Thai Menu Days 10 + 11

Know Your Thai Curries

Sous Chefs-

Plating: Street food similar to VN menu, sauce in the center is mentioned below. Scroll back to photo of Vietnamese Street food set up. and adapt to the Thai menu - be sure that we have sterno on hand for the chaffing dishes before we place a supplemental order at 7:30 AM.
You will need:
- 8" round plates
- 1 oz. ramekins of Thai Dipping Sauce
- 1 chaffing dish with 3 x 1/3 pans to hold hot food
- Fish Cakes, held hot
- Beef Satay, held hot
- empty 1/3 pan to hold heat
- Green papaya salad
- Seafood "yam"
- long grained sticky rice
- Cucumber Salad for Satay
- Peanut sauce for Satay



It's also a good idea to look back at the Day 1 Blog post for the basic "Sous Chef Duties for Service", so you know what is expected to be ready at 11:00.

Except for the Chicken Rice, all main items will be served from the Steam Table Line. We are serving Stir Fried Squid, Pad Thai Noodles, and a Sampler of 5 different Thai Curries. Curries are served as a "sampler plate", meaning that a small amount of all 5 curries are served on one plate ( a 12" shallow soup plate). If the steamed Jasmine Rice and Pad Thai  is served from a 1/2 hotel pans, and each curry, the squid, are served from deep 1/3 pans, we will only need to open 1 steam table. See below for how the Chicken Rice station should be set up.

Know your Thai Curries - See poster above - Each curry should come to the service line in a deep 1/3 hotel pan.


 Use a  12" rimmed "soup plate" (the shallow bowls) with Jasmine Rice, with rice in the center.
Pad Thai is stir fried in batches, as needed, and served from the steam table in a deep bowl, garnishes are roasted peanuts and a lime wedge.

Chicken Rice is served from the station producing it. They will have a chaffing dish for their own rice and will plate and pick up without needing assistance from other stations.

Stir Fried Squid will be cooked in small batches, and brought to the line in deep 1/3 pan for Day 11 service and be served from the steam table.

Hot and sour soup for Day 10- watch demo on how to cook shrimp in broth, make soup in a wok, hot hold. Scale to 1 gallon on Day 10

Day 11 is Coconut Chicken soup, make 1 full recipe , just follow the recipe and taste for fish sauce and lime with me when it's done.

Salad - Green papaya, watch demo on papaya fabrication - 1/2 recipe on Day 10 and 1 full recipe on Day 11. To be placed on street food plate.

Jasmine rice - 8 cups Day 10, 14 cups Day 11 - Talk to me about using the Western Steamer or a Rice cooker, or both.

Set up Street food station - similar to Vietnamese set-up, chaffing dish on Station 5 with 1/3 pans for hot food, cool food, salads ( there are two salads on Street Food Plate - cucumber salad and papaya salad) , sweet/spicy chili sauce, etc. should all be set up near the chaffing dish. Draw a complete diagram of how the station will be set up with all components and items labeled in diagram. Talk to me before assembling the dipping sauce so I know you have the proper ingredients, and fill the ramekins only HALF way! Peanut sauce for Satay DOES NOT go in a ramekin - hold it in a small plastic cup on the side and put a dab on top of each satay as it goes out. On Day 10 we only need enough sauce for 15 people. Day 11 - enough to serve about 65.


The Steam table will need to be used to hold the curries, the pad thai, stir fried squid and the jasmine rice. Put each curry in separate, deep 1/3 pans, same with the squid.  Pad Thai should be in a deep 1/2 hotel pan, and the Jasmine rice in a full hotel pan. Draw a diagram of the line set up and make it complete. Plates: Currys in a 12" shallow bowl with Jasmine rice, Pad Thai in a deep noodle bowl with roasted peanuts and a lime wedge on top of each. Stir fried Squid in deep 1/2 pan, the squid itself is served in a round casserole dish sitting on an ovel platter with jasmine rice sitting on the side - similar to presentation of steamed fish from Japanese menu.

Station #2 -  you should be prepared to make 1/2 recipe of Yellow Shrimp Curry on Day 10 and a full recipe on Day 11. The paste has been made, you will make the sauce and  finish the dish in small batches as needed for service. This will be brought to the line with a 1/3 pan.

Chicken Rice - Scale recipe to use 2 whole chickens on Day 10 and 3 whole Chickens on Day 11. This dish is served room temp in summer, or prepared and then reheated in a wok steamer across from Table #2 in the cooler months, most westerners don't "get it" when it's served at room temp, so set up the wok steamer. Entire plate is picked up from your station. You need to make your own rice, make it pilaf style and use rendered duck fat to parch the rice. Be sure to discuss Pilaf Method with Chef before you start, this is a common area for mistakes. Pandan leaf is available from the store room- order it on supplemental if you don't see it on the invoice in the morning. For Service you will need:
- Chaffing dish to hold rice
- Shallow "gratin" dishes to hold chicken and sauce, gratin dish sits on large oval plate with rice and cucumber/tomato/cilantro garnish (this is like and undressed salad tossed together).
- Service utensils to plate. Draw a complete diagram of how the station will be set up with all components and items labeled in diagram.

If you think this is a simple dish, check out this You-Tube Video from Singapore....they take their Chicken Rice REALLY seriously...

Typically, there will be 9 whole chickens delivered on Day 11, NOT ALL OF THESE are for you. Station 5 needs 5 chickens to marinate for Day 12.


Red Chili Chutni - Your responsibility to make this for the Indian Menu. It's used as a condiment, but also as an ingredient by other teams, make sure it gets made early in the day so that it can be available for others to use.



Station 3-
Make sure you find both of the satay grills (We have two) and charcoal before the supplemental goes in. I'll show you how to set it up, but it must be done early, you may need to fire up both grills with charcoal for service on Day 11 and keep feeding the grill with more charcoal as it burns down.

