Comments for Chef's Tales http://chefstales.com Everything you've always wanted to know about cooking, but were too afraid to ask Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:06:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on How ugly are you? by Caitlin http://chefstales.com/2009/08/27/how-ugly-are-you/#comment-7411 Caitlin Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:06:01 +0000 http://chefstales.wordpress.com/?p=212#comment-7411 I was browsing your website and I found this post. I was not expecting to read something like this on a cooking blog. I t is so great that you did that with your friend, that you tried to help, because otherwise things might not change. I was browsing your website and I found this post. I was not expecting to read something like this on a cooking blog. I t is so great that you did that with your friend, that you tried to help, because otherwise things might not change.

]]> Comment on Loneliness… the curse of humans by chuck rhodes http://chefstales.com/2010/08/07/loneliness%e2%80%a6-the-curse-of-humans/#comment-7406 chuck rhodes Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:58:29 +0000 http://chefstales.com/?p=767#comment-7406 What an incredible post to find on a chef's site. What sharing comments by others. I could write a book on my thoughts. Over 50 years ago my high school "senior problems" teacher pointed to me as the only one in class that could be a hermit. Yet I had friends at school, later had many more than my share in business and yet I must ask myself "what is a friend?" I have few around me now yet in my whole life I have never felt lonely. It is like "being bored" something that comes from inside not outside. People don't go to funerals because of the dead, they go to comfort the living or from business/social obligations/reasons. I wouldn't judge the number of Fred's friends nor his happiness by the number at his funeral nor do I think funerals attended by hundreds mean the dead had more friends than Fred. Jesus did many incredible things for throngs of people yet how many defended him or attended his crucifixion or burial? Even the man on whom he built the church denied he even knew him three times! There is something much deeper here. chuck What an incredible post to find on a chef’s site. What sharing comments by others. I could write a book on my thoughts. Over 50 years ago my high school “senior problems” teacher pointed to me as the only one in class that could be a hermit. Yet I had friends at school, later had many more than my share in business and yet I must ask myself “what is a friend?”
I have few around me now yet in my whole life I have never felt lonely. It is like “being bored” something that comes from inside not outside.
People don’t go to funerals because of the dead, they go to comfort the living or from business/social obligations/reasons. I wouldn’t judge the number of Fred’s friends nor his happiness by the number at his funeral nor do I think funerals attended by hundreds mean the dead had more friends than Fred.
Jesus did many incredible things for throngs of people yet how many defended him or attended his crucifixion or burial? Even the man on whom he built the church denied he even knew him three times!
There is something much deeper here.
chuck

]]> Comment on Fresh wonderful fluffy & smooth mashed potato every time (Easy as one, two, three). by chuck rhodes http://chefstales.com/2009/07/08/fresh-wonderful-fluffy-smooth-mashed-potato-every-time/#comment-7405 chuck rhodes Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:37:04 +0000 http://chefstales.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/fresh-wonderful-fluffy-smooth-mashed-potato-every-time/#comment-7405 I think I know how to do both, so I am anxious to see what I don't know about mashed potatoes and poached eggs. I think I know how to do both, so I am anxious to see what I don’t know about mashed potatoes and poached eggs.

]]> Comment on Red Snapper “Steak” Curry with Okra and Tomatoes by Sraboni Hoque http://chefstales.com/2009/08/10/red-snapper-steak-curry-with-okra-and-tomatoes/#comment-7397 Sraboni Hoque Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:37:25 +0000 http://chefstales.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/red-snapper-steak-curry-with-okra-and-tomatoes/#comment-7397 not a big fan of fish meat..but this dish seemed too appealing to ignore...!just loved it! best regards, Sraboni. not a big fan of fish meat..but this dish seemed too appealing to ignore…!just loved it!

best regards,
Sraboni.

]]> Comment on Making a homemade non stick pan by bague diamant http://chefstales.com/2010/02/10/making-a-homemade-non-stick-pan/#comment-7277 bague diamant Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:00:18 +0000 http://chefstales.com/?p=486#comment-7277 Woah this blog is fantastic i like studying your posts. Keep up the good work! You realize, lots of individuals are hunting round for this info, you can help them greatly. Woah this blog is fantastic i like studying your posts. Keep up the good work! You realize, lots of individuals are hunting round for this info, you can help them greatly.

