...UNIT 28: WORLD FOOD Get assignment help for this unit at assignmenthelpuk@yahoo.com LO1 Understand the characteristics and influences in world cuisine World regions: European; the Americas; Caribbean; Pacific Rim; Far East; Middle East; Indian sub-continent; Africa; Australia Characteristics: conventional menu structures eg starters, main courses, sweets, regional and cultural variations; sequencing of courses/dishes; why do people eat what they eat Trends: recipe development; dietary/special requirements; health issues eg lifestyle, balanced diet, anaphylactic shock; fusion with different cuisines; changes in customer demand; changes in menu structure; religion https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5649485182751853952#editor/target=post;postID=6161545265251223374 LO2 Understand the multicultural nature of food and drink in society Multicultural: historical and geographical influences eg European, Asian, Pacific Rim, the Americas Food: current trends; association and relationship with drink; branded foods and food businesses Drink: current trends; alcoholic eg beers, lagers, ciders, wines, spirits, liqueurs; non-alcoholic eg soft drinks, bottled water; tea/speciality tea; coffee eg cappuccino, espresso, mocha, latte; service procedures and techniques; trends eg designer waters, branded alcohol drinks, energy drinks LO3 Be able to use food preparation and cooking knowledge and skills to prepare dishes from different world regions in a professional, safe and hygienic...
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...respectively in order to get ready for a brisk day of business. The sun gradually sets and the night market picks up momentum. More cars and vans are arriving. By now, the stalls are neatly and strategically arranged to entice their customers. There is an assortment of goods sold ranging from food, toys and clothes, to name a few. A variety of goods is sold at low prices. Large rainbow-coloured parasols are used to shade the people from rain and shine. A concoction of blaring music can be heard in the night market background amidst the constant shouting. It is an amazing kaleidoscope of sights, sounds, smells and colours. The night market is known as a haven by local ‘gourmets’ who can enjoy various kinds of mouth-watering local cuisine. Still more people arrive, they come from all walks of life, mingling freely and harmoniously. Crowds are walking up and down in an endless stream. Some of them are stopping by the stalls and haggling before making purchases. Little children tag along, amused and excited. Sprinklings of tourists join in to experience the lifestyle of typical Malaysian folks. When night falls, lighted lamps brighten up the place, they add gaiety to this atmosphere, and it is like a funfair. The night wears on and the traffic of people recedes. Vendors get a chance to rest their weary legs besides bantering with each other. By 10.00 pm, all the stalls call it a day. The vendors pack up and close the van doors....
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...AMAZING RACE LOG The amazing race was a spell bounding experience in which we had chance to explore into the unknown parts of Singapore which we wouldn’t have explored otherwise. We as the team Dynamic -3 were set on race from the leadership hall and the log follows about what we have done through the whole race: -First we were given a hint to go to Holland village, we took bus number: 61 from the bus stop opposite of SP JAIN and reached our destination. Then after opening the second hint we were to gather different cuisines: -Muslim cuisine, Fruits, Chinese, Italian After collecting the food we shared the food with each other and then we were given hints of photos to find out in the Holland village. Then we found the locations of Starbucks a public apartment and two other locations and filled those blanks in front of the photos we were given. The next step was to understand about the public housing department and the botanical gardens and understand the preference given to plantation in Singapore , so first we went on talking to the local people who have been living in the areas before ther3e was public housing system and how the Singapore government has helped the people to get decent housing and a good place to live in , the Singapore government in this project started to help with the finance for the housing , it provides 80% of the housing cost and the rest is paid by the people. Then we visited the botanical gardens and the Singapore government gives a great importance...
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...The Land Of Smiles The mere thought of a tropical vacation in paradise brings peace, calm and relaxation to mind where you will experience warm sandy beaches, the breeze filled with the fragrance of exotic flowers, as well as pampering fit for a king. I think you should take a trip to Thailand with the whole family because of the priceless experience that would far exceed that of a more expensive Caribbean or European vacation. You will enjoy exotic food that will satisfy your taste buds. The beaches are second to none where you will experience vibrant and brilliant colors that fill the sea as well as the sky. You will be surrounded by beautiful contagious smiles that seem to adorn everyone you meet. In my opinion, the first reason you should consider a vacation in Thailand, known as the “Land of Smiles”, is for the wonderful people where you can experience a culture much different than what we are used to. The people are so friendly that you can hold an entire conversation with someone while neither of you speak each other’s language. Using gestures or impromptu sign language, like a game of charades, seems to get each other’s points across. Yet not a single spoken word is understood by the other person. You can get a sense of culture in the big cities where accommodations can be expensive, but the level of service, luxurious and gorgeous hotels are something you would never imagine in a near-third world country and worth every penny, but to really experience the culture...