The Beef Satay - 1/2 recipe for Day 10 and 2x recipe for Day 11. Trim off external fat and collagen from Flank steak and let me show you how to cut it for satay. You will trim and cut the meat, then put it on skewers, THEN marinate it. Talk to me or one of the people from Station 5 Day 8+9 about how to set up the Satay grills,the Satay grills need charcoal and it needs to be lit far enough ahead to be hot when needed but not so far ahead that it's run out of heat by the time you're ready to cook. Speak to chef about how to light coals, Be sure to feed fresh coals to the grill as needed, to have sufficient heat for service on  Day 11. Also be sure to check that we have some charcoal when you place your supplemental order in the morning When service is over, place hot charcoal in a hotel pan to cool, then add water before putting in the compost.

Peanut Sauce - Should be made on Day 10 and used for both days. When cooled to use the following day, it needs to be reheated gently, and it may break - it's an emulsion. If it DOES break, fix it the same way you would fix a hollandaise or mayonnaise (and if you think I mean "use an egg", you need to do more research). Peanut sauce should be held at room temp on the street food line and a small dab placed onto each skewer as it's plated.

Stir Fried Squid with Basil - Stir fry with chef. When complete, place in warm 1/3 hotel pan and bring to steam table line.

Yogurt for Indian Menu - and understand recipe from Indian recipe section. The amount may vary depending on the block, but carefully follow this procedure::
 - Heat milk
 - Add dried milk powder to hot milk, stir to dissolve
 - Place NEW 2 qt plastic containers and lids in steamer to sanitize for 2-3 minutes
 - Remove steamed containers from steamer
- Place containers in deep hotel pan
- Fill containers with hot milk
- Place lids on containers to seal
- Add ice to hotel pan to surround sealed containers
- Check temperature of milk occasionally
- When Milk temperature reaches 105F degrees, remove plastic containers from ice
- remove lids from containers
- Add approximately 1 oz. of existing yogurt to each container of warm milk, whisk to combine
- Place lids back onto containers to re-seal
- Place containers in warm place over night - see chef for details of where to store milk, it varies with season and ambient room temperature.




Station #4 -
Scale the meats to make 2# of the Massaman Curry,  Jungle and Green Curry on Day 10, and 3# on Day 11. It's important to start them early, so hustle. Use a small rondo or large sauce pot with a cover - size matters here, too big and you'll burn the curry, too small and it's too crowded - remember to keep covered until the meat is tender to avoid drying out and burning by evaporation. Also remember that you can braise in the oven if the range gets crowded later in the morning, if you don't have room on top of the stove, you can finish in the oven. The braises should go to the steam table in deep 1/3 hotel pans - -covered.


Station #5-

Duck Curry, the duck should have been marinated on Day 9, we'll use 1/4 of the marinated duck on Day 10 and the rest on Day 11 - recipe is pretty self explanatory. Start early, and Pan Roast Duck, while duck is roasting, prepare sauce. When both duck and sauce are finished, hold both separately, at room temperature. Near service, gently heat sauce, add duck and gently heat duck in sauce. Ask for clarification on the blog if you need it. Served from a deep 1/3 hotel pan on the steam table.

Remember - we'd like to render out the duck fat left from butchering the ducks on Day 9


Fish cakes - We need to make 1# of fish on Day 10 (1/2 recipe) and  Double on Day 11 - we can shape and size the cakes to meet the required number of portions for each day. It's important that you have a VERY sharp knife to hand mince the fish. Also very important that the long beans are sliced into PAPER thin rounds, if you slice them thicker, the cakes fall apart. Please ask for a demo on slicing the beans before you start. Cakes should be fired in a 325F fryer in small batches as needed for service and put on the street food station in 1/3 pans. I will show you how to form them. They will be served on the street food plate - talk to the sous chefs ahead of service so they can direct you on where to put them when they are cooked, fry them as close to service as possible.

Day 11 - Prepping Tandoori chicken - the marinade requires red chili chutney. This is made by Station #2 for the class. Be sure to check with them early in the day to discuss when it will be available to you. Also be sure to speak with station #2 and get your chickens for marinating. ASK CHEF FOR DEMO before beginning to fabricate chicken, there is a different technique than you are probably used to.


Station #6
Pad Thai- 1x recipe on Day 10 and 3x recipe on Day 11. This is a  Stir fried dish and will be cooked "ala minute" in batches for Day 11 service, divide MEP into 4 batches, it's ok to combine ingredients for sauce ahead. Make sure to have lime and peanuts for garnish. Served from 1/2 hotel pan in steam table into deep noodle bowls. Be sure NOT TO OVER SOAK THE NOODLES - about 5 minutes in very hot tap water(NOT BOILING WATER). The idea is for them to be pliable, not ready to eat. In the wok you will add more liquid and heat and they will become done at that point. Here's an updated Video of the procedure. Follow this one in class, please

Seafood "yam" is the seafood salad. Make 1x recipe for Day 10 and 1.5x for Day 11. It's easy to make, hold at room temp in a 1/3 or 1/6 pan for use on the street food station.

Prep for days 12-14 - Remember to follow tracking schedule. Make 1x recipe Mango Chutney , check to verify amount with Chef, it varies depending on how many days the block has.

Pork Vindaloo Prep - Check with Chef on how much pork to cut and marinate, the amount will vary from block to block depending on whether we have 13 or 14 days. Be sure you know the difference between the marinade and the vindaloo paste - the marinade is thin and contains only a few ingredients, it is applied to the pork on Day 11. The vindaloo paste has many ingredients and is very think. The paste is to be fried in a pot or a wok at the beginning of the cooking process. DO NOT COMBINE THE THICK PASTE WITH THE RAW PORK.

Vietnamese Menu Days 8 + 9

There are videos on how to handle Herbs, Lemon grass, and Tamarind that you must watch to be prepared for the Vietnamese section of class, please check them out below or in the side bar of the Vietnamese Section of the Website. If you are assigned to prepare pork ribs for Days 8 + 9, review the Pork Rib Fabrication Video from the Pre-Day 1 Must-See videos on the Website, 

Table Salad and handling herbs: 



Working with Lemongrass:

Working with Tamarind paste:

The video on handling herbs and composing Table Salad is in the left side bar on the website. Each Station  is responsible for making and properly holding Table Salads on their station, watch the video in the Vietnamese section on "Handling Herbs". Station 4 will set up the MEP for this, but construction will be done by each station according to their service needs. Table Salads will accompany every entree served, after preparing them, please hold on Blue Plastic trays lined with moist paper towels and keep covered with moist paper towels on top as well. You must watch the video on Handling Fresh Herbs in the Vietnamese section of the Website. PLEASE DO NOT start grabbing herbs for other uses until Station 4 has set up for Table Salad MEP.

