Steam red snapper with light soy sauce by Chef Sonthaya Sinphoothon at Cho Gao
Ingredients
350g red snapper fillet, deboned
30g spring onions, shredded
20g fresh ginger juliennes
5g fresh red chili juliennes
1 tbsp cooking oil
For the sauce
10ml light soy sauce
1 pinch grain sugar
10ml oyster sauce
Salt, to taste
1 pinch white pepper powder
1 tbsp sesame oil
100ml water
Method
Clean the red snapper fillet and marinate with salt, pepper and half the ginger.
Put the fillet on a stainless steel platter or tray skin side down and steam for 7 minutes
In another cooking pot, simmer soy sauce, oyster, salt, pepper and water for 2 minutes. Finish off this sauce with sesame oil.
In a hot wok or pan, add in some oil and follow with juliennes of spring onion, remainder of the ginger and red chilli. Sauté lightly and place on top of the fish.
Gently place the fillet on a serving plate and pour the hot soy sauce and oyster sauce over the fish. Serve hot.
Steamed black cod fish with homemade sauce by Chef Jeff Tan at Shang Palace
Ingredients
600g black cod fish
1 pack enoki mushroom
100g shiitake mushroom
30g ginger
10 pcs red dates
50g dark soy sauce
100g light soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
50g oyster sauce
50ml sesame oil
50g seasoning
50g cooking oil
30g spring onion
30g coriander leaves
Deep-fried glutinous rice cake, yam and sweet potato by Chef Jeff Tan at Shang Palace
Ingredients
600g sugar
700ml water
100g pandan leaves
500g glutinous flour
100g wheat starch
100g corn flour
300g coconut cream
50g cooking oil
500g taro
500g sweet potato
Method
Place all the sticky rice ingredients to a mixing bowl and mix well. Steam for four hours, keep cold overnight and cut into squares.
Slice into pieces the taro and sweet potato. Coat the sticky rice squares in flour.
Pour cooking oil into a wok — enough for deep fry — and heat. Slowly add the sticky rice, taro and sweet potato together and deep-fry around five minutes until golden brown.
Raw papaya salad by Chef Sonthaya Sinphooton at Cho Gao
Ingredients
1 lime, juiced
3 tbsp fish sauce
1 clove garlic
1 tbsp palm sugar
500g green papaya
150g tomatoes, cut into bite-size pieces
80g green beans, trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces
50g peanuts, crushed
15g dried shrimp (optional)
7g coriander, leaves plucked
Thai bird chillies (to taste)
Method
Put the fish sauce, lime juice, chillies, garlic and palm sugar in a blender or small food processor. Purée the mixture coarsely. You can also mince the chillies and grate the garlic and whisk the dressing together (a better option).
Peel the papaya and slice it in half. Use a spoon to scoop out the white seeds and pith from the centre.
Shred the papaya using a mandolin or a papaya shredder into a large bowl.
Pound the green beans and dried shrimp with a mallet to tenderise.
Mix all the dressing along with the shredded papaya, beans and dried shrimp.
Serve chilled and garnish with a sprig of coriander.
Grilled prawns with mixed fruit salad by Chef Sonthaya Sinphoothon at Cho Gao
Ingredients
2 pcs white grapes cut in half
2 pcs black grapes cut in half
4 pcs orange wedges, deskinned
25g mango dices
1 tsp corn oil
25g pineapple dices
50g dragon fruit dices
2 pcs kaffir lime leaves
4 pcs small shrimps
2 pcs cherry tomato halves
5g shredded Chinese cabbage
5g shredded carrots
2g endives
Method
Wash, remove shells and devein the shrimp. Marinate with a paste of lemon grass, lime leaves, coriander, salt, pepper and oil. Keep aside in a bowl separately.
In a hot pan, add in a teaspoon of cooking oil and grill the shrimps until cooked. Ensure the shrimps are not over cooked.
Separately in a mixing bowl, dress all the fruits with a dressing made from lime juice, crushed garlic and fish sauce. Gently combine well with all the fruits.
In a hollow plate, place the fruits on the base. Assemble the shrimps on top and garnish with finely shredded juliennes of Chinese cabbage, carrots and endives.
