Food Guide and Recipes

Having spent many years living in Thailand, one of the things that I miss about the Uk, though there aren’t many, is a traditional Christmas Day Dinner. Late December in Pattaya, brings hot sunny days and a steady increasing number of tourists heading to Thailand for some winter sunshine. It’s at this time of year that my mind wanders back to my previous Christmas Festivities in England.

So what can you expect from a christmas Dinner in Pattaya? There are many bars and traditional english restaurants in Pattaya, and most of them make an extra effort to create a festive atmosphere for the benefit of ex-pats and tourists looking for some Yuletide entertainment. Continue reading ‘How to celebrate Christmas Dinner in Pattaya’ »

Hollywood’s long legacy of glitz, glamour, and demanding actresses means it’s always been at the forefront of the country’s culinary scene. You can visit the tiny café where Sophia Loren used to come for Italian home cooking or follow in the dining footsteps of more modern stars like Jake Gyllenhaal and Reese Witherspoon. Away from the surf-town atmosphere, Hollywood serves more formal diners looking for culinary treats. And, with a huge variety of ethnic food to match Los Angeles’ diverse population, Hollywood’s restaurants are some of the best in the country.

Hungry Cat

Hungry Cat serves up sassy cocktails and serious seafood. Hollywood regulars love to belly up to the bar and order off the restaurant’s raw menu, including oysters, crab, and shrimp (no cooking necessary). The Hungry Cat also specializes in unique cocktails and small-producer wines that pair well with prix fixe lunch and dinner options. Continue reading ‘Hollywood’s Top 5 Restaurants: Where Glamour Meets Good Cooking’ »

Many of our famous American restaurants were founded by individuals or married couples. We all know the Colonel Harland Sanders founded Kentucky Fried Chicken. He started serving meals from his gas station in Corbin, Kentucky. The Cheesecake Factory was founded by Oscar and Evelyn Overton. Evelyn Overton originally baked from her kitchen. Applebee’s was founded by Bill and T.J. Palmer. Their first restaurant opened in the 1980s. Red Lobster’s founder, Bill Darden opened his first restaurant at the age of 19. Incredible restaurateurs founded these famous and favorite American restaurants.

The History of Kentucky Fried Chicken

Colonel Harland Sanders founder Kentucky Fried Chicken. KFC is one of the largest restaurant businesses in the world. It is in more than eighty countries globally. In his forties Colonel Sander began cooking for travelers in his gas station. The gas station was located in Corbin, Kentucky. Instead of coming to his gas station for gas they started coming for Colonel Sanders cooked meals. Harland Sanders expanded his business across the street opening a restaurant that seated one-hundred and forty-two people. The colonel pressure cooked his chicken. When fresh chicken is pressed cooked it cooks faster. Sanders invented his secret eleven herbs and spices recipe to coat his chickens. His eleven herbs and spices are still used today in Kentucky Fried Chicken’s recipes. Because of his special cooking techniques Governor, Ruby Laffoon in 1935 made Harland Sanders a Kentucky Colonel. After 1952, Colonel goal was to make his company a franchise. He traveled miles by car to enfranchise his business. By 1964 Colonel Sanders had over 600 franchised outlets in the United States and Canada. In 1964, Colonel Sanders sold his interest in the United States companies for only $2 million. Colonel Sanders remained a spokesman for KFC® until 1976. In 1980 Colonel Harland Sanders died at the age of ninety. Continue reading ‘History of Favorite American Restaurants’ »

Spanish food is some of the most well loved in Europe. Its collection of dried and cured meats, from chorizo and Serrano ham, to morcilla and salami, are considered second to none. And nothing beats tapas: piquillo peppers, stuffed with tuna, lamb, squid or salmon; paella, with chicken, vegetables or seafood. Topped with a good bottle of Spanish wine and some olives, Spanish cuisine is full of variety, and is both sweet and succulent, with a plethora of flavours.