Everyone, but especially station 4 should check below in the Station 4 instructions for more detailed information on setting up the herbs.

Working with Galangal - this is a powerfully flavored relative of ginger - it looks similar to ginger, but has a much stronger flavor and tougher consistency. Don't try to peel it with a spoon - you'll break the spoon! Use a paring knife or a strong vegetable peeler. 

EVERYONE! We will not be using the steam table for any items served on this menu.  Since we're not using the steam table, you are required to design your station layout  in  a diagram. This is mandatory for each person - draw up your plan, bring yours - along with your team mate's - for review and present it to the Chef at the beginning of the day for final adjustment. First draft diagram is due for review at the beginning of class on Day 8.

If you're preparing items for the Street food Plate, they must be placed in 1/3 hotel pans for service. 

Sous Chefs:

The good news is you don't have to set up the steam table today, everything comes off of it's own station.

Fisherman's soup - recipe is easy, watch demo of how to cook shrimp in the soup. You can make soup early and hot hold - keep cooked shrimp on the side until service, put them in cups and ladle soup over them. We will make the same soup on both days. Prepare 1 gallon for Day 8 and 2 gallons for Day 9.

Salads - make both each day. 1/3 recipe of each on Day 8 + 1 full recipe on Day 9.
 Green mango salad - mangoes should be green and firm, if not - talk to me. The salads goes on the street food plate, so you don't need a lot per portion - about 1 TBSP.  The Lotus Rootlets come in glass jars, they need to be rinsed and cleaned before cutting, please ask chef for demo on how to remove the fibers in the rootlets before cutting them.

Long Grained Sticky Rice (Sweet Rice) - Should have been soaked on Day 7 for Day 8 and you should soak 4c on day 8 for use on Day 9. We will also use Long Grained Sticky Rice for the Thai menu, so it's your responsibility to soak 4C on Day 9 for use on Day 10.  You need to drain it, put it into a perforated hotel pan lined with moist cheese cloth and steam it for 15 minutes. Do this early, it's usually served at room temperature, so it doesn't matter if it's not hot at service. Keep it for the street food station in a 1/3 hotel pan, covered with a moist towel.

Your primary responsibility besides soup/salad/sticky rice will be to set up the Street Food Station. This should be done on Station 5 using one chaffing dish with three 1/3 hotel pans in it to hold the hot food - like the dim sum set up.

The street food plate will go to every customer with an entree, so we need to be prepared for 50-60 on Day 9. Each small (8") plate will contain a 1oz. ramekin of nuoc cham (made by station 6), a small portion of each salad, about a tablespoon of sticky rice, one rib, one Beef in La-Lot portion, one salad Roll, one shrimp on sugar cane.The plate should look something like one of these, depending whether we have time to make any extra items :


Include a small lump of sticky rice next to the mango salad:



BTW - All of the nouc cham for the class will be made by Station 6 and distributed or portioned as needed. Station 6 should portion 60 small ramekins of the nouc cham for the street food plates on day 9- about 1/2 full each ramekin. The rest will be used by Team 4 to dress their noodles for the fish.

Station 2:
Salad Roll set up is deceptive. It looks and sounds simple, but until you've made a few, it's awkward. For that reason, have all your MEP set up to start rolling by 9:00 AM - we'll get everyone to practice rolling a few, I'll help, and it will be easy. Watch the video - ask me for the towels as soon as we walk in - but DO NOT unfold or moisten them until you have instructions form the chef.  The rolls go on the street food plate. Each person should make two rolls apiece on Day 8 and 4 rolls apiece on Day 9 - that should give us enough for service each day. Bring to Street food Serving Station in deep 1/3 pan with layers of lightly oiled parchment paper between each layer of rolls.

Pho - You will have 2 types of beef to add to this - boiled beef (already done) and thin slices of raw sirloin. On Day 8 plan to go to the meat room for about 30 minutes and slice the semi frozen meat down there at about 7:30, be sure to talk to me before you go. Plan to set up Station 2 table and a tray stand with sheet tray for Pho pick -up during service - you'll only need to do this on Day 8, once sliced we save the bulk of it for service on Day 9.. Enough broth has been made for 2 days, so only heat 1/4 on Day 8 and the rest will be saved for Day 9. Heat it in a stainless pot on the range ,use one of the Station 2 woks, filled with simmering water, as a hot water bath to hold the stainless pot of broth. The wok next to the broth should have simmering water and a china cap - this is to heat and refresh the noodles in.Draw a diagram of how you are going to set everything up. Noodles should be portioned ahead and held in cups - where will they be on the station? The Herbs? The raw beef?Where are your hot bowls for service kept? Under liner plates for Table Salad, Sambal Oleck, and Lime? All of this should be mapped out before you get to class. Check with chef before service if you have any doubts about the efficiency of your plan. You will pick up ala minute from Station 2.

It's a good idea to look ahead to the sous chef's duties for Days 10 + 11 and ask questions before you get there.

Station 3
Shrimp on Sugar cane - the shrimp "mousse" for this should have been made on Day 7 and should be enough for both Day 8 + 9, Talk to the sous chefs about who will do the finishing grill work on these - probably we only have one person to grill both your shrimp and team 5's Beef in La Lot skewers. Watch the video on how to shape and form and also on how to work with sugar cane. Chef can help. You need to fabricate the sugar cane as well, make sure to get chef's assistance with this before you begin.Once the shrimp is shaped onto the sugar cane, it must be steamed until completely cooked, then allowed to cool. It will be reheated and browned for service on the charcoal satay grills. Speak to chef about how to light charcoal and use these grills, the charcoal must be started - ignited - by 9:45 AM . Bring to Street food Serving Station in 1/3 pans.

