Chef Chik: Restaurant Quality Hawker Food!
Discovering stalls like Chef Chik is the Holy Grail of every gastronome. I mean, finding really good food is actually not difficult. Just go to a reputable restaurant and pay top dollar for it and you will most likely get a very good meal. But the real trick is to be able to find the […]
Hua Ting Restaurant: The Dim Sum Tutorial
We are all very familiar with the basic dim sum items like har gao, siew mai and char siu bao, but how many of us really know what to look for in a good har gao or what makes one siew mai better than the next? We sat down with Hua Ting's Chef Lap Fai to discuss these questions!
Tonny Restaurant: Progressive Cantonese Cuisine
I have known about Chef Tonny since I have started writing this blog but somehow never got to eat at his restaurant till recently. Chef Tonny is one of those few Chinese chefs which are known by their names. When you eat at most Chinese restaurants, you probably won't know who is cooking your food. But at Tonny's, you can be assured that Chef Tonny is in the kitchen preparing your food!
Eat First! 食之為鮮 A Tale of Two Brothers
Once upon a time, there was a man who ran a very successful restaurant serving traditional Cantonese style food. This man, Mr Chai Kok Hoong, had two sons and he brought them up in the kitchen. He taught one son how to use the wok and the other how to steam the food. Each son was to specialise in his own area of the kitchen and wasn't allowed to encroach on the other's territory.
VLV: Modern Chinese Fine Dining
Helmed by local born, Chef Martin Foo, the restaurant menu is a culmination of his many years of experience at Lei Gardens and Tung Lok group and his penchant for creativity and esoteric ingredients. What's more, Chef Martin keeps a spreadsheet on his customer's preferences so that he remembers what type of fish you like and how it is prepared!
Cantonese Style Steamed Fish Recipe!
Cantonese style steam fish is one of the simplest, quickest and tastiest ways to cook fish. The light steaming method results in a fish which is tender and moist and the resulting sauce is something that would make you want to eat more rice! This recipe will work for codfish which is also known as chilean […]
Chef Kang’s Kitchen: The Return of the Canton Wokman!
Congrats to Chef Kang for winning One Michelin Star for 2017! Fans of Chef Kang of the defunct Canton Wok will be ecstatic to know that our favourite Cantonese Chef is back and this time he means business! After a short hiatus, Chef Kang has opened a little boutique restaurant which seats only 40 pax and […]
Sik Bao Sin: Old School Cantonese Dishes
Congratulations to Sik Bao Sin (Desmond’s Creation) for making the 2018 Michelin Bib Gourmand selection list! If you have been to Sik Wai Sin recently and felt the the food tasted a little different, there is a good reason for it. Desmond, one of the two brothers who used o helm the wok over at […]
Red Star: Of Dim Sum Trolleys and Heavenly Kings
If you are a child of the 60’s and 70’s, lunch at the Red Star restaurant will transport you back to the days when the only stress was whether you get to be chosen for the soccer team during recess time. Red Star is the kind of restaurant that some people would love while others […]
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