Cantonese Masterchef

Cooking Style

“I always follow the most traditional and authentic flavours possible when I’m cooking a particular dish. However when I’m cooking I also trying to find a modern way to execute and present a dish. For example, with the famous pork dish Dongpo Pork Belly, the traditional way requires 4 hours of slow cooking in a clay pot. When I’m cooking the Dongpo Pork I choose to use the water bath technology, which involves bathing the pork belly in 58◦C for 16 hours instead of cooking it in the pot. The result is that the pork belly maintains its authentic flavour while still holding the essence inside the meat. Also traditional Chinese cooking includes using a huge amount of oil, but in the modern culture this is not considered healthy, so for a healthy diet I usually try to find a way to use less oil when cooking a dish.”