Clueless questions II (The Ones You Really Want Answered)

[Evelyn]

When is Pim opening her restaurant?

November if all goes according to plan.

[splinky]

will there be tomato roses and carrots shaped like other stuff? i'm asking on behalf of stone.

[Stone]

I just want to know if I can choose between beef, chicken or tofu for my penang curry, depending on my mood.

[Suzanne F]

 

When is Pim opening her restaurant?

November if all goes according to plan.

 

Oh thank god. Finally: Thai food cooked under the supervision of a real Thai who no doubt will only hire ethnic Thai cooks to ensure that everything is really authentic, because only people of any given ethnicity can cook that ethnicity's food correctly. (At least, that's the way I remember the argument discussion.)

[Sneakeater]

That's not what I (at least) said.

[splinky]

I just want to know if I can choose between beef, chicken or tofu for my penang curry, depending on my mood.

dry aged beef, i hear

[Suzanne F]

That's not what I (at least) said.

No, dear, not you; Pim did, iirc, in a discussion of how David Pasternack had said he could cook any cuisine if he had to. She was adamant that only Asians can/should cook Asian food. Of course, I could be remembering it wrong.

 

ETA: Maybe I am: Michael Gaines doesn't sound like an Asian name, but I've never seen him or his birth certificate.

 

I promise now I will stop

[Suzanne F]

 

I just want to know if I can choose between beef, chicken or tofu for my penang curry, depending on my mood.

dry aged beef, i hear

 

And wow--never-frozen seafood! How novel.

[Sneakeater]

 

That's not what I (at least) said.

No, dear, not you; Pim did, iirc, in a discussion of how David Pasternack had said he could cook any cuisine if he had to. She was adamant that only Asians can/should cook Asian food. Of course, I could be remembering it wrong.

 

ETA: Maybe I am: Michael Gaines doesn't sound like an Asian name, but I've never seen him or his birth certificate.

 

I promise now I will stop

 

Ah. Happily, if it's not about me, I don't have to think about it.

[Sneakeater]

I'm sorry I even read it.

[Lauren]

 

 

That's not what I (at least) said.

No, dear, not you; Pim did, iirc, in a discussion of how David Pasternack had said he could cook any cuisine if he had to. She was adamant that only Asians can/should cook Asian food. Of course, I could be remembering it wrong.

 

ETA: Maybe I am: Michael Gaines doesn't sound like an Asian name, but I've never seen him or his birth certificate.

 

I promise now I will stop

 

Ah. Happily, if it's not about me, I don't have to think about it.

 

 

We're having a bit of kerfuffle about this in Seattle right now.

An open letter to bigoted diners.

[Lex]

 

 

 

When is Pim opening her restaurant?

November if all goes according to plan.

Oh thank god. Finally: Thai food cooked under the supervision of a real Thai who no doubt will only hire ethnic Thai cooks to ensure that everything is really authentic, because only people of any given ethnicity can cook that ethnicity's food correctly. (At least, that's the way I remember the argument discussion.)

It's well known that only Caucasians can cook ethnic food to the standard of excellence demanded by the Food media. All they have to do is go on a vacation to Thailand or Mexico. If they're in country for a couple of weeks they can quickly learn to cook like a native. It's as easy as getting a suntan.

[Rich]

True Lex - that's why Paul Deen's opening a Thai place in Atlanta with only white folk in the kitchen - and they won't even have a back door.

[joethefoodie]

It's a good thing that Kin Khao in NYC is closed.

[prasantrin]

 

That's not what I (at least) said.

No, dear, not you; Pim did, iirc, in a discussion of how David Pasternack had said he could cook any cuisine if he had to. She was adamant that only Asians can/should cook Asian food. Of course, I could be remembering it wrong.

 

ETA: Maybe I am: Michael Gaines doesn't sound like an Asian name, but I've never seen him or his birth certificate.

 

I promise now I will stop

 

 

 

he looks pretty not-Thai to me, but you never know.

http://sf.eater.com/archives/2012/08/07/michael_gaines_out_at_central_kitchen.php

 

Maybe he'll do all the unimportant stuff (like making the chili jam or preparing the miang kam or spring rolls) while she does the "real" Thai food