LOCAL FLAVOURS SPUN INTO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
On Dec 1, chef Henrik Yde Andersen of Copenhagen’s Michelin-starred Kiin Kiin restaurant and chef Ian Kittichai of Bangkok’s Issaya Siamese Club are to join Chayawee Sutcharitchan, head chef of Michelin-starred Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin in Bangkok, to present their firstever cooking collaboration.
Chef Henrik cofounded Kiin Kiin in Denmark in 2005. The restaurant was instantly praised for its Thai food with an innovative twist. It went on to receive a Michelin star in 2008. He is also a judge on the Danish version of MasterChef.
Home-grown chef Ian Kittichai, meanwhile, is Thailand’s most familiar cooking wizard, who, in addition to being a TV personality, leads the culinary direction of many dining establishments, both in the Kingdom and overseas. His Issaya Siamese Club ranked No.21 on Asia’s Best Restaurants of 2017 and 2018.
Henrik and Ian will take the guest-chef seats at chef Chayawee’s kitchen at Sra Bua, and together the three chefs will showcase their distinctive renderings of Thai cuisine through a six-course dinner dubbed Thai Gastronomy Series I.
The evening will see guests indulge in an extraordinary culinary journey wherein each chef will craft two dishes in front of the guests. Using various global cooking techniques, the three chefs will choreograph local ingredients from time-honoured recipes into daring and imaginative new combinations.
Highlights include raw cod, spicy and marinated with Thai herbs; cod crackling and cod roe by chef Chayawee; Thai Kobe A5 Phoan-Yang-Kham beef, slow-roasted with Siamese cassia leaves and roasted chilli-coconut by chef Ian; and coconut Morpf-Mehkong sugar cane — passion fruit “en surprise” with ginger kefir infused pineapple and southern yellow curry ice cream, salted Amalfi and lemon meringue by chef Henrik.
Thai Gastronomy Series I with chef Ian at Sra Bua by Kiin Kiin will take place on Dec 1. Price is 5,800 baht per person, inclusive of wine pairing. For more information or reservations, call Siam Kempinski Bangkok at 02-162-9000. Email srabua. siambangkok@kempinski.com or visit srabuabykiinkiin.com