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...Can you imagine quality restaurant cuisine being served at a fraction of the price? This restaurant located at Barangay San Vicente in Tarlac City does so. No, they’re not on sale, nor are they closing up; that’s just how they price their servings. And they do it every single day of the week. Welcome to Primadeli Ristorante, one of Tarlac City’s best kept gastronomic secret. This open-aired fine-dining restaurant started serving Tarlaqueños with their Sicilian-inspired cuisines two years ago. The kitchen crew is orchestrated by Chef James, the very hands-on restaurant owner, who whips a fusion of Italian dishes mixed with Western and Asian flavors. There is a degree of intimidation when ordinary people like me hear the word fine dining. It often connotes business suits and multi-set dinner courses with different cubiertos for each; complicated eating rituals and decorum only understood by the rich. But all of this cannot be more untrue with Primadeli Ristorante. Here, the atmosphere is so relaxed you can even eat with just your slippers, shorts and shirts. A fine dining experience made for every Juan as they say. But enough talk, let’s get down to business and check out their offerings. - See more at: http://www.lakadpilipinas.com/2014/04/primadeli-ristorante-tarlac-review.html#sthash.qwODEmLW.dpuf can do away with the pastas and the spring rolls; but my favorites include the shiitake soup, the caesar salad and the beef nacho grande. The ribs are highly recommended...
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...Exam Question: Compare the ways the poet reveals feelings about a place in `Nothing’s changed` with the ways another poet reveals feelings about a place? Both poems talk about how division and segregation can cause two societies to be pushed apart from each other. Division is a key theme running through both `Nothing’s changed` by Tatmkhulu Afrika and lawerence felinghetti`s `two scavengers in a truck…`. In `nothing’s changed` division is a key aspect of the whole poem shown through symbolism and certain language. An example of this is when the emphasizes the whites as “new, up-market, haute cuisine” with “bunny chows” and “plastic table`s top”. These phrases suggest to us that there is a huge division in society as `plastic` is for those who are poorer in contrast to `haute cuisine` which is upper class choices. This is also presented in `Two scavengers…. ` when the poet emphasizes the division in society by contrasting the rich with the poor. An example of this is when he describes the rich as “casually coifed” and the poor as “grungy” with “iron hair”. These phrases suggest to us the stark contrast between the rich and the poor. I have also learnt through symbolism there is a lot of struggle in society, and how differences in appearance can determine your status in society. Stereotyping is a core theme in both poems. In `Two scavengers…` stereotyping is a key point throughout the whole poem. An example of this is when the poet describes the rich as “elegant” and...
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...person who really helped me in learning American dishes was my aunt. Indian food is all about spices. Most American food do not contain all the spices that are used in Indian dishes. It is a lot different that cooking Indian food. Learning cooking about other country also increases your knowledge about the different ingredients. I loved trying out American dishes and I will try learning new dishes. There are some American dishes that I eat frequently. American cooking is the fusion of multiple ethnic or regional approaches into completely new cooking style. Flavor is essential for people to like the food of another country. Sometimes, they do not like the food because they are used to another kind of flavor in their regional cuisine. But as I mentioned earlier I love American Food. I will try learning new things about...
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...Edge 5 3.3 Main Competitors 5 4.0 Marketing Strategy 5 4.1 Marketing Program 5 4.2 Sales Strategy 6 4.3 Sales Forecast 6 5.0 Management and Personnel plan 6 6.0 Financial plan 7 7.0 Menu 7 1.0 Executive Summary T-BONE TEXAS Steak House is a 115 seat restaurant with a special menu which contains a lot of different kinds of steaks prepared in all kinds of way. This restaurant will be located in a new shopping mall Aupark –which will be opened in Košice next year. There will be a total of 34 000 sq. m. of commercial space for this particular shopping mall. In addition, there will be over 11000 sq. m of space for offices. Our restaurant, providing a touch of all America cuisine, will be the perfect place to go for a bite to eat, for a drink or for a small business meeting. The menu will be inspired by the American specialties and offer to a diverse clientele. Besides various kinds of steaks we offer also some popular dishes as Crispy seafood mix, Bar-b-que ribs, Steak Tartare, Chili y quesadillas. The most diverse salads and excellent desserts will not to absent. There will also be a business lunch menu with assorted daily specialties. The menu will change every three to four months, but selected favorites will remain a constant offering. Our prices will remain competitive with other area restaurants and at the same time we will provide higher quality and value to our customers. The restaurant...
