Lapp & Fao. No doubt about it:
However, what has it got to do with a tapir?

Out of sheer curiosity Linvard Bo Lapp, a globe-trotting gourmet, followed the trail of a tapir one fine morning. It had its reward. At the same early hour Ephraim Fao, a chef, keen to experiment, was looking for the freshest herbs in the undergrowth. They meet and the inspiring stories of Lapp & Fao take their course, always full of surprising elements, just as the tapir in the flowering ginger field nearby surprises them.

Lapp & Fao; their Legend: It's no accident that both men are under the sign of the black and white exotic. However, what really is this tapir, a creature so unusual and so striking in his appearance?

First of all the tapir is something between a horse and a rhinoceros. It is quite extraordinary, not only visually. However, it seems that time has almost forgotten him. The tapir is considered a living fossil. Already millions of years ago he lived in Europe, North America and Asia. He lives in sheltered places and loves turning up where you wouldn't expect him, for example, all of a sudden, in Stanley Kubrick's film 'Space Odyssey' in 2001.

Today there are basically four species of tapir. The Lapp & Fao tapir is the largest of them with a body length of approximately 2.50 m and a staggering weight of up to about 300 kg or even more. Because of his striking white 'saddle blanket' pattern extending from his shoulders to his rump, he is known as Asian or Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus). He is the only one of his kind to live in the tropical rainforests of South-East Asia.

The tapir belongs to the classification of the Odd Hoofed Mammals (Perissodactyla). He is strong like an ox and yet he emits chirp-chirping sounds as sweet and tender as those of a little bird. He loves to be near and in water. He passionately dives to the bottom of pools and rivers, but equally climbs easily to heights of 4500m. At first sight people do not realize how fascinating he is. For example, he can even pranze on a 10-cent piece and turn on his own axis. The tapir is full of feeling.

And don't forget his nose! Or rather his proboscis, a snout or trunk, as of an elephant. Whatever! The tapir has an extremely fine sense of picking up delicacies!

To find the perfect meal for himself he'll walk very long distances. He climbs over steep hills, logs and fences. He crashes through the jungle like a tank. He runs. He bulldozes tunnels in jungle undergrowth. Nothing will stop him to get his favourite food. Some people think he is peaceful in his pursuits – however, a little crazy. Especially if he gets disturbed while enjoying and feasting on his delicacies! The tapir has an unbridled passion for cocoa and salt, sugar cane and young palm leaves, bamboo, mangoes, melons and all sorts of exotic and exquisite goodies.

Of course all who love the tapir know that he is one of our endangered species on our planet today. This should not be so! Gourmet Linvard Bo Lapp and his chef and companion Ephraim Fao have therefore decided very early on to place their stories of the pleasures of life under the sign of the black and white tapir, stories of good things from the past and almost forgotten to be presented in a modern and up-to-date fashion. Let us remember the legendary morning in the tropical rainforest of Malaysia. Since then we have the most beautiful purpose:

The tapir has found his place with Lapp & Fao: Quite out of the ordinary, perfect in taste, passionate, fearless and somehow timeless.