The Chefs’ House…FoodbySaje

Thanks to Winterlicious and my friend’s gift of picking great places to eat, I got a chance to experience a new way of dining. The Chefs’ House is a great teaching restaurant run by George Brown College Chef School. Having experienced the food that is made by the students from this school before at the One of a Kind Show, I was very interested to see this restaurant. During our lunch outing we decided to learn more about how the restaurant works by asking a few questions from Chefs’ House Dining Room Technologist, Scott McKenzie.

Mr. McKenzie explained to us that every single person who works at the restaurant is a student at the George Brown College and studying to receive their degree in food and beverage management, hospitality, tourism or just studying to become a chef. All students have to work at The Chefs’ House once a week for 14 weeks to learn and gain more experience in their desired fields.

I loved going to this restaurant, a great modern dining experience with a Hell’s Kitchen twist! All the students working hard and being professional while their instructors keeping an eye on them both in the kitchen and the main dining areas. Thinking about how my experience dining and eating at The Chefs’ House might affect someone’s chance to become a chef gives me an odd feeling. Exciting, but odd! Continue reading “The Chefs’ House…FoodbySaje”

Tuyen Cuisine – Truly A Fusion Inspired Cooking

Tuyen Cuisine has been in Yonge & Sheppard neighborhood since 2006, I’ve been there a few time but I never realised till last week that I missed out so much goodness by not going there more often.

Dim-sum Platter - Shrimp & pork dumplings, bbq pork bun, shrimp cakes and sticky rice wrapped in lotus leaf ($9.95)

I was enjoying my yummy dim-sum platter and wonton soup and looking around us to see if anybody had an interesting food on their table. Since I forgotten that I was in a fusion restaurant by then I totally got shocked when I saw a beautiful Continue reading “Tuyen Cuisine – Truly A Fusion Inspired Cooking”