Fried Fish - catfish fillets should be coming in, cut them into large bite-sized pieces and divide into 5 oz portions- please speak with chef before making the first cuts. You will set up most of your mise en place on your station, the fish portions and seasoned flour mix on a tray stand next to the wok, and one of the large woks directly across from your station will be filled with 6" deep of fry oil and act as your deep fryer; use the wok used earlier by stations 1 + 4 to produce the "Crispy Shallots", the oil will still be hot.  Let chef turn on and adjust the temp on the oil - if you get it wrong, it's a BIG fire - very scary. Draw a diagram of where everything will be and label everything, you can set up a tray stand with fish and flour mix next to the wok and keep your noodles, nouc cham, herbs and table salad on the table behind you - it will make your life soooo much easier. You will be frying ala minute - order-fire-pickup as the orders are called. Served in the wide, shallow bowls with rice noodles and table salad. See recipe for details. According to the tracking schedule, Station 6 is making ALL of the nuoc cham for the class - don't make extra on you own, get it from station 6.
At end of the day, be sure to strain and filter the oil from the wok - save this to use on Day 9.

Station 4- Making the table salad is labor intensive and time consuming, you're setting up a station for each team to construct their own, start early so no one is waiting for you. Watch the video on handling herbs and table salad and then set up a production assembly line so they can be assembled  efficiently. We really only need enough of each ingredient to construct about 15 table salads on Day 8, but on Day 9 we'll need enough to produce 65 - ask chef to be sure of amount to make. Keep completely covered with moist towels at all times so they don't wilt.

Here's what you'll need to set up the station for cleaning herbs and assembling Table Salads:
- Herbs
     Cilantro
     Thai Basil
     Mint
     Rau Ram (if available)
     Saw Leaf Herb (if available)
     Red leaf lettuce
     Cucumbers, sliced lengthwise into thin "ribbons"

- Containers
     3x  2qt. plastic containers for each herb - line each container with a sheet of moist paper towel
     1 plastic container for cleaned red leaf lettuce
     1 container for cucumber "ribbons"

- To Clean
     1 large stainless bowl 2/3 full of cold water

- To hold table salads
     5 blue plastic trays
      1 roll of paper towels
   
   


The Chicken salad is very straight forward - follow the recipe and serve at room temp, be prepared to adjust seasoning with chef as needed. You are responsible for your own Jasmine rice and making enough to share with Station 5. Hold it hot in a chaffing dish on your station. Chicken Salad is served with Jasmine rice and a table salad.Jasmine rice is a long grain rice, prepare as we have been for Chinese Long grained Rice.

Butchering and marinating the duck for Days 10 + 11 must be done on Day 9. Be sure to watch the video on duck fabrication and work with the chef to start the process. Separate the breast from the legs and thighs and Reserve all for use.


Station 5
 Beef in la lot leaves is time consuming, set it up "production style", meaning don't make one at a time, lay out all of the leaves, fill them all , roll, them, then put them on skewers. Remember that the amount of beef prepared is supposed to be enough to last for both days - we will make about 20 individual leaves on Day 8, lining them up 5 pieces for every pair of parallel skewers.  and save the remainder of the filling for Day 9, these will be cooked  on an Asian Satay Grill. Bring Beef rolls and Pork Ribs to Street food Serving Station in deep 1/3 pan.


 The Satay grill needs charcoal and it needs to be lit far enough ahead to be hot when needed but not so far ahead that it's run out of heat by the time you're ready to cook. Under the Gas Grill is a cabinet where you will find cast iron pans. Fill one cast iron pan with charcoal and place it on an open burner, on the stove top. When the charcoal starts to ignite, and produce smoke, transfer it to the Satay Grill. It's best to Speak to chef about how to light coals - most students will not have experience with this. , Also be sure to check that we have some charcoal when you place your supplemental order in the morning. Have a conversation with Station 3 and the Sous Chefs about who will work the grill for both your product and the shrimp on sugar cane during service. They will both be cooked in batches and brought to the street food station in 1/3 hotel pans. On day 9 make sure to add more charcoal to the grill before going to family meal so it's hot when you need to fire orders for service. The charcoal must be started - ignited - by 9:45 AM. Be sure to ask for help from chef if you're unsure about this.


Crepes- On Day 8, make 1/2 times the recipe for the batter and increase to 1 1/2x for Day 9. Be sure to read and understand all of the ingredients in the recipe, mistakes are often made by people who don't do this.  Make batter early and consult chef  when you are straining the batter - this is another common place to make mistakes, so get my input before you do. Make and fill crepes ahead, hold at room temp and reheat in a non stick pan ala minute.Draw a diagram of your service station for the crepes


Station 6 -  Weigh out ingredients for a full recipe of Banh Mi dough on each day and get started on it as soon as you come in, it's more than you'll need for Day 8 but it's difficult to make a smaller batch in the large machine. Plan to have the bread dough completely mixed, off the machine, and in a large bowl rising in a warm place, before 7:30 AM. While dough rises, prep and set out all other sandwich ingredients and make chips.The pickled Daikon and Carrots should be ready for you to "finish" with the vinegar solution.  The pate and roasted pork were made on Day 7, so slice for sandwiches early, we'll have plenty of both,  let's ask the class how many sandwiches we should makes on Day 8 and we will cut 5 or 6 sandwiches into the appropriate number of pieces. For day 9, plan to prep for 20 rolls. The rolls should be ready to bake by 9:30 AM, so that they have time to cool before cutting for service. Chips can be made as far ahead as you want - just not a day before, the recipe for chips can be found in the "Sub Page" section at the bottom of the Vietnamese Menu Page on the website. You are also making all of the nouc cham for the rest of the class, we need about 16 oz on Day 8 and 40 oz. on day 9. Most will go into ramekins for street food - you are responsible for that, and on day 9 we need 2 cups to go to station 3 for their noodles. Remember to look at tracking schedule and prep accordingly

Japanese Menu Days 6 + 7

Heads up -Japanese do not generally cook in woks, and the woks we have are used for many other, stronger flavored dishes. On Days 6+7 we may use woks to steam or boil water, but not to cook in - the flavors come out "muddy".  You may use them to blanch vegetables, bones or noodles, or use the wok steamers; ask me if not certain about when a wok might be appropriate.