That spectrum of tastes lends itself perfectly to Christmas time, when everybody gets together and relishes in a joyous love of food. A culinary delight for vegetarians and fish and meat lovers, the combination of vegetarian tapas and meats is well complimented by Mediterranean delights such as artichokes, porcini mushrooms, Berberechos and artichokes. Continue reading ‘Indulge in Christmas Hampers the Mediterranean Way’ »

Making the decision to start your own catering business is an important step and you must do the necessary research to ensure you get the best start possible and go on to build a thriving business.

The first step has to be the purchase of catering equipment. Regular household pots and pans just aren’t robust enough to withstand the constant use they will receive. Undoubtedly, with constant food preparation by different staff the catering equipment will receive countless knocks and bumps which means your products have to be particularly durable. As well as durability, the size has to be taken into consideration as you may well be catering for numerous customers all at the same time. Continue reading ‘Starting a catering business’ »

Chiva-Som’s award winning chefs have created a range of appetising dishes for guests with special dietary needs. Each recipe is designed to the usual exacting standards, but with the bonus of being suitable for diabetics or vegans, unless otherwise stated. Dishes that contain wheat or dairy products are also clearly marked.

Among the tasty choices listed for diabetics are Mountain Bread Cone with Chicken and Mixed Salad (also available as a vegetarian option), which is a good source of protein, calcium, and vitamin B12; and Seared Tempe with Brown Rice Bread, a vegetarian dish with no wheat content. It’s rich in minerals, particularly iron and calcium, and is also cholesterol free. Some of its health benefits are reduced risk of blood pressure and blood cholesterol, cancer and osteoporosis. Continue reading ‘Special Diets with spa cuisine by Chiva-Som, Hua Hin Thailand’ »

There are lots of restaurants around the world. Everyone knows that a quality restaurant is tough to find. Identifying which restaurant best suits your taste is too tough when there are too many best restaurants. But we provide the best of the best restaurant in Canada. Canada largest restaurant resource you find at Ohyummy. This is for people who don’t know much about OhYummy.
Every people think how to choose best restaurants and foods at home, without invest time for restaurant search in them area. Because they are tired by daily work load and not want to go outside and search restaurant by vehicle. For that we provide services of Online Restaurant Reservation in Toronto and Canada, also offer guide as Table Reservation, Food Delivery and Online ordering. Continue reading ‘Canada best Restaurant place – Ohyummy’ »

To run a successful restaurant business you need to have your basics right- i.e. good location, excellent cuisine, serving customers with a smile. However, this is not all. Now-a-days, there’s another important aspect to consider – the restaurant pos software or the pos software system you use.

Although, hardware components like the monitors, computers or the printers are visibly essential, the pos software system is the nerve-center of the whole setup. Thus, a careful assessment is extremely necessary before you choose the best pos software. Continue reading ‘Best way to choose the Good restaurant pos software’ »

You can get easy food hygiene training via the internet. Interactive menus and video combine with text lessons and an online exam to make a course that you can easily follow to completion. Online training has made many advances in the way we approach job training and continuing education. The internet is ‘always on’ which means that you can access any training course you sign up for at any hour of the day or night.

Ease of use, accessibility and flexibility make the internet particularly well suited to training for business and industrial purposes. Because you can train at anytime, internet based courses are rapidly gaining in popularity. More and more businesses are discovering that employees learn better with self-paced training and they retain more of the information afterwards as well. A food hygiene training course will take approximately 5 hours to complete. Continue reading ‘Easy Food Hygiene Training via the Internet’ »

Plastic cutlery for restaurants is now available in a variety of attractive models. These are convenient for use, lightweight and disposable. Beautifully designed plastic cutlery adds to the appeal of the dining table.

Use Plastic Cutlery to Save Your Valuable Time and Money

Plastic cutlery helps restaurants save valuable time and money. If restaurants have a good customer base, there is bound to be hectic work in preparing and serving food items. But dishwashing is the most time consuming and tiring job that comes after serving food. Including plastic cutlery in your tableware would be a great option to eliminate such issues. You can conveniently throw away these products after use. Continue reading ‘Plastic Cutlery for Restaurants’ »