Thursday, 12 August 2010

Kudos to Fred


Yesterday one of my friends from back home wrote to me about giving her some of dad's recipes. My dad, as many of my friends may already know, is an awesome chef. He's worked in a famous hotel restaurant in Hong Kong, had his own restaurant after that, before moving our entire family to New Zealand to set up another one. Only recently did he retire.
Anyways, ever since I could remember my dad has always been cooking, and I have many fond memories growing up around food. I definitely have my dad to thank for my cooking skills and my love for food (and also putting me through university).
We served many dishes in our restaurant but none of it was authentic Chinese food as I knew it. I like the homely cooked meals that we ate as a family after we shut shop. After my recent visit to China and seeing dad cook for our extended family, it is easy to see what Chinese food really is. Ingredients are freshly bought each day at the local markets right down to the live fishes and chicken (yes, the poor chickens had to slaughtered). The dishes are prepared with passion and precision rather than the fast-food style Chinese food that we sold to the public.
One of my favourite dishes that dad makes is a steamed chicken dish. When I ask him for the recipe it is so hard to get exact measurements, because he cooks from experience and never really measures the ingredients. As a result, I had to look up the recipe online and found this. I hope everyone enjoys making this as much as me and my brothers do. Cheers dad, for all that you've taught me.

2 comments:

  1. I am going to give this a try - wish me luck. I can't possibly screw it up right???

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  2. no you can't. Let me know how it goes. Take photos.

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