]]> Comment on It’s Showtime at the Hotel Buffet by Jason Chan http://chefstales.com/2009/05/10/its-showtime-at-the-hotel-buffet/#comment-6895 Jason Chan Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:17:14 +0000 http://chefstales.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/its-showtime-at-the-hotel-buffet/#comment-6895 Chef Saxon, Being a foodie myself, it is always my mantra to maximise the food going in during the 'buffet' mode to a point where you consume the most expensive items available to make it worth it. However having said that, once I overate and out come 10% in the carpark after the buffet. Good exposure the E&O AFC Next Celebrity Chef has for the culinary world in terms on how the life of a chef actually is. We normal people just pay and eat and complain when there is a little screw-up. Keep up the good work Chef. Probably ate at E&O in the 90's. I think the TripAdvisor comments doesn't do justice. Chef Saxon,
Being a foodie myself, it is always my mantra to maximise the food going in during the ‘buffet’ mode to a point where you consume the most expensive items available to make it worth it.
However having said that, once I overate and out come 10% in the carpark after the buffet.
Good exposure the E&O AFC Next Celebrity Chef has for the culinary world in terms on how the life of a chef actually is. We normal people just pay and eat and complain when there is a little screw-up.
Keep up the good work Chef. Probably ate at E&O in the 90′s. I think the TripAdvisor comments doesn’t do justice.

]]> Comment on Simple points to cooking vegetables by Frye http://chefstales.com/2010/01/21/simple-points-to-cooking-vegetables/#comment-6768 Frye Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:12:50 +0000 http://chefstales.com/?p=460#comment-6768 Thank God for this website. I'm quite shocked that for so many years I've been cooking my vegetables completely wrong! I appreciate your information Mr. Saxon. I now know what to do and not to do. Thank you, Paige Frye Thank God for this website. I’m quite shocked that for so many years I’ve been cooking my vegetables completely wrong! I appreciate your information Mr. Saxon. I now know what to do and not to do.
Thank you,
Paige Frye

]]> Comment on It’s Showtime at the Hotel Buffet by TheOwl http://chefstales.com/2009/05/10/its-showtime-at-the-hotel-buffet/#comment-6577 TheOwl Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:59:21 +0000 http://chefstales.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/its-showtime-at-the-hotel-buffet/#comment-6577 Oh Chef I forgot to tell you this. I'm a Penangite and some time in 1986 or 87 (if my memory serves me well) my family and I stayed in one of the family rooms of the original E & O before it was renovated into this 6star out-of-reach luxury. The room was so big,simple and old-fashioned. The bath tub was an antique, with legs. There was no running hot water and we had to take cold baths and then walk out into the air-conditioned room. Well,the hotel has been renovated beyond recognition (I miss the old hotel) and I guess the buffet price must cost a bomb now and be beyond me. I wonder if you give discounts to senior citizens LOL. I do enjoy your musings. Thank you. Oh Chef I forgot to tell you this. I’m a Penangite and some time in 1986 or 87 (if my memory serves me well) my family and I stayed in one of the family rooms of the original E & O before it was renovated into this 6star out-of-reach luxury. The room was so big,simple and old-fashioned. The bath tub was an antique, with legs. There was no running hot water and we had to take cold baths and then walk out into the air-conditioned room.

Well,the hotel has been renovated beyond recognition (I miss the old hotel) and I guess the buffet price must cost a bomb now and be beyond me. I wonder if you give discounts to senior citizens LOL. I do enjoy your musings. Thank you.

]]> Comment on It’s Showtime at the Hotel Buffet by TheOwl http://chefstales.com/2009/05/10/its-showtime-at-the-hotel-buffet/#comment-6576 TheOwl Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:40:38 +0000 http://chefstales.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/its-showtime-at-the-hotel-buffet/#comment-6576 Hi Chef, I just came to know of your existence bcs of the AFC Search for the next Celebrity Chef shows. Ha ha what you wrote here is so true. I can't understand why people see the need to make their every sen worth it by wasting food and torturing themselves. As long as I have tried all the food I enjoy and I feel full it's enough. Every time I watch Adam Richman on Man Vs Food I suffer along with him,watching him stuff himself. Frankly,I do not want this kind of job. Imagine eating tons of oysters and huge glasses of milkshakes,giant-sized burgers etc etc etc! I worry about the health of Adam Richman, Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern,and the guy who drinks and drinks in all his The Thirsty Traveller shows,Kevin Braugh. These people will pay with their health bcs they eat so much. I don't see Anthony Bourdain cooking in all his shows,just eating and eating! I can't stand to watch people who chomp through so many hotdogs in hotdog-eating contests and they are asking that it be considered a sport and be included in the Olympics. Just imagine! Hotdogs and burgers are so bad for health and it's disgusting to see people forcing themselves (the sides of their mouths all dirty and sickening to look at) as if they are those poor ducks force-fed so that they produce swollen livers (foie gras?) for the rich to indulge themselves so I don't watch such shows. I can understand your fear and it's real fear when you see those sumo-wrestlers walking into your hotel. In India,a man has been banned from all buffets bcs he can REALLY TRULY eat any hotel into bankruptcy. Normal people would be satisfied with just ONE large banana but our friend can eat a whole "tandan" (what's the English equivalent of one whole bunch,not just a comb?) of large bananas and he can go on devouring more if more is available haha. It makes me wonder. If we feed such people what about others? And anyway,once we eat over the limit we do not derive pleasure anymore bcs it's over the optimum level. Well,Chef,keep on writing bcs I love to write too. All the best. By the way you were very diplomatic when Chef Wan mentioned that one of our Malaysian competitors in the AFC Challenge was BORING. I liked the way you put it,very diplomatic and kind! Thank you. Chef Wan was a bit too harsh on her. She's not so conversant in English and not too outgoing. At least she had the courage to even participate! I would get a heart attack,rushing against time like that. I guess to be a celebrity chef one must speak well,especially in the English language and be able to engage the audience. I enjoy watching Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall,Jaime Oliver,Tom Norrington-Davies and a whole lot more bcs they engage the audience. Hi Chef,

