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Las Cocinas, The Kitchens

 
 

Here we have a few photographs taken last week in our Cocinas, or Kitchens.

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Red Pork and Mushroom mixture that will be used in our Steamed Buns.

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Our buns get their second “proving”.

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We also tested a new recipe for our (which turned out rather too spicy :blink: ) Mushroom Chutney, or “Jéow Mhak Het.

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Chilled Cucumber, Yoghurt and Walnut Soup were one of many cold soups that we served as an “Amuse Bouche”.

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Marco Pierre White´s words of wisdom on a fridge door.

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Our current menu and Daily Specials.

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Access to our walk-in fridges and freezers. The fridges are on the left and the freezers are on the right.

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There are separate fridges for the Fruits & Vegetables, Meats, Fish and “Finished products”.These walk-in fridges have two doors each, the other door leads to our Preparation Rooms.

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The various outlets either have their own, or share freezers.

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There are also separate fridges for the wines.

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Polished thermo-jugs await to be filled with filter coffee.

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There are signs everywhere!

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The Chef´s Office, or as I like to call it, “The Bridge”.

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One of my many jackets gets a pressing.

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The Preparation Room is temperature controlled and has separate sections for Fish, Vegetables and Meats. This is where we also get access to the various fridges.

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Quirky caricature at the entrance to the restaurant.

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ASIA, the name of the restaurant is spelt with capital letters.

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Our Visitor´s book. Feel free to come along and sign it some day….

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2 Responses to “Las Cocinas, The Kitchens”


  1. kingphet Says:

    Hi Vienne,  Thanks for posting all kind of food photoes that always make me hungry =). I’m a big fan of your website and always review it whenever I can. I would really appreciate if you can tell me the recipe of buns and fillings…Thanks for advance…have a wonderful weekend!

  2. Vienne Says:

    Hi Kingphet and thanks for your comments. Summer is a pretty hectic time in the restaurant, but as soon as we get a chance to take a breather, we´ll have a look at writing down the recipe. :)


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