In advance of the Vietnamese Menu for Days 8+9 you should watch the videos in the side bar in the Vietnamese section of the website, they are also listed here for your convenience. If you do not, you'll be unprepared for several techniques you'll need to know while prepping ahead.

These are : "Handling Fresh Herbs and Table Salad"

                    " Working with Lemon grass"

                     "Working with Tamarind Paste"

Sous Chefs for Japanese Menu:
The only things coming off of the steam table today will be the steamed long grained white rice and the Braised beef, You only need to use 1 steam table.

Making Sushi Rice is key. Watch the video and be prepared to start the process as soon as you come in at 7:00 am. Unless told otherwise by the Chef, plan to steam sushi rice in the steam cabinet, in a 2" deep full hotel pan. Follow these instructions exactly:
- Before you begin, make sure you have 2 times the amount of filtered water set aside. The water should be filtered through the rice water filter, and you should have enough filtered water to soak the rice, drain the soaking water away, and cover the soaked rice with freshly filtered water (equal in volume to the amount of rice) for cooking.
- Measure rice by volume. Place in deep stainless steel bowl. Separately measure an equal amount of filtered water (use water specially filtered for RICE). Hold measured rice water separate from rice until after rice has been rinsed.
- Rinse and drain rice with cool tap water until water is clear - the more clear the water, the better the rice. Anticipate spending 15 minutes or so washing rice - be sure to handle the rice GENTLY so that it does not crumble as you rinse it.
- Soak rice for 1 hour in fresh, cool filtered water
- Drain and Air Dry rice on lined sheet tray from 30 minutes
- prepare vinegar solution while rice dries.
- Place air-dried rice in 2" hotel pan and add the measured, filtered water to the rice in the pan.
- Steam rice in Steamer cabinet, and cook for 20 minutes exactly. - CHECK WITH CHEF FOR DONENESS OF RICE BEFORE REMOVING FROM STEAMER.While rice is steaming, fill hangiri with cool water, when rice is finished cooking and while it's resting, dump water from hangiri, towel excess water out and then put rested rice into hangiri and add vinegar solution while "cutting" and fanning. Ask Chef for additional demo on this - I want to bring everyone in on it to watch.

- When rice is cool to the point that it's no longer steaming, stop "cutting" and divide rice into 3 1/3 hotel pans - one pan for each type of sushi. Cover rice with damp towels to keep from forming a crust and hold at room temp - don't refrigerate it.

Once the sushi stations are set up, I'll demo each type of sushi to get you started - if you're set up for demos by 10:00 am you can make all of the sushi slightly ahead hold it. It works best to set up all 3 sushi stations on the same table so you can share ingredients. Use station 2 for assembling sushi (all 3 sushi stations set up on station 2), and station 3 will be used for plating sushi - all garnishes, soy sauce ramekins, plates, and salad will be arranged there. . When the sushi is made and the garnishes are all together, you can plate on small plates and hold for service on the shelves under station 5.

Sushi Plate:

Sushi Station Set ups

Maki Station: Chef will demonstrate how to peel and slice avacado, grate fresh wasabi, and cut nori for maki. Do not remove nori from package without speaking with chef. 

From Japanese Plate Presentations

Nigiri Station:
Shrimp must be placed properly on bamboo skewer and poached - in the shell- before peeling and cutting for use in nigiri. Speak with chef before starting this process. 

From Japanese Plate Presentations

Inari Station:
Inari "pouches" come in a small can, packed in sweetened soy sauce. Open can, remove tofu, and gently open each pouch before beginning to form the sushi. 

From Japanese Plate Presentations

Make the Dashi for Miso soup in a stainless steel pot,not a wok, the wok makes it dark and muddy tasting. You should anticipate making about 1 1/2  gallons dashi all together so that other stations can draw from it, the exception will be for Station 6 - they need a Vegan dashi and will make their own. Save the solids when you strain the dashi, they can be used on Day 7 to make a "second dashi", please be very aware of the time and temperature instructions for Dashi - these are important. Also be VERY aware not to rinse or wipe away the white powder which may be on the kombu - this is very flavorful sea minerals. 

Any station making Dashi - regular or vegan - should use the filtered water from the small spigot on the prep sink. These filters were developed in Japan specifically to make dashi - the clarity and flavor of our finished product will be much higher using the filtered water. 

"Sunomono" means "vinegared things" in Japanese. The sunomono salad is supposed to be placed on the sushi sampler plate as a garnish - small pile, about 1 TBSP. per plate. The sunomono can be made early and dressed closer to service, around 10:00-10:15

The steamed long grained white rice should be made in the Rice Cooker, the same way as the rice for the Chinese menu.

Station 2:
The braise is pretty self explanatory, be sure to thinly slice the beef (if you're not sure about this, ask the chef - it must be cut into thin strips) For Day 6 make only 1/2 recipe - for Day 7 make 1 full recipe.  Choose a small rondo - you don't want too much surface area or your braise will burn. When finished, hold it hot in a deep 1/2 hotel pan in the steam table. See photo in recipe for plate presentation with Toasted sesame seeds, long, thin, bias cut scallions and Miso Pickles, set on oval plates with white rice and miso pickles -usually the miso pickles are VERY salty right out of the container, so taste them with the chef and then, if needed,  soak them in cool water for at least 3 hours before service, then drain, this may have been done ahead, but talk to me anyway to be sure before we serve them.. On Day 6 Remember to soak Long Grained Sticky Rice on day 7 for Day 8.

