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HomeCookbooksThai CookbooksSoutheast Asian Flavors: Adventures in Cooking the Foods of Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia & Singapore |
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
First Rate Dec 26, 2008
By Donna Whitehouse
"Chef and physician"
Chef Robert Danhi's passion for Asian cuisine and culture is obvious in this first rate book. More than just a cookbook, the reader learns about the culinary identity of Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia, and how to build authentic flavor combinations. His section on the Asian pantry is the best product identification I have seen to date on these authentic ingredients. The book is beautifully illustrated so the reader can visualize not only the ingredient, but what the finished dish should look like. Danhi inserts frequent educational blurbs about "How and Why" to explain the science and art behind the cooking, which is tremendously helpful to the reader. His unbiased assesment of monosodium glutamate is provocative, as well as the more general idea of glutamates and umami flavor. This book is a work of art, and a must for anyone interested in Asian cuisine.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
S.Magana May 19, 2009
By Sindy S. Magana
Southeast Asian Flavors has been the best cook book I've ever bought. I am from Thailand and the different recipes from Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand are simply the best out there. I have looked and tried many different cook books for any of these cuisines and I have found that they are always missing an ingredient or technique that would make the dish authentic. When you go through the entire book, you realized the passion and time it took to put everything together. The photographs are amazing and will make you want to make everything you see. Thank you Chef Robert Danhi...now we just have to wait for the next cook book.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Just Beautiful Dec 22, 2008
By J. Snarski
I received this book from another chef and have enjoyed reading it throughly. The research and background that Chef Danhi povides in very easy to understand terminology & techniques makes this a go to book for cooking southeast asian cuisine. An immediate favorite.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
The Consummate Text and Guide for SE Asian Cuisine Jan 30, 2009
By Bradford Kent
I was fortunate in my life to travel to Singapore and taste many of the dishes provided in this book. The sad thing is that for years I wondered how to recreate many of these dishes in my American kitchen with ingredients available to me in the US. The author takes a methodical approach like a culinary school teacher to guide the reader through the steps, being careful to include the KEY nuances that truly identify the dish as "authentic." I am glad to have Southeast Asian Flavors as THE END ALL GO-TO cookbook and reference for recreating authentic Southeast Asian meals at home. I can't express enough how grateful I am that I finally have answers to questions like, "how do you open up and get the meat out of a coconut,. . . how do you pick out a green papaya or mango, . . . is all fish sauce created equal, . . .what identifies Malaysian cuisine as being different from Thai and Vietnamese, . . . etc.?" Great job! Now if the authr could only write a book on how to unravel the cuisines of the Middle East my inquisitive cuilinary mind would be fully content!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
A great resource for professional and food enthusiast alike Jan 20, 2009
By David Kamen
"davidkamen"
This book is a great reference for all people intetested in any kind of cooking. The photography is fabulous and the "how and why" sidebars are very educational and helpful. Robert takes a technique driven approach to Asian cooking; that is, rather than include lots of recipes (which he does as well), he includes hundreds of technique tips to explain how to cook as opposed to what to cook.
This book is a must for every cookbook shelf.
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