Cook food thoroughly before consumption. Shellfish should be cooked in boiling water for not less than five minutes.
Use two sets of chopsticks and eating utensils to handle raw and cooked food separately, with an additional pair for chicken and poultry to avoid cross contamination.
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From Fuji to Tsu, Bangkok is overflowing with Japanese eateries. Nevertheless, the plentitude of Japanese cuisine in Bangkok doesn’t make us experts on the subject—especially when it comes to the most 'Japanese' of delicacies—raw seafood. Kenji Nakayama, head chef of new Japanese...
1.) Know the difference between direct heating and indirect heating. Direct heating is when your food is directly above the burning charcoals; it’s best for grilling burgers and sausages. Indirect heating is when your food is cooking thanks to the ambient heat, like in an oven. Indirect...
1. Assemble the right people—and the right number. Choose friends who share your level of interest and commitment, and of course, who are fun. Have a number large enough to comfortably cover costs (and help drink the wine) but not so many that it gets hard to keep track. Six is good.
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Ingredients
• 2 eggs
• 30g diced ham
• 30g diced onions
• 25g bacon
• 1 teaspoon salted butter
• 1 teaspoon Maggi seasoning sauce
• 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
• salt and pepper
• parsley for garnish
Procedure
1. Heat oil and salted butter in a pan and saut...
Hot new Indian restaurant Gaggan (68/1 Soi Lang Suan, 02-652-1700) serves up classic Indian food with impressive, sometimes arresting, modern gastro touches, and this corn chaat (B200 a la carte) is a popular starter at the restaurant. Usually a zesty, streetside snack in many parts of India, the...
We speak to Billy Bautista of the famed La Monita Taqueria (Mahatun Plaza, Phloen Chit Rd., 02-650-9581) and get him to reveal the recipe for this chunky, crunchy and tart guacamole.
Ingredients
• 4 tomatoes, deseeded and diced
• ½ onion, diced
• 2 jalapeno chillies, diced (or...
1 Read the label. Extra virgin olive oil is unrefined and extracted by the first cold pressing of the olives. It’s a superior oil with strong aromas and flavors. Virgin olive oil is still unrefined, but can have a slightly higher acidity, making for less strong flavors. If the label says...
It may seem silly to try and do at home what a master chef already does at his now open Bangkok restaurant. But in talking with Chef Thompson about the deceptively simple pad tua kab pla meuk, we discovered that attention to detail can have transformative effects. In this case, the key is to temper...
Without our caffeine in the morning, we are about as functional as Lindsay Lohan after a boozy night out. More and more Singaporeans are wising up and preparing their own caffeine fix at home instead of settling for overly roasted, sugar-laden coffee. Of course, brewing your own cuppa is a skill...