Station 3:
Pork Cutlet is also self explanatory, you will clean a pork loin, trim off all silver-skin and external fat, cut into 1/2" thick slices and then pound into very thin, wide cutlets. The recipe on the website has a photo of how to use a sheet of plastic cut from a heavy plastic trash bag when pounding cutlets with a mallet, talk to the chef about how to set this up if it isn't clear to you.You should anticipate frying each cutlet ala minute and plating directly from the fry station, so draw a detailed diagram of how the station will look, make sure to consider work-flow in your diagram . You can fry in the fryer, turn around to the table behind you and slice the pork, plate it with the salad and a ramekin of sauce and then pass to the steam table for rice. The sauce should be in 1 oz. ramekins, (remember, this sauce is very intense in flavor, do not apply salt or pepper to the cutlets when you bread them), the cabbage salad should be dressed ahead of service, and the cutlets fried to order - if they are pounded thin enough they take less than 1 minute to fry. You'll need a cutting board and knife on your station to slice pork before plating - everything in Japanese service is cut to "bite size" before plating because there are typically no knives at the table.Remember to make the Pho Broth for Days 8+9. It's important to start this very early so it develops good body, so blanch the bones and meat on Day 6 and have them ready to start for broth as soon as you arrive on Day 7.

Be sure to read the instructions for cooking shrimp for Sushi Nigiri. The shrimp must be put onto bamboo skewers before poaching in order to keep them curving when cooking.

Station 4:  The Pork Belly for The Ramen Noodle Recipe should have been left to dry in the cooler on Day 5 for Day 6 by station 3. You should do it on Day 6 for Day 7 It only has to be removed from the package, placed on a rack, and air dried in the cooler over night, but you can't forget!  The rest of the procedure is self explanatory from the recipe (make sure to review embedded PowerPoint on preparing the pork), feel free to ask me any questions on Day 5. For setting up the Noodle station : Set up the station using the 4 burners on the right side of the range. The 2 left burners will be for station 5 to saute their vegetables. Have one large pot of boiling water with noodle baskets or a china cap in it to cook your noodles ala minuten and another to hold your simmering broth. Hold sliced pork belly , warm, above the line in a 1/2 hotel pan, have warm bowls there as well. You're other garnishes should be directly to the right of your station in the SMALLEST containers possible. You must share that space with the Fry Station.
Prep for days 8+9 includes cutting and marinating the pork ribs for the Vietnamese Menu, and making spicy beef filling for Beef in La Lot leaf, this MUST be done- let me know if you need help. It's a good idea to review the pork rib fabrication video at the beginning of the course (Pre-Day 1 Must See Videos). The recipe for the marinade is in the  Vietnamese Recipe section.


Station 5:
Beef Teriyaki - Make sure you watch the demo on cleaning skirt steak., ALL external fat and silver skin must be removed from the main muscle before you portion it. Do Not Portion into individual steaks without having Chef inspect it. Cut and portion into 5 oz. portions. Marinate steaks and prep vegetables. You will cook and plate from your station, so Draw a detailed diagram of how the grill station will be set up - Grill cloth, oil, grill brush, resting pan with rack, cutting board to slice meat, slicing knife, tongs. Also, you will be sauteing the veg (snow peas, bean sprouts, mushrooms) in small batches on the range. Set your station up so that you are "self contained". Grill set up - saute/veg set up- plates on shelf above saute line- cutting board on end of table closest to grill- chaffing dish set up with two 1/2 hotel pans in it , one for rice and one to hold your veg batches as they cook. Again - if you draw a detailed diagram of your entire station and label all of the items you'll need, setting up will be much easier and you'll look like a rock star. Hint - Beef teriyaki is very popular. You're going to get hit hard as soon as the doors open. Have 5 steaks grilled and resting(not cold,just resting) at 11:00 and have 1/3 of your vegetables already sauteed and in the chaffing dish ready to go. As you get an order for one steak, fire another. Skirt steak should be cooked to medium doneness. Medium rare is too chewy. Prep for Days 8+9 includes roasting pork butt and baking pate for Bahn Mi in the Vietnamese menu - this must be done!

Station 6:
Your main dish is a bowl designed so the vegetables can change with the seasons, and served hot in winter and chilled in the summer.

Here's a photo of a summer version. The broth and tofu will remain the same, we will use either sweet potato starch noodles, rice noodles, or mung bean starch noodles, and we'll see what the store has for fresh winter vegetables. It will be served hot this week -  you can use the left corner of the grill to keep the broth in a hot water bath. Think about how the station would look for service and I'll discuss your plan with you to make sure it's the easiest and most ergonomic. Be sure to ask me about the vegetables as soon as you arrive on the morning of Day 6 so you can get started early.



Have all of the mise en place in small, neat, containers and deep noodle bowls on your station next to the steamer. Because the vegetables may change from week to week, I'll be working closely with you to make sure the first one comes out right.

Besides your menu item,  your big job is getting all of the sushi garnishes prepped and collected. Each sushi plate will need, see the photo at the top of this page.
- 1 oz ramekin soy sauce
- 1 shiso leafs in a small container, covered with a moist towel.
- small amount of drained pickled ginger - house made yesterday.
- wasabi for the plate and wasabi for the sushi production - see below
- sunomono salad - get from sous chefs
- blanched soy beans (make sure you get the ones IN the pods - the store room usually messes up the order and sends the ones out of the pods)

Get all of this mise en place together early. The soy sauce in ramekins -enough for the class on Day 6 and  about 45 ramekins on Day 7 for service - and all of the other stuff together on a sheet tray so you can bring it to the sushi production area when they need it (hopefully by 10:00 am). The wasabi paste must be made in two different consistencies. Start by mixing the dry powder with small amounts of water and mix to combine until it has a "clay-like" texture - easy to shape and mold. Remove 1/2 of the wasabi from the bowl for use on the plate. With the remaining wasabi in the bowl, continue to add water and stir until it's thin enough to spread - a "toothpaste" consistency. This will be used on the sushi as it's formed. Communication with the other teams and sous is important. You can see a picture of the finished plate with all of the garnishes in the photo at the top of this post. Prep for days 8 + 9 include making the shrimp force meat for Shrimp on Sugarcane in the Vietnamese Menu, this MUST be done- ask for help peeling shrimp early on Day 7.
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Finally, Station 6 -  remember that you're responsible for organizing/setting up the class tasting on Day 7. Ask me for a copy of the Japanese tasting Sheet on Day 6, and I'll go over it with you in advance.

