Asian Recipes - 50 Tasty & Easy Made Unique Exotic Recipes (With Images Of Each Dish And Chef's Note)
by Charles Ho
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BOOK DESCRIPTION
Asian food is a multi-faceted and diverse as European food. While neighboring countries share some common ingredients and cooking styles, Asian countries have developed cuisines that are uniquely their own. Sampling the food of each is truly an adventure.
Each country has its own food history much influenced by its culture, religion and past. Vietnamese food for example, retains the flavors of centuries of French occupation. The food in Philippines has the taste of Spanish and American accents while in Malaysia and Indonesia which are Muslim countries, pork meals are almost completely eliminated off the menu.
Many of these recipes were guarded as important family secrets and carefully passed down from one generation to another. Asian cooking has enormous potential in modern times, as Asian food chains are springing up all over the world very rapidly, whilst enjoying immense popularity.
In this appetizing book, you will find an inspiration not only for your daily dishes, but for almost every occasion which calls for something savory - Asian style/dish/cuisine. All the recipes included in this book are considered classics, and have proven so popular over the past years. Every single recipe has been tested time and again, both by me and by hundreds of my cooking students.
The recipes have been divided by Asian regions. Each chapter contains top recipes which will help you find exactly what you are looking for.
They are all authentic and thoroughly tried and tested. By following simple, clear and straightforward instructions, you will find a recipe that will suit your needs and wants to the littlest details. Most of the recipes use basic cooking techniques which can be prepared with only a few pots and utensils.
This recipe book will help you cook Asian food with confidence and pleasure that you thought you could not make in your own kitchen. More importantly, it will provide you with all the answers to the problem of ''What shall we have for breakfast, lunch or dinner?'' and you will discover that Asian cooking is so rewarding and fun. So, this book contains ‘’The Best Traditional Asian Recipes’’ for you to make and enjoy at home. You will discover that Asian cooking is so rewarding and fun and also there are 50 mouth-watering recipes accompanied with dish images for you to savor from 10 different countries.
AUTHOR BIO
Charles Ho was born 1961 in a family, where classical Chinese cuisine was passed from one generation to another. His culinary skills were nurtured by his father, a renowned master chef in Chinese cuisine. To further refine his skills, Charles attended the Malaysian Chinese Cuisine chef training course, as well as the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu culinary workshops.
Besides, he also graduated with a diploma in hotel management from the American Hotel & Motel Association (formerly known as AHMA, now AHLA). Academically, Charles holds a Bachelor Degree (B.A. Hons) in International Business Administration from the University of Northumbria U.K and also possesses a Diploma in Management from the University of Malaya.
Throughout his career, Charles has been featured numerous times in food and cooking magazines as the master chef in Chinese cuisine and also acknowledged as "Asia Food Guru".
As an authoritative & professional chef, and also an expert on Asian Cuisine, Charles has successfully demonstrated his special techniques and recipes which delighted his audience, including the community of the Western World. By extensively travelling and accumulating the most authentic recipes of all Asian countries, that were prized as family secret recipes, Charles Ho wrote numerous articles and reports on Asian cuisine.
He also contributed with his recipes and features on regional cooking ''Home Cooking'' magazine, local publications, newspapers and is currently working on two other cookbooks.
Charles Ho has retired, and now, with more hours to spare, indulges in his favorite pastime - writing (holding a pen rather than a pan).
REVIEWS
5.0 out of 5 stars Amaaaaazing book, the best one I had the privilege reading June 27, 2012
By Natalia
Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase
Detailed instructions are part of what makes this book one of the best recipe books I have ever bought. Every recipe has step by step instructions on ingredients, directions how to cook and the two amazing features that most books don't have. First great feature is the ' Chef's Tip & Note' where he offers many great suggestions and variations on many of the recipes allowing home cooking to be more interesting and fun.
To be honest after I saw that the author gave his personal tips and notes, I was overwhelmed with happiness. The reason is that since I know a lot of chef's who will not share their secrets on making delicious meals, and they would rather take it to the grave (literally) than share it with common folks. So you can imagine my surprise when I started to read it. Also, this is a great addition since if you have ever bough a kindle or paper book, all that you get are ingredients required to cook and directions how to cook it. No personal involvement, feelings or anything how to improve the dish. I am so glad that Charles decided to share it with us.
The second feature which I like is an actual image of the dish whereas I can see the dish I am going to get. So, if you are worried that you are doing it wrong, no worries, just check the image and you will know if you are on the right track.
From this book you will get nothing but the best since the author is an authoritative & professional chef who dedicated his life to cooking. I am so glad that I bought this book as it gives me all the secrets and experience Charles gathered through years of working, and at the same time, I as an amateur cook, am able now to master the technique of cooking various and great Asian dishes when I feel like cooking something exotic and tasty whether it is for special occasion or just to surprise myself or my loved ones.
Once again, excellent book, highly recommended and am anxious to see if there will be anymore books, thus revealing more secrets :)
