THINGS TO DO BEFORE STARTING TO COOK

Many people love to cook and they usually end up desperate. It is because they don't prepare the things to be cook. As a chef, here are my tips before starting to cook:

1. Make sure that your ingredients are already prepared.
2. Make sure that the kitchen is clean and conducive to cooking.
3. It would be best that spices be prepared in serving plate so that cooking will be fast and easy.
4. Make sure that the pan or frying pan is ready and clean.

With this tips, cooking will be easy and fast.

COOKING UNDER TIME PRESSURE

It's already 11 am and my assistant chef is nowhere to be found. I got a text from her informing me that she could not make it in the morning because she was not feeling well. What can I do, this leave me no option but to do her task in the cooking. I am not angry towards her I understand her situation. 

The restaurant usually opens at 11:30 am, in preparation for the lunch time. For today's menu, I have lined up  12 dishes. This is the first time that I am cooking alone without an assistant chef to assist me. This is cooking under pressure. Just for the start, I received 10 orders immediately and more orders are coming. My attendants informed me that the are already many customers waiting outside. This is really new for me. I must do this alone and I must. My restaurant's reputation is vital to it's success and I cannot afford to lose it.

Well my chef skills are now being tested and I know I can conquer this. Let's start the cooking process!

LEARNING NEW COOKING STYLE

Two weeks ago, I enrolled at a culinary school near my restaurant to learn a new cooking style. The culinary school is run by my chef-friend and I mam very happy to be learning once again. The culinary school is teaching Japanese dishes and this is my first time to make and prepare Japanese dishes.

Based on my observation, the secret in every Japanese dish is the freshness and it would take sometime to learn to prepare Japanese dishes. My chef-friend is a Japanese and making and preparing Japanese dishes is just like 123 for her. I joined the school because I wanted to learn to prepare Japanese dishes and I would like to incorporate it in the dishes that I prepare in the restaurant.

This new learning experience in preparing Japanese dishes would take about 1 year and I believe that I have much to learn in this Japanese dishes. I am like am kindergarten in the class. In fairness, my classmates are all master chefs in their respective fields. 

SPECIAL EGG RECIPE

Cooking eggs may seem easy but actually, chefs need to master several egg recipes before they can be called masters in the kitchen. The recipe that I am about to share is very easy to cook and even an inexperienced person can cook this special egg recipe. For the special egg recipe, we will be needing the following ingredients:

• 3 fresh eggs
• 1 cup garlic
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 tbs soy sauce
• 1/2 cup tomato
• 3 tbs cooking oil

Procedure: 

1. Heat pan and place cooking oil. 
2. Beat the eggs and fry it along with garlic, salt and tomato.
3. Add the soy sauce and remove and serve the egg with rice.

The entire cooking of this special egg recipe is just under 5 minutes. It is fast and easy to cook very ideal for breakfast.

CHEF TALK MADE EASY

As a chef, I live a very busy life. In the morning, I have to wake up around 5 am just to prepare myself in going to the restaurant and in the evening, I have to leave the restaurant around 10 pm, during the closing of the restaurant. I can't hardly use my phone and call my chef-friends and get an update on their status. My rest period is only when I get to update my chef account in my Facebook and Twitter account. My chef-friends would call me around 10 times but I could not attend to the calls because of my busy schedule in the restaurant. In my Twitter account, my chef friends would leave some twitter smiles from myemoticons.com. The smiles that they send me really make me calm my busy nerves as a chef. Chef talk made easy this time with the smiles that I also send to them. 

By the end of the month, I will be leaving the country for a culinary event that will be happening in Singapore. It is a culinary event that my appearance is requested by the event coordinators. I already send some messages to my friends that I will be away for awhile. 

This busy schedule really make me love the profession as a chef.