Hello everyone,
today I am back with another cake :)
This time a real special one. Tobis Film, who will release the new movie demain tout commence, or in german plötzlich Papa, on January 5th, asked me for cake related help. On Monday was the Premiere at Zoo Palast in Berlin and I was asked to create a cake inspired by the movie.
Good evening everyone,
today I have another quick recommendation for you.
Do you own a Netflix account and love food? You maybe loved my recommendation post for Jiro dreams of sushi? Then this might be the right documentary for you.
Chef’s Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world’s most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary heaven.
Premiere: April 26, 2015
Seasons: 1 season, 6 ep.
Runtime: 41-54 min. each
I usually don’t like those fancy menus where it seems to be more about the presentation of the food then the taste, but I gotta say this documentary got me anyways. I advise you to NOT watch this when you are hungry ;)
The posters already show what you can expect. mouth-watering courses with very pretty presentation.
I really liked how they talked about the background stories of the chef’s and how they mixed the first season with chef’s from different countries all over the world.
Episode 1: Massimo Bottura (Italy)
Epsiode 2: Dan Barber (New York)
Episode 3: Francis Mallmann (Argentina)
Episode 4: Niki Nakayama (Los Angeles)
Episode 5: Ben Shewry (Australia)
Episode 6: Magnus Nilsson (Sweden)
I personally can not wait for another season, which I hope they will be doing.
From season one episode 4 with Niki Nakayama was my favorite. I really love food and it was very interesting for me to see her interpretation of the traditional kaiseki (multi course menu).
Did you already see this documentary? If so what was your favorite episode?
Let me know in the comments below.
Good evening everyone,
continuing on my recommendation series for movies, documentaries and TV shows.
This documentary follows worlds famous sushi master Jiro Ono (小野 二郎), who was 85 at that time – now 89 years old, owner of Sukiyabashi Jiro (すきやばし次郎), a three-star restaurant, on his continuing quest to perfect the art of sushi.
The film also profiles Jiro’s two sons, both of whom are also sushi chefs. The younger son, Takashi (隆士), left Sukiyabashi Jiro to open a mirror image of his father’s restaurant in Roppongi Hills. The 50-year-old elder son, Yoshikazu (禎一), obliged to succeed his father, still works for Jiro and is faced with the prospect of one day taking over the flagship restaurant.
If you are a fan of good japanese cuisine you should invest those 81 minutes and watch this documentary. I love how Jiro talks about his passion and the way of becoming a true master of his work. The japanese mentality and culture is really stunning like that. One of the many reasons I love this country and the people.
Japanese sushi is really special.
I don’t want to offend anybody, but I think people should really appreciate that preparing sushi is art. Not because of the needless decorations you see in high-priced wannabe sushi restaurants, but because of the carefully picked fish and the way to create the perfect taste and therefore the perfect sushi.
I lived in Japan and tried many different restaurants in Japan and also in other countries and cities of the world. I beg you, do not support those cheap wannabe restaurants that offer happy hour all day and sushi that was prepared by people who probably don’t know what they are doing. Sushi is art and it takes decades of study, practise and developing to become a real sushi chef and master.
Jiro is a real master and a perfectionist.
If you have the chance to watch this documentary, do it. But be cautious to eat something before you watch.
If you already saw it, please let me know what you think.
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