Korean Menu - Days 4 + 5 (Written assignment due on Day 4!)

Practice set up, cooking, plating on Day 4; service on Day 5 at 11:00 AM

Written Assignment Due 7:00 AM Day 4:

Use the tracking schedule to determine which station you are assigned to on days 4 + 5 and draw a complete and detailed diagram of what your station will look like at service. Include equipment, ingredients, and utensils. Each component should be properly identified/labeled. The diagram should show where each item will be on your station for service, and demonstrate an efficient and ergonomic work space.

This is an individual assignment - NOT a group project. Please submit your own work at the beginning of class on Day 4, on a separate sheet of paper from your time line - be sure to put your name and station number on it. Your ability to follow these instructions is as important as planning your station.

 Please submit your station diagram on a separate piece of paper from your time line, include your name and Station Number at the top.

You don't have to be an artist to submit a well thought out and detailed diagram, but use ONE complete 8 x 11" sheet of paper for each station, and be sure it's neat and legible. If you wouldn't submit it to your Chef at work, don't submit it here. 

Here's an example of an excellent diagram which would be considered "A" work: 

Here's an example of a poor diagram which would be considered "Failing" work:

Only the Rice, Braised Short Ribs, and Glass Noodles (Jap Chae) will be served from the steam table:

Everything else will come from the individual station serving it, so look ahead, draw a detailed station map 

Please Remember that the first day of each new menu is a "Dress Rehearsal" for the service day. We will set up EVERYTHING on Day 4 exactly as we will for service on Day 5. Please don't take short cuts. 

Sous Chefs
You are responsible for diagramming the banchan service station, soup station, and the steam table - be sure to read this whole post so you know which items will be served from the steam table and which one's will not - you are not responsible for diagramming the entire kitchen.

Spicy Beef Soup, Medium Grain Rice, and setting up the Kim Chi/banchan Plating station are your main duties. Sous Chefs should make the daikon salad and delegate the spinach salad and soy bean sprout salad to teams 3+4, 1x the recipe for each salad. Team 5 should make the scallion salad - 1x the recipe for that, it will be served with their grilled beef.

The Kimchi is already made and in the cooler. Last class made it for you and you'll make it for the next class on Days 4 + 5.  There should be cucumber, Daikon radish, and cabbage kimchi in the cooler. (There may also be some Fish Kimchi - this is for class tasting only, please do not cut and serve to customers.
The teams assigned (from the tracking schedule)  to "set" the kimchi will take some out, allow me to show them how to cut/prep it for service, they will then give their kimchi to the sous chefs for service. All salads and Kimchis should be in individual 1/9th pans on Day 4 + 1/6 pans on Day 5, together on one sheet tray, ready to plate by 10:30. They can be plated ahead and held at room temperature without suffering in quality, sous chef team should plan ahead and delegate the plating of kimchi/salad plates in order to have 25 plated and ready when we open for service at 11:00. For the Spicy Beef Soup, be sure to get cabbage kimchi scraps and liquid from Station #2

Banchan Plate with assorted salads and kimchi on a 8" round plate:

Set up the Banchan Plating Station on Table 5 like this:

Station 2 - Half of the short ribs coming from the meat room are for you (Station #2)  and the other half for team 5. We receive "boneless" short ribs, be prepared to trim the large pieces and then divide them into 2-3 oz portion pieces. Two of these pieces will equal one portion after they are braised. PLEASE DO NOT cut the short ribs for Station 5, they have a different method to follow.  The braised short ribs must be started very early,  in a wok - it's a tough cut of beef and takes a long time to cook. Please be responsible for helping the sous chefs set up the cabbage kimchi for service each day, this just means that you take the kimchi out of the cooler, get a knife, board, gloves, and 1/6th pan and ask chef how to trim and portion it, you will need to give the trim to Team 6 for use in pancakes, so do this early. Your service diagram will show where the short ribs will be served from, the garnishes and any accompaniments, plates, and plating utensils. Ask chef for advise or demo on making the egg "diamonds" for garnish.


Braised Short Ribs - Kalbi Jim - Will look like this - note the egg garnish:

Station 3 - Be prepared to make the Glass noodles, and  the Korean Fried Trout (this means that you should draw diagrams for each station set up). You are also responsible for the spinach salad (which will go to the sous chefs for setting up the "Banchan" station). A solid time line, ingredient list, and equipment list will be an important part of your pre-preparation to keep the two stations separate but organized.
The Fried Trout is served directly from the Fry Station, use your equipment list to figure out where everything should go, how it will be best set up for "Firing" and "Plating" ala minute. The noodles are served from the steam table in a deep noodle bowl, have a diagram for how your noodle mise en place will look when you begin to stir fry. What ingredients will you need? tools? Remember that the noodles are Stir Fired - that means dividing MEP into 4 batches (on Day 5) for firing through-out service, and for family meal. For garnish for both dishes you will need eggs cooked and cut into thin "julienne", please get instructions from Chef on how to do this.

 Pickled ginger recipe is in the Japanese section. Make it on either Day 4 OR Day 5 - but make sure it gets made.

Remember - You're responsible for air drying the pork belly for Day 6 - the procedure can be found in the PowerPoint presentation embedded at the bottom of the Raman Noodle dish in the Japanese Menu. Simply unwrap the pork belly, be sure it's not folded on top of itself. lay it on a wire rck and place it in the cooler, uncovered, overnight. On Day 6 it should be dry before roasting.

