of works for me
a melody of angry growls
a counterpoint of painful howls
a symphony of death
oh my
thats my lullaby
Scar is gone
but Zeira's still around
to love this little lad...
'til he learns to be a killer
with a lust for being bad!
Nuka:
Sleep ya little termite..I-I mean precious little thing
Vitani:
one day when you're big and strong..
Zeira:
you will be a king!
the pounding of the drums of war
the thrill of Kovu's mighty roar
Nuka:
the joy of vengeance!
Vitani:
testifies!
Zeira:
I can hear the cheering
Nuke and Vitani:
kovu what a guy
Zeira:
and know the time is nearing
and then our flag will fly...
against a blood red sky!
thats my lullaby!!!!!!!!!!!!!