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September
2008, Volume 4, Issue 9 |
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AMUSE-BOUCHE
WITH K.F. SEETOH, FOUNDER, MAKANSUTRA |
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“I eat the food, but I digest the culture,” says K.F. Seetoh, author of the wildly popular Makansutra Singapore Food Guide (now in its seventh edition). On a mission to celebrate Asian food, culture and lifestyle, Seetoh's background as a photographer compliments his multi-media form of storytelling with the Singapore based boutique food company he founded. In addition to self publishing Makansutra, he produces web and mobile content, runs and manages a food court and conducts food tours and gourmet safaris. On his TV series, the Cantonese Singaporean is known for zipping around on his trademark scooter, food hopping from one stall to another around the island, in search of yet another dish to whet his insatiable appetite. NAC caught up with Seetoh by cellphone while he was feasting on a Snapper Head Charcoal Hot Pot at the Whan Poa Hawker Centre at 9:30 in the evening in Singapore. Says Seetoh,"Food is the greatest democracy we have here."
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AT THE TABLE WITH CHEF CHRIS YEO |
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Born in Hong Kong and raised in Singapore, Chris Yeo traded his very successful career as a hair stylist 20 years ago to introduce his beloved Singaporean cuisine to the San Francisco Bay Area and currently has three Straits restaurants in San Francisco, Burlingame and San Jose (Santana Row) and a Chinese fusion concept, Sino restaurant, also in Santana Row. When Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, the Grammy award winning rapper and actor, sampled Yeo's modern spin on Singaporean cuisine, he proposed a partnership and together they opened Straits in Atlanta in May. NAC caught up with the very busy chef/owner in his California office to discuss his burgeoning restaurant empire.
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ASIAN KITCHEN FILES: SINGAPOREAN SPECIALTIES |
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NEW ASIAN CUISINE POLL |
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ASIAN RESTAURANT NEWS CORNER |
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New
Asian Cuisine has partnered with Asian
Restaurant News to produce this monthly column.
ARN is a nationally circulated trade magazine, and will
help to keep us in the know about Asian restaurant industry’s
news. You can reach ARN at 1-888-727-8881 or visit them
at www.a-r-n.net
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Besides the celebrations of Mid-Autumn Day and Double Ninth Festival, another favorite autumn activity for the Chinese is eating hairy crab. Your life can’t get better than when you are enjoying the flavorful “king of crabs” under the full moon, sipping a cup of fragrant tea, and appreciating the chrysanthemum blossoms in a courtyard or terrace, and the Chinese have known this since ancient times.
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A Decision Tree Grows In Your Kitchen By Jay Weinstein
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I was underemployed at a dot-com startup when I learned the concept of a “decision tree,” where your first choice leads to your second, and so on. Liberated from that fluorescent-lit purgatory, I realized that the decision tree concept was the perfect way to decide what kinds of fruit and vegetables to buy.
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EAT OUT, EAT RIGHT! |
HEALTHY DINING
Singaporean Style Fried Carrot Cake by K.F. Seetoh
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LET'S
EAT OUT: STRAITS RESTAURANT - ATLANTA, GA |
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Straits Atlanta
793 Juniper Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA
404.877.1283 |
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Chris Yeo's philosophy that "food should be a communal experience between friends and family," is reflected in his offerings of an extensive array of small and large plates on the menu at his restaurant Straits in Atlanta. He and Grammy award winning rapper Chris "Ludacris" Bridges have succeeded in bringing the exotic flavors and spices of Modern Singaporean cuisine with a Southern flair to dishes like the Tamarind Beef, a Filet Mignon in a Black Pepper Oyster Sauce, served with Sweet Potato Fries, the Kung Pau Chicken "Lollipops," seasoned with crushed peanuts and red jalapeno, and fresh local okra is served with a spicy sambal sauce.The Johnson Studio, renowned for designing some of the city's most celebrated restaurants, utilized subtle Eastern influences with a dual focus on the elements of fire and water for a sexy dining experience.
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WIN A $50 STRAITS ATLANTA GIFT CERTIFICATE!!!
Enter today! Email us at info@newasiancuisine.com with the subject "Straits Atlanta" for your chance to win. |
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THE
BUZZ |
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The Asian Melting Pot
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Singapore's borders dance along the coastline of Malaysia, kissing the mainland with bridges while its strait plays host to massive ships transporting goods between the East and West. This is an island of diversity, a place where centuries of trading and migration have brought together the cultures of China, India and Muslim Malaysia. Read more.
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Ming Tsai Finds Some Good Eating in Beijing |
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As I was looking from my room at the ultramodern Grand Hyatt across the street to the Beijing Union Medical College Hospital, where both my parents were born in the 1920s, I thought about how much China has changed in the last 30 years (the first time I visited). Yet there is a constant - the obsession with food. Read more. |
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First, Crack Them Open (Like Americans Do!)
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The instructions on the red wrapper are very explicit: (1) Open the packaging. (2) Use both hands to break open the fortune cookie. (3) Retrieve and read the fortune. (4) Eat the cookie. In China, such details are necessary, it seems. Read more.
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NEW ASIAN CUISINE MONTHLY CULINARY CALENDAR
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Hukilau's 7th Annual Poke Festival and Spam Musubi Eating Contest
September 6, 2008
Hukilau
5 Masonic Avenue
San Francisco, CA
Noon to 8:00 pm
For more information, click here |
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t may be time for the leaves to start turning, but at New Asian Cuisine, we're off to the balmy climes of Singapore. This month we sit 
