www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
Lifestyle
Home / Lifestyle / Food

A culinary Mexican marriage

By Ye Jun | China Daily | Updated: 2012-11-19 10:18

A culinary Mexican marriage

A fresh dish of octopus and prawn served on a base of aguachile, a lip-puckering concoction of citrus, cucumber and black olives. Photos by Ye Jun / China Daily

Tacos, nachos, tortillas are synonymous with fast food in the US. But in Beijing, Ye Jun is pleasantly surprised by Mexican haute cuisine.

Mexico is the birthplace of corn, chili and beans, and if you are sitting down to a Mexican feast, these are all but to be expected. But when the chef combines them with ingredients common in China such as cucumber, foie gras, pork belly, and duck, that is when the difference hits you.

Visiting chef Enrique Farjeat, at Prego's, Westin Beijing Financial Street, does not hesitate at cross-culinary marriages, given his training and exposure to French, Italian and Japanese cuisines, and he certainly strutted his stuff at a special dinner recently at the fifth annual Hats Off event at Prego's.

For example, he presents a velvety bean soup with foie gras and corn tortillas, pork belly with apple and habanero peppers, duck in mole negro and plantain served with corn-flavored rice.

All were delicious, but light and only one or two were even a little spicy, with hints of the famous Mexican chili. The chef is careful to consider local palates and he is more intent on blending elements from other cultures to create a comfort zone.

Farjeat has 17 years of cooking experience behind him, having received his first gastronomic training in Paris. He later became the director of food and beverage at St. Regis Hotel in Mexico City, and he currently collaborates with chef Alicia Gironella at Cultura Culinaria and the Conservatorio de la Cultura Gastronomica Mexicana, both in Mexico City.

"Mexicans started to grow corn 8,000 years ago," says the chef. "Thousands of years ago, people bartered with corn."

After the Spanish arrived in Mexico in 1492, Mexican cuisine adopted Spanish influences. Further down the ages, subsequent waves of immigration from China, Japan and Portugal added ingredients such as cinnamon, ginger and lemongrass.

But the Mexicans have preserved much of their pre-Hispanic foods. One is the unique technique of scorching ingredients such as peanuts, and grinding them to paste.

Seafood also plays a major role in Mexican cooking, due to the country's proximity to the ocean.

To demonstrate, Farjeat showed off with a fresh dish of octopus and prawn served on a base of aguachile, a lip-puckering concoction of citrus, cucumber and black olives.

Mexico has diverse climates and regions and it nurtures a vast variety of different cuisine styles - so much so UNESCO added Mexican cuisine to its list of world intangible cultural heritage in 2010.

"It's not just the food, but the gastronomy," says Farjeat. "It is a way of living, the way you cook, and preserve your gastronomic traditions."

Farjeat says Mexicans are not what you see portrayed in antiquated Hollywood movies.

"Mexicans laugh at many things. They celebrate not just marriage, but also divorce. People celebrate Halloween with foods inspired by the dead, such as bones made of flour, and skulls made of sugar."

He says there are many national holidays in a country known for its fiestas and tequila - a happy party country.

Farjeat's China experience has been eye opening. Before his arrival, he was afraid his food would be rejected, and he had been told that the "Chinese eat strange foods".

"But people here are very kind. It is a very cosmopolitan world," he says.

Contact the writer at yejun@chinadaily.com.cn.

A culinary Mexican marriage

Visiting chef Enrique Farjeat presents a special dinner at the fifth annual Hats Off event at Prego's.

Previous 1 2 Next

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 日本阿v精品视频在线观看 日本阿v视频在线观看高清 | 国产一区二区播放 | 成年人免费黄色 | 97国产在线观看 | 男人的天堂视频在线观看 | 日韩影院久久 | 日韩精品一二三区 | 欧美精品束缚一区二区三区 | 天堂免费在线视频 | 亚洲欧美视频在线 | 国产精品在线观看 | 国产玖玖在线观看 | 日韩不卡一区二区 | 国产免费久久 | 欧美黄成人免费网站大全 | 亚洲高清视频免费 | 亚洲高清免费在线观看 | 欧美亚洲国产片在线观看 | 亚洲国产福利精品一区二区 | 欧美日韩精彩视频 | 日韩精品久久久久久 | 欧美激情一区二区亚洲专区 | 一级做a爱片久久蜜桃 | 欧美一级视频在线高清观看 | avtom影院入口永久在线 | 国产精品久久久久久久久久直 | 欧美视频免费一区二区三区 | 日韩精品一区二区三区视频 | 国内精品久久久久影院老司 | 成人自拍在线 | 伊人色综合久久天天网蜜月 | xxxxx日本59| 男人的天堂在线观看视频不卡 | 欧美视频在线观看 | 波少野结衣在线播放 | 国产三级a三级三级午夜 | 日韩欧美理论片 | 国产高清精品一级毛片 | 9久久99久久久精品齐齐综合色圆 | 欧美日本在线三级视频 | 99久久精品免费看国产高清 |