Saturday, May 24, 2008

Regional Cuisines of Asia - China

Next up is future chef, Craig. A young kid just out of high school. Craig won the high school culinary competition last year and landed a scholarship at PCI. He currently is working at AJ Stumps in downtown San Jose. He is very talented and knows his way around a kitchen amazingly well for his age.
He's also full of shenanigans. Don't let the smile fool you.

Craig put three dishes together quickly and with ease.
Orange Chicken, a Chicken and Corn Soup and Kung Pao Prawns.
I think he and Melvin didn't consult on menu choices.
We were all Kung Pao experts now.

Chef followed up with a demo on some pork fried rice, pot stickers, Beef w/Broccoli and Prawns with white sauce and Snow Peas. Lots of prepping and stir frying. The pot stickers were







fun. You got the hang of it after a few folds. Pleated on one side, flat on the other.


We worked in teams to each produce a dish then again hosted a banquet.
It was quite a spread.
Goodnight

1 comment:

Ginna Traina said...

Shenanigans??? Let me know when Craig has graduated from college. I have the perfect daughter for him:)