LEARNING TO COOK VIA VIDEO CALLS

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When my elder sister went to the Canada for a job as a chef in a hotel, I was entrusted to manage our restaurant business. I am also a chef that is why the cooking responsibility was passed to me by our parents. My sister was the real deal in our restaurant because she was the one that handled the cooking in the kitchen while I was the one in-charge in the menu for the week.

When I assumed the duty of cooking, it was hard for me because I was afraid that customers might noticed the new taste in all of the dishes in the restaurant because there was a new chef and that was me. Majority of our customers say that our food that we cook in our restaurant has a distinctive taste far more delicious that others. That was my greatest fear, coping with the high standards in cooking that we already set.

For weeks, I communicated with my sister., asking her tips in cooking the recipes that we do cook in the restaurant. I was using SKYPE and my video cam attached to my computer, to talk to my sister online. She would give me special instructions on how to cook a certain dish that we do cook in the restaurant. But instead of getting the right information about the recipe, I was getting an unclear video. Our video calls was not clear because of poor resolution on my screen. I used to have the Microsof Cinema. But still it was not what I expected to see in a video call conversation. I was told that Logitec Pro 9000 was a good one. But still I am not having a good resolution in my screen. Browsing the internet, I was able to find faceVision on line store where I was interested about the FV touchcam N1. The faceVsion cam is the only brand that can give 100% HD satisfaction, unmatched with other brands. I know that it was the brand that I was looking so that my video conversation with my sister-chef will be clear at last. I immediately got the FV ExpressCombo for me and my sister. Now that we are using the FaceVsion cams our video calls are very clear with high definition resolution in our monitors.

My sister always teaches me the right way of cooking our dishes through the video calls every night. She would also share some new techniques in cooking that she learned in the restaurant. Thanks to the FaceVsion, our video calls are clear. The www.shop.facevsion.com is now running a back to school promotion with $10 off any purchase, using the promo code of FVTBTS2 while checkout. The promotion ends 09/30/’10.

EASY HOME COOKING FOR THE FAMILY

Family reunion is an annual event that happens once every three years. And when there is a reunion, expect lots of food in the table prepared for the entire clan members for that reunion. usually in a reunion, foods are brought by each family, enough to be shared for the entire members.

In this family Reunion, the entire family decided to bring all foods that are home made. Foods that are bought from restaurants are strictly prohibited. As a chef, cooking foods is just easy for me because I am already used to it and with all the cooking procedures and recipe books that I have, I am very confident that I can cook one instantly, enough for the entire family.

In this reunion, I am planning of cooking the ever classic chicken pork adobo. This dish has been in the family for about three centuries already and the secret ingredient is left secret and closely guarded by family elders. In my restaurant, many of my customers ask me about the adobo that I cook because it has a distinctive taste that stays in your mouth.

Just to share some of the family secret in cooking adobo is that all ingredients boils down to the main ingredient and that is garlic. Adobo will not taste good without the garlic spice. Garlic really adds aroma to the adobo.

COOKING FROM THE HEART

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When I decided to learn the art of cooking, I was motivated to go to the city where the culinary school was situated. I studied for 5 years in the culinary school and learn the art of cooking and food preparation. But I never in my wildest dreams to leave the town where I was born and raised. That is why after graduation, I made it sure that I would come back to the town where I was born.

Living in a town is quite better than living in the stressful urban area. In cooking, I get the freshest ingredients and the meat products are all guaranteed fresh. Many are asking me why I moved back to our town and decided to open my restaurant here. I should opted to open in the city, where the big bucks are all there. As a master chef, I would do make good sum of money there compared in the town. A straight and simple answer, I love my town and the products it produces. That is why this is the best place to open a restaurant business.

Almost 99% of the things that you see inside my restaurant is made in the town. I think that is the main thought about Made in America, building stronger communities all over the country. My restaurant is not just catering to local customers but also city customers as well. In a week, I would take around 20 customers coming from the city. I am very happy to have decided to stay in the town. I get to cook local dishes and recipes. I can say that I am cooking from the heart.

HOME STYLE COOKING IS STILL THE BEST

The summer was a very fun period in where we get to travel as long as 4 hours just to get to my grandmother's house in the province. Remembering the home style cooking of my grandmother makes me think about the days where the wok is the best place to cook. My grandmother was one busy woman, that's for sure. She was often seen in the kitchen and slicing and preparing the ingredients for the food that she will be cooking. Everyday is a special day for my grandmother as she cooks our desired foods and prepares them in style that we wanted it to be.

Her most specialty is the calderetang cambing or goat. She makes this easy to cook and the taste was superior among others. Maybe because I never get to taste other caldereta but hers was the best home style cooking. Cooking caldereta is not that easy as others think it is. Goat meat is the main ingredient when cooking caldereta. But aside from goat's meat, beef is also a good substitute for the goat. In just caldereta along, it would took around 3 hours before the food will be ready. That is how delicate and full of love when caldereta is being cooked by my grandmother.

Aside from her famous caldereta, grandmother also likes to cook chicharong bulaklak and dinuguan or pig's blood delight. Grandmother likes to cook native foods and other delicacies. No wonder I adopted that same philosophy in my cooking at the restaurant. In cooking, it is 90 percent love and 10 percent joy in cooking the things that you like.

CHEF ALL YOU CAN

This morning, the association of chefs around the country, gathered inside the world palace restaurant to meet with one another. This is already an annual event wherein the chefs meet and mingle with one another. This is the largest meeting of chefs because in the attendance sheet, it listed around 500 chefs and 20 foreign chefs that is based in the country.

Aside from the meeting, chefs learn new techniques in cooking from other chefs and there were also free recipe books that were given away during the event. I was just one lucky chef to win the most prestigious award that day, the chef of the year award. Chef of the year award is the award given to the most active chef in the country. The chef of the year award happens only after 3 years and I am just lucky to got one.

On my way home, there were three chefs that went to me and said that their flight abroad was canceled due the bad weather. These chefs asked me if I can help them get a place to stay for the night because of the canceled flight. I immediately told the chefs that they can stay in my house and they were very happy hear that from me. I am very happy because I learned new things and gained new friendship. Chefs all you can guys!