I just came to know of your existence bcs of the AFC Search for the next Celebrity Chef shows. Ha ha what you wrote here is so true. I can’t understand why people see the need to make their every sen worth it by wasting food and torturing themselves. As long as I have tried all the food I enjoy and I feel full it’s enough.

Every time I watch Adam Richman on Man Vs Food I suffer along with him,watching him stuff himself. Frankly,I do not want this kind of job. Imagine eating tons of oysters and huge glasses of milkshakes,giant-sized burgers etc etc etc! I worry about the health of Adam Richman, Anthony Bourdain and Andrew Zimmern,and the guy who drinks and drinks in all his The Thirsty Traveller shows,Kevin Braugh. These people will pay with their health bcs they eat so much. I don’t see Anthony Bourdain cooking in all his shows,just eating and eating!

I can’t stand to watch people who chomp through so many hotdogs in hotdog-eating contests and they are asking that it be considered a sport and be included in the Olympics. Just imagine! Hotdogs and burgers are so bad for health and it’s disgusting to see people forcing themselves (the sides of their mouths all dirty and sickening to look at) as if they are those poor ducks force-fed so that they produce swollen livers (foie gras?) for the rich to indulge themselves so I don’t watch such shows.

I can understand your fear and it’s real fear when you see those sumo-wrestlers walking into your hotel. In India,a man has been banned from all buffets bcs he can REALLY TRULY eat any hotel into bankruptcy. Normal people would be satisfied with just ONE large banana but our friend can eat a whole “tandan” (what’s the English equivalent of one whole bunch,not just a comb?) of large bananas and he can go on devouring more if more is available haha. It makes me wonder. If we feed such people what about others? And anyway,once we eat over the limit we do not derive pleasure anymore bcs it’s over the optimum level.

Well,Chef,keep on writing bcs I love to write too. All the best. By the way you were very diplomatic when Chef Wan mentioned that one of our Malaysian competitors in the AFC Challenge was BORING. I liked the way you put it,very diplomatic and kind! Thank you. Chef Wan was a bit too harsh on her. She’s not so conversant in English and not too outgoing. At least she had the courage to even participate! I would get a heart attack,rushing against time like that. I guess to be a celebrity chef one must speak well,especially in the English language and be able to engage the audience. I enjoy watching Hugh Fearnley-Wittingstall,Jaime Oliver,Tom Norrington-Davies and a whole lot more bcs they engage the audience.

]]> Comment on Red Snapper “Steak” Curry with Okra and Tomatoes by Shu http://chefstales.com/2009/08/10/red-snapper-steak-curry-with-okra-and-tomatoes/#comment-6274 Shu Mon, 05 Dec 2011 05:51:40 +0000 http://chefstales.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/red-snapper-steak-curry-with-okra-and-tomatoes/#comment-6274 Hi Sir Michael. I always wanted to try Fish Curry but then I am afraid that they might get over cooked , Thanks to this recipe and the tips I will surely try this recipe this week :] I tried chicken curry no wonder it seems like there is something missing. Now, I know that I did not use coconut milk hmmm I have to do it again. Questions: Is it okay to use Japanese curry when you are planning to make a Fish curry? I am also planning to make a vegetable curry, do you think it will be okay? Hi Sir Michael.

I always wanted to try Fish Curry but then I am afraid that they might get over cooked , Thanks to this recipe and the tips I will surely try this recipe this week :]

I tried chicken curry no wonder it seems like there is something missing. Now, I know that I did not use coconut milk hmmm I have to do it again.

Questions:
Is it okay to use Japanese curry when you are planning to make a Fish curry?
I am also planning to make a vegetable curry, do you think it will be okay?

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