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...A most impressive place I’ve ever been After seeing so many views, a place kept occupying the most in my heart, which is named after Phoenix. A county of western Hunan province on the Luxi province border , at the south of Huaihua zone, covered an area of 1759.1 k㎡. Because of the rain, it has already turned into dark when we arrived. A blast of wind firstly blowed the smell of Phoenix County, mixed with the flavor of wet earth and grass, into my nose. It refreshed me soon and took all the discomfort away. As soon as I placed my luggage, I flew out from the hotel and couldn’t wait to unveil the view any more. In the dim light, I began to observe this lovely village. Even though it was evening, the phoenix was still shining and touching. On the both side of the road, fascinating bars lined abreast. Happy laughers and cheerful voices came out, enticing smell of food drifted in the air. A range of ethnic goods displayed at the roadside stands. The Tuo River just goes across the county from the west side to the east side, separating this town into two parts. However, those two parts are connected by a special kind of bridge, called ‘hundred- step bridge’. Strictly speaking, it’s not a bridge but a construction built with hundreds of respective stones. My foot stamped down on those stones as discreet as possible. Noises continued spreading from side to side until the night was filled with boisterous scenes. Bright lights reflected upon the water, breezes swept over causing many...
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...there. Probably it will be placed at Lappentie street near by the city square. There is a pedestrian street and huge variety of shops nearby so it makes my restaurant notable and available not only for citizens but for tourists also. When I will find a proper place I will think about restaurant content. International Restaurants and Cuisines course helped me to create an idea of different cuisines all over the world. We were cooking Mediterranean, French, Scandinavian, Russian, Indian, Asian, North American and Australian food. It gave me a chance to try those different dishes and have a picture. For example Indian and Asian food is very unusual. It includes different spices mixed in a crazy way and I think that those cuisines are not everybody’s cup of tea: especially not mine. French, Italian, North American are the most popular ones. Even in a small city like Imatra there are 2 Italian restaurant and some fast food restaurant. Mediterranean and Russian seems quite basic for me. I think I will stop on French cuisines restaurant. There is no French restaurant here in Imatra and cuisine there it delicious and loved by everyone. The chosen cuisine plays a huge role in design of the restaurant. It will be strange if for example Italian restaurant looks like a snack-bar or North American restaurant...
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...Strategic Plan Part 1 A Business I have always wanted to open is a diner that serves a little bit of everything. The main entrees my diner would serve would be the local favorites and cuisines from all over the United States. I would call my diner The One Stop Diner. At The One Stop Diner would serve all sorts of specialty dishes and cuisines. We would offer dishes from Cajun foods, which would include crawfish, Boudin, alligator, frog legs, red beans and rice, gumbo’s, jambalays, etouffee, and king cake. Dishes from seafood cuisines would include lobster, crab, scallops, calamari, fresh fish, and shrimp cooked to order. Dishes served from the Mexican cuisine would be enchiladas, tacos burritos chimichangas, gorditas, brisket, chicken, and flan. Dishes from the Italian cuisine would include different entrees of pastas, sauces, chicken, and sausage, as well as pizzas. Some Greek cuisine will be included on the menu as well as all American favorite foods. The all American foods would include pulled pork, BBQ chicken, sausage, brisket, hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken fried chicken, chicken fried steak, pork chops, different cuts of steak cooked to order, and Philly cheese steaks. One Stop Diner’s mission is; at One Stop Diner we take great pride and put great value in providing our customers with their favorite foods that are available all across the United States, from coast to coast in one cozy family friendly atmosphere diner. The United States consist of some much diversity...
