Chefs needed

[PattayaMale]

A place I enjoy eating at has been having problems keeping a chef recently. If you know anyone that has done this work at a farang restaurant (not fancy) pleas PM me

[Gaybutton]

It would be helpful if you tell us where this place is. You didn't even say what city. What's wrong with telling us the name of this place? Also, what kind of food is served?

 

Since you say they have had trouble keeping a chef, why is that? If I were to recommend applying for the job to any friends of mine, they would want to know what the problem has been.

 

[PattayaMale]

Very good point Gaybutton. I agree with you.

 

The restaurant is Googie's. He had the same cooks for a couple years. The senior cook found a better paying job. The other cook would miss a day now and again which caused Googie to have to close.

 

He told me he was able to find cooks that did cart work, but he needs someone who can also cook western food.

 

It is best that those interested inquire t the restaurant which is in Day Night Plaza across from Day Night Hotel.

[Gaybutton]

If he actually finds somebody who knows how to make eggs-over-easy properly, instead of overcooking them as so many breakfast places do (no matter what you try to tell them), then he'll have a gold mine in breakfast customers alone.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

If he actually finds somebody who knows how to make eggs-over-easy properly, instead of overcooking them as so many breakfast places do (no matter what you try to tell them), then he'll have a gold mine in breakfast customers alone.

 

Actually, I had breakfast at Umbrella in Jomtien, ( the place that serves breakfast all day, but opens at 11 am), and i was very explicit about over easy eggs and said good naturedly, "If they are not right, I will send them back." Sure enough, they were hard cooked, I told the waiter, but decided to eat them anyway. A few minutes later the waiter arrived with 2 perfectly cooked over easy eggs. The cook followed him to my table. No additional charge. If I decide again to have a late breakfast out, I wouldn't hesitate to go there.

 

[Guest jtrack33]

Not just in Thailand but all over Asia, breakfast cooks seem to overcook eggs in any form. I believe it is the sight of a runny egg that revolts Asians somewhat, as it did me when I was very young. But as we farangs know, the more they become rubberised, the more they taste like rubber. Whereas most Asians will use Tabasco or chilly ketchup so that the original, pristine egg flavor is less significant. If all else fails, break and egg into a cup, prick the yoke and microwave it for a few seconds...it tastes like a poached egg.

[Guest laurence]

I believe it is the sight of a runny egg that revolts Asians somewhat, as it did me when I was very young.

 

Runny eggs can harbor bacteria and have been known to cause salmonella poisioning. But if you trust the sanitary conditions of egg production in Thailand then eat up

Maybe the Thais know something we don't? You know, don't drink the water, wash the fruit, etc

[Gaybutton]

But if you trust the sanitary conditions of egg production in Thailand then eat up

 

I think I will. I live for thrills.

[Guest lvdkeyes]

Eggs can be cooked over easy to not have runny whites and be perfectly safe to eat with a runny yolk since it is encased in a membrane.

[Guest xiandarkthorne]

A perfectly cooked egg is not semi-cooked. It is perfectly cooked - creamy and cooked through completely but not overcooked by a single second. It isn't a hard skill to master but unfortunately, at most hotels, the job of preparing eggs is given to apprentices of just a few months experience since it is so 'easy'...and these young people do not have the cultural experience to know what you mean when a farang asks for a scrambled egg or eggs-over-easy or whatever. A sunny-side up is easier to procure at an Asian hotel (though it is still likely to be overcooked) but unless the 'chef' has actually had some experience cooking for farang, he won't be able to produce eggs of the sort in question.

 

Most Asians do not understand the concept of a runny egg like that. To an ordinary Asian, any form of scrambled egg is one where the egg has been cooked until it is crumbly and not creamy. Go have a look at the various rice stalls and see what I mean. A runny egg is not something an Asian would eat with his rice (nor would many farang, I suspect - all the farang I know eat it with bread and only one, with potatoes).

 

The secret is to control the heat of the pan and then remove the pan from the heat and allow the temperature of the heated egg to cook itself through. You put it on a warm or cold plate immediately to stop the cooking process and serve it immediately. I am not a professionally trained chef but I have been cooking for expatriate English farang in Italy since 2000, so I know what I'm talking about.

 

I wonder if Googie's would be interested in hiring me...hhm...get paid to live in Thailand and do something I love every day....hhhmmmm...