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A Singapore boy cooking Nordic cuisine in a Taiwan restaurant … sounds like a scintillating plot twist to a Netflix reality food show, but really, it’s the true story of Ernest Toh, one of Singapore’s hottest exports in the culinary scene today. At only 25, he’s the Executive Chef of NKU , an up-and-coming restaurant in Taipei that specialises in Nordic haute cuisine. Located in the city’s chic Da’an District, NKU – an acronym for Nordic Keep Unique – sources all its ingredients locally and ethically, and applies traditional food preparation methods such as smoking, drying, pickling and curing in-house. “We have a very big brick oven where we grill and smoke our meats with local lychee wood,” explained Toh. Although the cooking methods are essentially Nordic, Toh makes it a point to “sneak in” Singapore flavours to his dishes, which have received positive reviews from foreign and local epicures. He recommends trying the Australian Pasture-fed Wagyu, fermented with … [Read more...] about How this young Singaporean chef is making culinary waves in Taiwan

GENEVA: Food supply chains must be protected from any trade-related measures taken during the COVID-19 pandemic, the heads of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and UN food and health agencies said on Tuesday (Mar 31), warning of possible shortages and price spikes. They voiced concern that disruptions to the movement of agricultural and food industry workers or food containers could result in the spoilage of perishables and increasing food waste and said protectionism was also a risk. READ: 'Just one case': Fears coronavirus may spread like wildfire in world's refugee camps "Uncertainty about food availability can spark a wave of export restrictions, creating a shortage on the global market," said WTO director-general Roberto Azevedo, and the heads of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization Qu Dongyu. "Such reactions can alter the balance between food supply and demand, resulting in price spikes and increased … [Read more...] about Keep global food supply chains intact: WTO, UN agencies

ST DAVID is the patron saint of Wales, and March 1 is a feast day observed to mark the date of the miracle maker's death. The native language of Wales is spoken by about 900,000 people – mostly in Wales, but also in England, the US, Canada and Argentina. So how do you wish your Welsh pals a Happy St David’s Day ? How do you say Happy David’s Day in Welsh? The Welsh translation of Happy David’s Day is Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus. So be sure to drop this in an email, when corresponding with someone from Wales. Or, you could write it in a card – you may struggle pronouncing it out loud though. Dewi Sant is the Welsh for St David. How do you pronounce Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus correctly? The Welsh language is notoriously tricky to speak – some of their addresses even seem like tongue twisters. But if you really want to give it a go, then practise saying this: Deethe goo-eel Dew-ee happ-iss. This is how it’s pronounced if English is your native language, but even if you … [Read more...] about How to say happy St David’s Day in Welsh and pronounce Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus correctly

It takes Jose Andres three or four tries to appear on screen. Evidently, Washington’s top chef and food philanthropist (he’s distributed millions of meals since the lockdown began) is not as skilled in technology as he is at cooking. After some good-natured cursing, Andres’s bearded visage eventually pops up. He is sitting outside a restaurant in Virginia Beach, a town with three military bases 338km south of Washington, where his charity, World Central Kitchen , is delivering food. The burly Andres seems larger than life. He is wearing a WCK-branded baseball cap and a green bandana around his neck. But for that and a thick Spanish accent, I could almost mistake him for Santa Claus. “You know what happened,” Andres asked. “When I touch my earplug in a Zoom, Siri [Apple’s voice activation service] takes over. It sounds like Siri is jealous because when I touch my ear, she whispers ‘Hey Jose, what do you want?’ ‘Nothing! Leave me alone!’” Relieved we have finally … [Read more...] about Celebrity chef Jose Andres: ‘I do believe a force for good will take over’

If there’s one thing chef Ace Tan has in spades, it’s ambition . Three years ago, along with chef and business partner David Lee, he opened a fine-dining restaurant of lofty scale; one that even far more established chefs would think thrice about. The restaurant had all the trappings of a big-name fine-diner: Two-storey shophouse, sombre dining room, starched tablecloths and a unique cuisine they labelled New Asian, which essentially translated to Asian ingredients parsed to fit into the traditional Western fine dining format. When Restaurant Ards – an acronym for Asia, Roots, Distinct, Singular – shut barely six months later, few pundits were surprised. The duo lacked the experience, maturity and recognition needed for a project of that scale to succeed. But that was then. Now 38, Tan recently returned to Singapore’s dining scene after a year-long stint as executive sous chef at Michelin-listed Flowerchild Restaurant in Seoul. Today, at the newly minted 1-V:U … [Read more...] about This Singaporean chef wants to usher in a new age of Asian cuisine