Posts by Nick.Shu

to be quite honest, i would take me about 6 months (max) to get my pastry ticket and even less if it was an adjunct to my comm cookery qualifications. And also, i must admit, i am still considering it. 2 trade quals. sounds good huh?

lemme at it! - i have my favourites, and i cant do maths all that well. But i also like to bake and cook. Currently, im working on a hourly basis and learning quite fast to be flexible as i get as little as 1/2 hour notice as to where...

kind of depends on your perspective - a strawberry pavlova, well yes, but if it is strawberries romanov or a panopoly of any other dessert types, then no. it could be a strawberry variation of peaches melba. or any other for that...

the problem with this, is that this sort of cooking is done on the fly. Within walking into a kitchen, i get about 5 minutes of introduction on the menu and get to it, while assessing the situation, including the performance of...

i was giving scrambled eggs a bit of thought today, as i worked in an industrial canteen with a not so good set up. so, what alternative methods of cooking commercial quantities of scrambled eggs are there?: 1) pot/pan - not so...

yes indeed! happy birthday CC (belated that is,)

i can tell you that AUS will probably by a focal point *yet again* with bush fires this summer (dec-feb). Hasnt been a lot of rain, and the el-nina stuff that did grow, is prob ready for a burning. CB, ive been thinking about the...

oh mate, i can tell you entry level jobs in sydney are a lot less lower than $105,000 per year (AUD), because if it was the case, then there would be a definite glut of chefs in australia. a more conservative amount (read realistic)...

velveting meat is quite easy. the method (as described and shown to me) consists of approximately 7 steps and these are: 1) cut your meat in stir fry sizes. 2) soak in water with garlic or ginger peels (both if need be) 3) drain...

hmm, i have: chives, garlic chives, spinach, oregano, strawberries, basil, curly parsley, roma tomatoes, thyme, corriander, mint, lavender, rosemary and a pineapple.