Monthly Archives: October, 2009
Yu’s Family Kitchen 余家厨房
Yu Bo is the chef-owner of Yu’s Family Kitchen (yu jia chufang), in the Sichuanese capital, Chengdu, which he runs with his wife, Dai Shuang. In his small restaurant with only six private rooms, Yu offers grand banquets of as many as 40 courses which revives the grand style of banqueting in the earlier years of China before communism. The Mandarins once kept private chefs in their courtyard houses and they prepare a daily spread of extravagance truly fit for a king.
Sebastien Bras
I had the wonderful opportunity to attend Sebastien Bras’ program at the World Chef Showcase to learn about his approach to classic French cuisine, while watch him demonstrate the amount of work and detail that goes into creating the gargouillou de jeunes legumes.
The Fat Duck
There is no doubt that Heston Blumenthal is a genius with his food. Like the imagery conveyed through a writer’s prose, Heston narrates his stories through his food. Rankingnumber two in the world after Ferran Adria’s elBulli for numerous years makes no indication that Heston is second best. Awarded with three Michelin stars since 2004, it has been amongst the very highest ranked restaurants on the Top 50 list.