The “Young Chefs At The Chaine” Dinner At Pierside

The last time this blog attended an event where upcoming young Chefs were cooking under one roof was at the Slow Food Singapore Luncheon at Au Petit Salut. However, it featured foreign Chefs.

This time, I was lucky enough to be invited to the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs of Singapore Dinner featuring their youngest member Chefs all cooking at the Pierside at One Fullerton to prepare a course or two for dinner. They were Chefs Robin Ho, Robert Chan, Jimmy Chok, Jason Lee, Dennis Sim and Daniel Sia.

The instructions to the Chefs was basically: none of the frou-frou stuff, we want good solid classical food.

Posted on 9th Apr 2009 in Chaine de Rotisseurs, Food and Drink, French, Singapore | 6 comments

Chaîne des Rôtisseurs Non-Professionals Dinner 2008 & The Singaporean Oyster

The Chaîne des Rôtisseurs du Singapour holds an annual dinner to honor its professional members by having non-professionals muck about in the cavernous kitchens trying to cook a meal. Granted that the non-professional members are mostly gourmands (that’s like a foodie but with money), you can’t but help wonder what the professionals in the F&B industry think about strangers practicing foodism in the kitchens.

One of the highlights of this dinner are the oysters that are shucked early in the day (around 8.30am, I’m told). All 7,000 of them, so it’s no wonder that this event is also known as the Oyster Dinner.

Posted on 14th Nov 2008 in About, Chaine de Rotisseurs, Food and Drink | 8 comments

Chaine de Rotisseurs’s “Roast A Steer” Night

It’s said that once upon a long ago, a member of the Chaine turned vegetarian and asked the Council to include a few Vegetarian events for a change. When this was related to me, I replied that this would be very difficult as not many people would dress to the nines and attend an event with lots of ceremony just to roast a couple of carrots and a turnip.

Posted on 24th Jun 2008 in Chaine de Rotisseurs | 2 comments

Archipelago Ale and Hainanese Food At The Tavern

This blog does not like beer or ale. I prefer my alcoholic beverage made from fruits, not cereals. So it is with some dubiousness that I accepted an invitation from my dear friend Henry to the Confrerie De La Chaine Des Rotisseurs of Singapore dinner at The Tavern. They were doing a Hainanese Food and Ale pairing.

What’s more, they were testing out their newly created Archipelago Samui Ale with us before it was to be launched in July of this year.

Posted on 10th Sep 2007 in Chaine de Rotisseurs, Drink, Food and Drink, Hainanese, Old School | 1 comment

Pigging Out At The Hyatt

There are many official food societies and organizations in Singapore. None more secretive than the Chaîne des Rôti-Prata; which I am told, via hearsay, is so exclusive that only brother members of the Chaîne des Rôti ala Canai know about. However when it comes to age, the Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs de France is the oldest food society in the world.

Posted on 16th Jul 2007 in Cantonese, Chaine de Rotisseurs, Food and Drink, German | 4 comments

Chaine de Rotisseurs Non-Professional Dinner 2006

This is an event that I look forward to each year with great anticipation and a little trepidation because of the menu. I fear that I may not be able to try each and every last item.

This is the Chaine Oyster Dinner as it is more commonly known; it is a culinary extravaganza where certain members of the Chaine gather to shuck oysters (all 7,000 of them, in 16 varieties) and cook for the Chefs, cooks and other related workers.

Posted on 14th Nov 2006 in Chaine de Rotisseurs, Food and Drink | 8 comments

I lived to tell…

Had lots of fun with friends. Took lots of photos. There were lots to eat, some carnage:

Close-up of the Creature from Black Lagoon

Brothers of the Creature from Black Lagoon

And interesting things to see.

Posted on 6th Nov 2006 in Chaine de Rotisseurs, Food and Drink | Post a comment