I thought I would make another food porn thread just to revive everyone's interest in cooking and entertaining Here are some of my efforts. Tuna with salad, half boiled eggs, and basil vinaigrette (after a recipe by Kylie Kwong). Duck cooked en papillote with truffles and Perigeaux sauce Christmas ham
Roasted root vegetables with pinenuts and rocket. Dinner setting Lobster thermidor, before going into the oven. No photos of it cooked, sorry ... but it came out with a nice golden finish. Wagyu beef carpaccio with black truffles, black truffle oil, parmesan, and crispy basil leaves.
That tuna with salad just looks so appetising! It must be the colours. Well done on everything though, it all looks fantastic!
90% of it is presentation. U could make exactly the same meal and make it look like take away if u didnt think about it. Im sure Amfibius would agree it wasnt any extra effort to make it look good. Feed the eyes, and the stomach Oh yer, Amfibius - wipe the plates and get rid of the wine stains on the table runners or your fired
Thanks guys. derb, not a chef. Cooking is a hobby and it's a nice hobby to have ... since I have to eat every day! My "every day" food is not like this though - I usually make food which will last me for a couple of meals with variations. e.g first night i'll have a roast chicken. Next day the spare chicken will go into a sandwich. Next evening the breast pieces will get shredded and go into a risotto. A Chinese variation - Hainanese Chicken Rice for dinner, then chicken congee for lunch, then fried rice or noodles next evening. No shortage of food that can be prepared like this ... you just have to use your imagination colmaz yeh photography is the other hobby. And bl4ck32 is absolutely right ... making the food look nice on the table is very easy. bl4ck32 ... that is a stain from candle wax and not wine Much harder to get off! I've tried putting boiling water on it to melt it and float it off but that only got a little bit off.
Very nicely done - congrats. However Lobster thermidor is gastronomic blasphemy such a waste - you can't even taste the lobster! But disregarding that, awesome lineup and beautiful photography.
Few more. Now for something Chinese - Beggars chicken. I'm supposed to use Lotus leaf instead of foil ... but my local Asian grocer had no Lotus leaves when I went. The nearest Asian grocer would be too far away so bugger it ... I had to use foil! Using foil takes away a LOT from the aroma, but the chicken was stuffed with Asian herbs and sprinkled with five spice powder so it was pretty fragrant anyway. I enjoy the theatrical element of beggars chicken. I have made it before with the Lotus leaves and you can serve it on the table. The high salt - dough crust is VERY hard, like cement. I take out a small mallet and smash the crust on the table, then pick it off and unwrap the lotus leaves. The rush of cooking steam as the seal is broken, and aroma from the lotus leaves makes everyone hungry. infernoo yes I know lobster thermidor is blasphemy ... but a guest and his wife requested it so I obliged
geez I made baked snapper tonight with crab fraiche... I thought that was good... the carpaccio and truffle pwns that!
Time for some high class international pron. From a good friend who is Chef here: http://www.jumeirahemiratestowers.com/
