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Thanksgiving 2011, Thrillist and chefRob

chefRob — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:15:51 +0000

So the holidays have begun. Family, friends, parties, photographs, high balls and hangovers. Now that we are deep into the season one question always pops up…what to do with the leftovers? If you are wondering how to be creative and at the same time get rid of some of your holiday leftover food take [...]

Chefs Blogs & the State of the Blogosphere 2011

chefRob — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:30:51 +0000

It seems like only yesterday I switched over from my old, crusty html site and created my blog. The reasoning behind it was simple…I no longer had to create/update pages in dreamweaver/golive and upload them to the server. The new “free” CMS (content management system) system would take care of all that for [...]

South East Asian Foods – 101 of my Favorites

chefRob — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:23:45 +0000

101 South East Asian/Pacific Islander foods.

…can you figure them all out…?

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Raw, uncut vid from the West 14th kitchen.

chefRob — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 18:05:11 +0000

Not too terribly exciting just a oh so normal dinner service on the Palm Jumeirah.

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The 80 bean shot of espresso…

chefRob — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 06:20:00 +0000

Freshly brewed espresso shot

Have you ever wondered how many coffee beans it takes to make one shot of espresso? Yea, well me neither until that one Saturday morning in the beginning of October.

The website had just launched and the restaurant was jamming. Kitchen was in its usual controlled state of [...]

Accidental Coffee Art

chefRob — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:02:44 +0000

Have you ever created something when you really were not planning on it? For those of us in the food industry, and for those who make a lot of coffee (cappuccino in this case) it seems that creating something, even when you are not trying to comes with some ease.

As a chef, I [...]

Has “Organic” lost its meaning….

chefRob — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:23:50 +0000

It’s a slow summer day here in Dubai. Summers here are hot and with Ramadan upon us the days are long as no food or drink can be consumed during daylight hours. Idle hands and time makes a chefs mind wander and today it is about the term organic.

Back in 1997 when I was [...]

West 14th Steakhouse Dubai

chefRob — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:25:15 +0000

I am about to open West 14th Steakhouse at the soon to be opened Oceana Hotel & Spa by Movenpick hotels.

With commanding views of downtown Dubai and located on the trunk of Palm Jumeirah island, Oceana and the West 14th Steakhouse are setting the new standard of dining in Dubai. Wanna see more? Check out [...]

The blog turns 2!

chefRob — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:22:57 +0000

Well I never saw it coming but a few days back (the 7th I think) this blog turned 2! Seems like yesterday that I was on the island of Kauai, hanging out at the Southpark house (thanks Lydia!), setting up WordPress n tweaking code.

From that first, or second post on Saimin I find [...]

Afrodisiacs, Just in Time for St. Valentine’s Day

chefRob — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 02:25:21 +0000

It’s hard to believe that it is already the middle of January. I am sure that like me, you are still thinking that we are in September, unless you are not in San Diego. I know, I know…we San Diegans are spoiled to an extent, trading blowing snow and the seasonal change for sun, sun and for [...]