Aria with sweet and sour
There’s a feast of home-cooked Chinese food topped with a song from opera singer, Mei, for you to see and hear at https://youtu.be/Hp6Fr3qzMvo Imagine a
28/03/2019
Blog & Articles of Interest
Communicating through cooking
Sesame oil, fresh ginger, garlic and star anise are some of the key flavours of cooking in Chongqing in China. Charlie combined them all with
21/03/2019
One of the best experiences
Meet the fabulously delightful Charlie https://youtu.be/EiviasoF-NY. His wildly eclectic back-packers hostel in Chongqing, China, is perched on the very lip of the Yangtze
14/03/2019
My taste buds failed me
Probably the most daunting professional kitchen of my whole world tour: this was an authentic Chinese restaurant in one of the historic areas of Chongqing,
11/03/2019
Masterclass: Chinese breakfast dumplings.
Nothing like those floating-on-stew versions. These are delicate morsels of pork and leek wrapped in thin dough “skins” and steamed for the people of Chongqing
28/02/2019
Pleasing powerful Ladies who Lunch.
Imagine your very first cookery demonstration: not even in a kitchen; supported by a chef who barely speaks English; an audience of the most powerful
21/02/2019
Chocolate Masterclass.
Cooking alongside another young blind woman in China, together we learned a classic chocolate Mousse during a session with Intercontinental chef, frank (https://youtu.be/wwNtojsbuuU ). Lisa
14/02/2019
Living with blindness.
People have often asked me about how I can manage with no sight at all. Here are some of my most important aids: Voice-activated.
08/02/2019
Good taste in China.
Wong Lin is a tiny young woman with very little cooking experience. But she was enthusiastic and fun as together we made her first Waldorf
07/02/2019