The tenth edition of Malaysia’s International Food & Beverage Trade Fair (MIFB 2009) promises to be an enriching and prolific opportunity for buyers and exhibitors alike. Food industry decision makers and authorities from the around the globe are attracted to this regional annual trade focused fair that presents a wide range of the latest and most current innovative food & beverage trends amalgamated with quality business opportunities.

Anyone going to this event? This annual premier regional event will take place at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC), KL from 9th-11th July 2009.

Admission is free but limited to trade visitors only on the 9th-10th. If you are visitors like me, we can only enter the exhibition on the 11th.

But please be aware that you are required to be in proper business attire, or else the organizers might not let you go through the entrance.

Going? Pre-register now at www.mifb.com.my.

* Don’t salt or whisk the eggs before they get into your pan.
* Give them a break from the heat once they get going, so they can combine and avoid drying out.

Whether or not you use Ramsay suggested additions of butter and crème fraîche to create a richer, smoother egg to drop onto oil-drizzled sourdough, his egg technique is worth a quick study.

Try it at home & let me know if you like it. I am going to make one for Janice this weekend.

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I watched few times on him on TV and the one that stuck onto my mind is the one that introduces his signature restaurant in the bustling city of Hanoi in Vietnam.

So who is this Bobby Chinn and why is he is in Vietnam? He is half Egyptian and half Chinese; born in New Zealand but educated primarily in England. Very Eurasian.

Bobby Chinn’s culinary education was modest at first but he got his first chance when renowned chef Hubert Keller of Fleur De Lys took him in. Soon he would work with other chefs like Jeffery Inahara, Traci des Jardin and Gary Danko.

After reading Burgundy Stars, he went off to apprentice in Bordeaux and Paris. Bobby Chinn had run several highly acclaimed restaurants in Vietnam before opening Restaurant Bobby Chinn, including Camargue, Saigon Joe’s in Ho Chi Minh City, Miro, and the Red Onion Bistro in the Hanoi Towers (formerly the infamous “Hanoi Hilton” prison).

But why Vietnamese food as he is not Vietnamese at all or related? That was because Bobby Chinn saw the opportunity to invent something new there as there were no cutting edge Western restaurants at that time when he first visited Vietnam. What’s more, the tourism in Vietnam was still in its infancy. So the potential for culinary growth is very much un-mined.

Anyway, is he good? From the TV, he is so attentive and his personality stands out from the other celebrity chefs on TV. Recently, just last Saturday, I attended a Bobby Chin’s recipes cooking class at The Cooking House, Desa Sri Hartamas. The reason attending the class was not only to learn the recipes but also to get a free seat to meet Bobby Chin live on 21st, the coming Saturday.

There are only 5 free available seats and I am the 5th registered participants for this workshop. How lucky I am!

BOBBY CHIN LIVE! To be continued…………..

Bored of just eating out at some local and fine dining restaurant and worried of waiting in these jam-packed restaurants?

Also, no more suprises in buying a present that makes her eyes shine brightly and feeling over the moon?

Then let me you give you an idea to make this fun and adorable evening?Cook yourself and impress her. This dining experience will definitely not come into her mind at all.

But…………………what if you do not know how to cook at all?

Ha, then sign up for the Romantic Valentines Cookout at The Cooking House, Desa Sri Hartamas (just next to Mont Kiara).

This time, it will be both of you learning how to cook a heavenly 3-course meal. In the process, both of you will have lots of laughter and fun. Not only that, both of you will feel closer by the time dinner ends and definitely appreciate more of each other from then on.

What’s more, you can bring a wine along to enjoy this memorable and fond experience. If you forget, don’t worry because you get 1 free glass of white wine on house.