Everything you've always wanted to know about cooking, but were too afraid to ask
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 this [...]
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
As Chefs Tales is a community blog and is quickly becoming a public source of information for everyone to share, it has been suggested that we offer Industry news that is available and for which people may be interested in.
We have decided that we will offer this service to ensure that interesting information and posts are continously [...]
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. I [...]
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 marketing [...]
As it was a pre-opening and we had time on our hands, my Executive Sous Chef suggested that since it was now winter in Hong Kong, I might like to go with him to a game restaurant to explore possible menu ideas. Not really knowing what he was talking about, I went along anyway because [...]
