As a chef who has worked across Southeast Asia, Goh Wooi Cheat moved to the Chinese mainland to tap into his roots and offer local diners his own unique version of Cantonese cuisine.
Cantonese cuisine from Singapore used to be famous across Asia for its high-quality ingredients and beautiful presentation, but after working in Beijing for several years, Singaporean chef Goh Wooi Cheat firmly believes that “the future of Cantonese cuisine lies in China”.
“All the finest ingredients from around the world can be now found in China and the chefs’ presentation skills are improving fast,” the 56-year-old chef says.
Goh’s ancestors moved to Malaysia from Guangdong Province, so he has been familiar with Cantonese cuisine since childhood. Growing up in Penang, Goh remembers always hearing about cuisines, portions, ingredients and seasoning at home, because his family ran a catering business. He moved to Singapore and became an apprentice Cantonese chef in 1983, becoming an executive chef 10 years later. He also worked in five-star hotels in Indonesia for a couple of years, where Cantonese wedding banquets were an important element.
In 2011, Goh received a job offer from Beijing, which he promptly accepted. “I felt proud of returning to China, the land where my ancestors come from — especially since I believe that real Chinese cuisine should be served to Chinese people,” Goh says.
But Goh also thinks that some classic Cantonese dishes are outdated, prompting him to create new dishes that still manage to honor tradition while appealing to contemporary diners. To add one new dish to the menu, Gob would refine it over time repeatedly, gathering feedback from his customers to continue enhancing the dish to reach a level of perfection both in terms of taste and presentation.
“A dish can be described as delicious only if it’s accepted and enjoyed by every guest — and not just by food experts,” he says. Goh also believes that chefs must develop their own cooking style, especially in Cantonese cuisine; otherwise the chefs who always follow tradition may find themselves left behind.
【小题1】What can we learn about Goh from the passage?A.His ancestors were native Malaysians. |
B.His family once ran a restaurant business. |
C.He became an executive chef in Singapore ten years ago. |
D.To create new dishes, he gave up some classic Cantonese dishes. |
A.shift | B.improve | C.prove | D.refresh |
A.Narrow-minded. | B.Conservative. | C.Humorous. | D.Creative. |
A.set himself apart with a distinctive cooking style | B.focus on improving his presentation skills |
C.stay up to date and shake off tradition | D.be able to identify the finest cooking ingredients |
Forcing waiters and waitresses to survive on tips from customers rather than normal wages is a pointless, crude, and unique American custom that, in the past several years, a handful of progressive restaurant owners have attempted to do away with, often with positive results. On Wednesday, one of the most famous names in the dining business says he’s about to join their ranks. Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, has announced that he plans to gradually eliminate tipping at the company’s 13 restaurants and charge higher menu prices in order to pay staff fairly. Diners wont simply be discouraged from leaving a tip; their checks won’t even include a line to write one in.
What, exactly, is wrong with tipping? As Danny Meyer has explained, more or less it’s everything. To start, leaving a waiters pay in the hands of variable customers has a feeling of classism. And in theory, handing restaurant customers the power to tip is at least supposed to motivate better, more attentive service. This fails in practice because humans turn out to be pretty personal about their tipping behavior. Research has shown the amount diners leave has little to do with their level of satisfaction. All of this doesn’t encourage waiters and waitresses to do anything but turn over as many tables as possible.
Tipping is also very unfair to kitchen staff. The law allows restaurants to divide tips between front-of-the-house workers like waiters, hosts and hostesses, but not cooks. This creates a system in which the people serving the food in a restaurant can earn more than the people preparing it.
Unlike some restaurant owners who have taken an anti-tipping stand, Meyer won’t simply add a standard extra charge to diners’ bills. Rather, Union Square Hospitality Group intends to raise menu prices enough to fully cover the cost of a meal. If Meyer manages to move away from tipping at all without hurting his profits, it would almost certainly set the stage for others to follow suit.
【小题1】According to the passage, the restaurants which stop the custom of tipping .A.are very popular with people |
B.are growing more and more |
C.are against customers’ interest |
D.are widely supported by waiters |
A.Increasing income. |
B.Keeping up-to-date. |
C.Seeking for better service. |
D.Customers’ bad behavior. |
A.Cooks work harder than servers. |
B.American’s laws are progressive in tipping. |
C.Tipping makes eating-out more expensive. |
D.Tipping may be bad for restaurant management. |
A.The total expense is high. |
B.The restaurants are crowded. |
C.The price of food is high. |
D.The food there is very cheap. |
Whether you’re eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someone’s home, proper table manners are likely to help you make a good impression. According to a US expert, Emily Post, “All rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness.”
While Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social conflict, he points out that mostly their purpose is protective — they turn our natural warrior like selves into more elegant ones.
So where did table manners come from? In medieval England, a writer named Petrus Alfonsi took the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths full. And King David I of Scotland also proposed that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction (减除).
Disappointingly, that idea never caught on. It was during the Renaissance that there were real technical developments, and opinions of correct behavior changed for good. “None of these was more significant than the introduction of the table fork,” wrote Hitchings. “Gradually, as forks became popular, they brought the new way of eating, making it possible, for instance, to consume berries without making one’s fingers dirty.”
Forks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years later, the first table fork reached America. Yet while most of the essentials are the same on both sides of the Atlantic, there are a few clear differences between what’s normal in the US and what holds true in the UK. For example, in the US, when food needs cutting with a knife, people generally cut a bite, then lay aside the knife and switch the fork to their right hand. Then they pick up one bite at a time. By contrast, Britons keep the fork in the left hand and don’t lay the knife down.
Though globalization has developed a new, simpler international standard of table manners, some people still stick with the American cut and switch method. The Los Angeles Times noted, “They are hanging on to a form of behavior that favors manners above efficiency.”
【小题1】According to the article, which of the following factors has the greatest impact on people’s table manners?A.The beginning of Renaissance. | B.The introduction of forks. |
C.The adoption of a tax deduction. | D.The campaign led by Petrus Alfonsi. |
A.Manufacture something. | B.Make use of something. |
C.Entertain oneself with something. | D.Eat or drink something. |
A.Americans generally cut a bite and then lay aside the knife. |
B.Britons keep the fork in their right hands. |
C.Americans always don’t lay their knives down. |
D.Britons transfer the fork to their left hand. |
A.The similarities and differences of table manners between US and UK. |
B.The importance of dining etiquette and table manners. |
C.The origin and evolution of table manners and tableware. |
D.The development of table manners in America. |
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