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  1. muichoi
    I've seen it in most Chinatown shops and in Wing Yip, Hoo Hing and Loon Fung 'superstores'.
  2. muichoi
    Some beautifully conceived dishes. But is it pedantic to insist that a risotto does not have a separate sauce, or does anything go as long as it tastes nice?-in which case, should it not have another name?
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    To be fair they are good judges. The problem with nearly all chefs is their preoccupation with technique and current culinary fashion which explains the alarming uniformity of current ambitious cooking.
  4. muichoi
    You make my point very well-the St. John mode is absolutely not the only alternative and I regret the demise of classical cooking. I'm only judging by the pictures!
  5. muichoi
    Why is the current mode so infuriatingly fussy? it seems almost no one these days can put food on a plate quietly and with taste and style.
  6. muichoi
    I'm not sure how useful accurate readings are-in general instinct and experience give much more accurate results than following recipes, which by their nature are fairly random in their instructions for use of the oven.
  7. muichoi
    Do you mean Red n' Hot? it is tacky but the food is the real deal.
  8. muichoi
    Yellow bean paste and sweet bean paste is what's meant.
  9. muichoi
    Hearno, I think you've got it the wrong way round. I do not not like the modern idea of the 'personality' chef, I would simply like properly cooked food, and god knows that's rare enough in our deluded nation.
  10. muichoi
    Lovely...a hummus ashtray!
  11. muichoi
    She seems to have lifted her act wholesale from Nigella Lawson. I find it fairly disgusting.
  12. muichoi
    My answers-1) Onion, carrot, celery. 2) ground beef cheek-simply incomparable. 3)white for preference but whatever is on hand. 4)yes. 5)before adding liquid. 6)absolutely not. 7)5+ hours 8) it depends! The less tomato the better, and none is superb.
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    Veal stock

    muichoi replied to a topic in Cooking

    Interesting. I've quite often found McGee to be 'wrong' when it comes to practice rather than theory.
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    It's not that long ago that the celebrities of the restaurant world were maitre d's, not chefs. I very much dislike the idea of 'personality' chefs who think that they are creative artists. They are not, they are artisans, and there is nothing wrong with that.
  15. muichoi
    But is the apple not a substitute for Korean pear?
  16. muichoi
    I have met many junior members of Ramsay's staff who have nothing but the highest regard for him.
  17. muichoi
    My favourite is 'Madhur Jaffrey's Flavours of India', one of the best Indian collections I'm aware of. This is not the same as any of those referred to above, I think.
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    Château d'Yquem and?

    muichoi replied to a topic in Wine

    Sauternes is a perfect combination with seafood, but it is also a perfect combination with some desserts, therefore my question. ← Not in my humble opinion. I've had the privilege of drinking quite a lot of Yquem and it really isn't a pudding wine.
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    Château d'Yquem and?

    muichoi replied to a topic in Wine

    Agreed-both would be terrible. I would serve it as the first wine with a foie gras terrine.
  20. muichoi
    I went last year-horrible room and building, lovely staff, accomplished modern food that strives for originality and inevitably ends up dull. A tremendous wine list with some fantastic bargains if you know what to look for.
  21. muichoi
    Bruce Cost's 'Asian Ingredients' does exactly what you want. It's an excellent book.
  22. muichoi
    Well possibly, Man, but when I went to Randall for lunch it was empty, unlike Bocca Di Lupo. Though Randall is a grim venue the cooking is very much more technically accomplished than at Bocca Di Lupo-so which one is overhyped?
  23. muichoi
    I find their recommended cure quantities for bacon verging on too little-when weighing I've twice had to bin the results. The correct amount is the most you can possibly make stick to the meat.
  24. muichoi
    Tupac,you seem to feel you have the right to criticise minutely something in which you admit lacking expertise. Is that not presumptuous?
  25. muichoi
    I thought everyone knew that grouse legs were nasty? I suppose expertise takes many forms!
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