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...My sister and I were the first ones to arrive at El Pueblito Patio located on 1423 Richmond Avenue Saturday morning around 11 a.m. Since we were so early we were lucky enough to be seated in one of the many white linen cabanas. This restaurant is known in Houston as a cultural, Latin American-Caribbean fusion. As we glanced over the menu, several delicious items popped up, such as redfish, salmon, trout and chicken often paired with a fruit relish, yellow rice and vegetables. The waiter brought us free appetizers, two bowls, one red salsa and the other a yellowish color salsa with some green specks. My sister took a bite out of the yellow salsa, I bit into the corn chips and red salsa. We were both surprised to find out that we enjoyed the tastes of the salsas which were uniquely different. However, we could not figure out what special ingredients were in the salsa but as soon as our waiter arrived we immediately determined the secret as to what the yellow in the salsa was and that was pineapple and a jalapeño blend which was the green specks in the salsa. Both were delicious and exotic. Being on a student budget, we decided the free appetizers were more than adequate for flavor and our budget. Next up was the entrées, we came across many options including both Tex-Mex and Caribbean dishes but ended up with two great choices; the Caribbean snapper which is a fresh bay snapper which is infused with El Pueblito Patio house sauce which came with beans, rice, fried plantains...
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...Chalon A few years ago I went to a restaurant called Chalon and as I was walking to the door I saw it said 'Authentic Japanese Restaurant.' This started to make me think about sushi, sashimi and all the other raw food. As I opened the door I was asked how many people were eating, since it was only 6:30pm, there weren't a lot of people there. As we were walking to our seats I was wondering why nobody was eating any sushi or sashimi. Then we were given our menus and I realized that they don't sell any sushi! This was the reason I chose this restaurant. How could Chalon call itself an authentic Japanese restaurant when they don't even sell sushi? Chalon is a family restaurant, which means crying babies and whining children. The quiet atmosphere completely changed at 7:00pm. People started to flow into Chalon and there were 2 or 3 babies crying for at least half an hour. Outside a line of 20 people was growing longer by the minute. Chalon provides quiet and slow jazz music and the lighting was bright. Even though it said that Chalon was an authentic Japanese restaurant, you could order western and Korean food. The menu was separated into entrée's, Korean, Japanese, Western and desserts and salad. There was also a separate children's menu which they gave to my friend who they thought was a child but was actually 1 year older than me but just shorter. The Japanese food was mainly you-don noodles; Korean was mainly rice and the western food was grilled meat. I ordered...
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...[pic] TRADITIONAL TURKISH DISH DOLMA.. Background information... Dolmas (also known as (stuffed grape leaves,) are eaten throughout the world, all with different variations. Some contain meat, some contain dried fruits, some are eaten hot, some are eaten cold. This version is most closely inspired by the vegetarian rice-stuffed grape leaves of Turkey that are typically eaten cold or at room temperature as a meze.Amazing dish for vegetarians to enjoy. Ingredients 8 ounces grape leaves, in brine (about 40-45 leaves) 1/2 cup olive oil 2 cups cooked long grain rice 4 green onions or scallions, finely chopped 1 small red or white onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup fresh chopped mint 1 tablespoon zest of lemon Salt to taste 1/2 tablespoon of lemon juice 1 large bowl Medium size cooking pan Preparation.. The Dolmas Recipe is not difficult but it does take a little time. Start by draining the grape leaves and placing them in a large heat-proof bowl. Pour just enough boiling water over the leaves to cover and let them soak for about 20 minutes. Drain again and rinse under cold running water. In the meantime, heat 1/4 cup of the olive oil in a medium skillet. Add the onions and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Remove the skillet from the heat and add the rice, mint, lemon zest, salt to taste Mix thoroughly, making sure the rice is well-coated with oil Assembling the dolmas: To stuff the grape leaves, spread out one grape leaf in front...
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...FOOD INFLATION Food inflation is consistent rise in the price level of all agricultural food items. In India we grow plenty of rice and wheat which are also called cereals and there supply and price are not the main reason of food inflation, however the culprit lies in the supply of non-cereals such as fruits, vegetables, milk and pulses (dal) which causes food inflation. Now the million dollar question is if prices of fruits, vegetables and pluses are higher then why the farmers are not concentrating on growing those more in order to earn more profits. Reasons for low non-cereal output are:- Pulses: - Pulses are fundamentally different from cereals since they need more nutrients and energy for synthesizing both proteins and carbohydrates unlike cereals that need to synthesize only carbohydrates. This makes them more vulnerable to the vagaries of weather than either rice or wheat and thus riskier to cultivate. In the major pulses production states such as MP, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and UP cultivation has been pushed to marginal, non-irrigated land, farmers has also been reluctant to invest in fertilizers, nutrients or experiment with high yielding more expensive variety of pulses as a results yields have stagnated, the average annual growth rate of pulses is less than one per cent and this is alarming since the major source of protein in India are pulses and the population growth is about two per cent. In today’s scenario if the production is on the higher side then the...
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