Everything you've always wanted to know about cooking, but were too afraid to ask
Posted in 7) One-minute cooking tips on Aug 10th, 2010
When washing any kind of lettuce, the main priority has to be that your guests are not grinding on grit or sand whilst eating your much loved salad that you have prepared for them…there is nothing worse. When washing lettuce it is best to fill a clean sink with fresh cold water so that when all [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 13th, 2010
Making an omelet looks harder than what it actually is and like everything else, with enough practice, along with enough trial and error you will be making professional chef like omelets in no time. Confidence and faith in being able to do something will arrive automatically, when you do it often enough. It’s like riding [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2010
In the hotel industry many of the old style hotels would never purchase non stick pans, one reason was in the “old days” they did not exist and another was that for heavy usage they would never last long. They would get scratched, dented, burnt, broken, smashed and even stolen, so to avoid this they [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
Cutting a mango correctly could not be easier if you have the right tools and the basic knowledge to do so. The first step is to cut a mango as you would normally cut it, if you make a mess of it please do not worry, all you want is the stone from inside as [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2010
When cooking vegetables most people would believe it to be the most simple of tasks, but if done correctly, you can retain all the vitamins, minerals and the wonderful natural colours. Let’s take a simple vegetable such as long beans and go through the steps taking into consideration that most vegetables can be cooked the [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Oct 9th, 2009
This musing was first published in Flavours Magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book. The profession of a chef is a challenging one but offers opportunities that are beyond your wildest dreams. Recently, over lunch with a friend who’s in the hospitality training line, we were lamenting the difficulties of getting young people [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Sep 12th, 2009
This musing was first published in Flavours Magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book: Did I ever tell you about the time when I had my first encounter with “The King of Fruits”? It was one I shall never forget as it was my very first romantic date with my dear wife Beatrice. [...]
Posted in Personal on Sep 10th, 2009
This musing was first published in Flavours magazine and is not in Chef’s Tales the book: Did I ever tell you about the time when I was working in Kuala Lumpur and went for my very first visit to Sabah to introduce myself to my in-laws? On announcing the master plan to visit the wife’s [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales, Uncategorized on Aug 23rd, 2009
I Arrived in Hong Kong to work in my first five-star hotel in Asia in 1988, and was totally blown away, not only by the quality of the staff and services offered. Nonetheless, I thought that the quality of service could only improve as the industry developed and competition for supremacy in service quality standards [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Aug 19th, 2009
I have been on holiday for a while, so I must aplogize for the lack of postings, to make amends I would like to offer you one of my Musings which was first published in Flavours magazine. This musing is also not in Chef’s Tales the book….hope you enjoy. Junk food is the stuff of a [...]
Posted in Chef's Tales on Jul 30th, 2009
Wacky and Wondrous fun at the poolside Depending on which hotel you work at, the pool can be either an incredibly boring place or the centre of all the action. Usually, the poolside scene at city hotels is not that exciting, but a poolside at a beach resort fronting the sea normally keeps the [...]