Jap Chae Presentation:

Station 4 - . Watch this video to get an idea of how to remove the bones from the chicken leg/thigh

And watch this one to stuff and roll the stuffed leg in plastic wrap for poaching 

Make your liquid early, make sure it's very flavorful. choose the right sized pan to poach them in - a rondo just big enough to fit the stuffed legs. Chicken must be poached between 165-180F - no boiling! Get rice to stuff the legs from the sous chefs, they will rinse and soak it, you need to par-cook it. Make the your poaching liquid, par cook the rice, cool and mix with other ingredients, stuff roll the chickens with me and start cooking them by 9:30. While legs are cooking, make poached garlic heads and other garnishes. It works best to poach the chicken on top of the regular range and, when they hit 165F internal temp, hold the cooked legs AND the broth in a water bath in a wok of hot water. Fill one of the large woks about 1/4 with water, heat the water, and place the entire rondo of poached chicke and broth into the hot water (basically, you're using the wok as a "steam table") You can set up your plates, utensils, and garnishes next to that wok and plate from there - draw a complete diagram of how this station will look for service, use the wok closest to the Chinese Oven to hot-hold your pot of chicken and use that as the focal point of your station, use a tray stand and the work table across the isle for the rest of your mise en place.You will need a cutting board and slicing knife to complete the dish.  "Set Kim Chi" just means that you take the kim chi out of the cooler, get a knife, board, gloves, and 1/6th pan and ask chef how to cut it appropriatley to fit on the banchan plate with the other salads and kimchi items. On Day 5 you will make 3# of cucumber kim chi, follow the recipe for vegetable kim chi from the web site and scale ingredients accordingly, start this early, there is 2 hours of salting required. 

Station 5- You will be sharing the grill with Station 6, space will be tight. You will be grilling thin pieces of marinated beef and plating them ala minute onto 12" round plates with rice, a small ramekin of Korean pepper sauce, scallion salad, and placing 3 pieces of beef onto leaves of cabbage lined with shiso leaves. Make enough Red Pepper Sauce to share with Station 6 - they will need about 8 oz. Since you'll be plating from the grill station, set up a chaffing dish to hold your rice. You can share this chaffing dish with station 6 -1/2 hotel pan for your rice - 1/2 hotel pan for their "mixed grains". Draw a diagram of what your station will look like - where everything will be - and a picture of what you imagine the plate will look like so I can help you adjust in the morning. Be as detailed as possible with your drawing - label everything so I can see how you think. "Set KimChi" just means that you take the kimchi out of the cooler, get a knife, board, gloves, and 1/6th pan and ask me what to do.On Day 5 you will make 3# of daikon radish kim chi, follow the recipe for vegetable kim chi from the web site and scale ingredients accordingly, start this early, there is 2 hours of salting required. Do this early.

Beef Bulgogi Presentation:

Station 6 - You will be plating from your station. the recipes are all pretty detailed and the videos are accurate, except, when making the pancakes, you will use a flat griddle set over the left side of the grill instead of the cast iron pan shown in the video. The kimchi you need you will get from Station 2 - talk to them early and they will give you the trim from what they cut.

Service station should be set up like this, on left side of grill with flat griddle on top of grill to cook pancakes on: 

And the finished plate will look like this: 

 Since you'll be plating from your station, set up a chaffing dish to hold your "mixed grains". You should plan to steam a small amount of rice for yourself early in the day to use for filling the cabbage, Rice for service (Mixed grains and Rice recipe) can be gotten from the sous chefs, have all of your other grains pre-cooked and ready to mix into the rice when it's done. You can share this chaffing dish with station 5 -1/2 hotel pan for your grains - 1/2 hotel pan for their rice.
See station 5 instructions above so you know how you are expected to share table and grill space.

Day 3 Information + Dim Sum Serice

Sous Chefs - No Salad today - please choose one of the soups - Wonton or Hot + Sour! 

ALL STATIONS - be prepared to serve 40+ portions of each Dim Sum item. See details below and on web site. Each station making Dim Sum should be ready for me to do a demonstration at their station at 9:00 AM. If everyone is set up, we can do the demos at the same time and then each person can try their hand at forming the various pieces - similar to the way the Wontons were done on Day 2

Prepping for Day 3 means being comfortable enough with the regular menu items that you can step up and add an extra item to your routine and still be on time. Everything must be ready by 10:45.

Please go to the Chinese menu and view the video demos for each dim sum item embedded in each dim sum recipe.

     This is a diagram of the layout for Day 3 Dim Sum Service. Once Stations 5 + 6 are finished with prep, use those stations to set up for Dim Sum. You will need two chaffing dishes - be sure to gather them AND all other equipment early in the day. 
                                                                      

Station 6

Soup Cups		Salad Service Area						Pork Carving Station
Serving   Trays		Plate Wipes	Empty 1/3 Pan	Pork Ribs	Spring Rolls	Steamed Dumplings	Pan fried Dumplings	1 oz ramekins Of dipping sauce
Serving   Trays		Small Cup Prepared   Mustard						8” round plates
Dim Sum Plating

  Station 5                                                                                                                                          

                                                                       

Each Dim Sum Plate on Day 3 will contain:
1 fried spring roll
1 pan fried dumpling
1 steamed dumpling 
1 stuffed pepper
1 BBQ pork rib
1 one ounce ramekin , 1/2 full of ginger-soy dipping sauce (produced by Station #2 on Day 3) 
1 "dab" of spicy mustard sauce, on the plate ( produced by Station #4 on Day 3) 

Sous Chefs -  Refer to the diagram for Dim Sum station posted above - you will set up on station 5. Make it a priority to have:
-  Two chaffing dishes with Sterno
-  2 under-liner pans for hot water
-  6 x 1/3 pans for holding the individual items.

Secure these early so you know where they are and are not scrambling at the last minute. Make sure we have Sterno on hand before you place the supplemental order!  Dim Sum Presentation will be on 8" round plates with a ramekin of ginger-soy dipping sauce in the center. The five dim sum items will be positioned around the dipping sauce and a dab of spicy mustard will go on the plate next to the spring roll - the mustard does not go in a ramekin. Make sure that you know who will be doing what during service- figure it out ahead of time and tell the people involved what their duties are well before service, everyone will need to multi-task and hustle.

Note - You should choose which soup to make and discuss with me as soon as you arrive at 7:00 AM.
Also- despite what the menu says, you will not make a salad for Day 3 - we do not have room on the trays for an extra plate!


Station 2 - Braises PLUS Steamed dumplings (Shao Mai) know which are the proper wrappers.

Remember that you are responsible for each dim sum plate getting a 1 oz ramekin of the ginger soy dipping sauce (only fill each ramekin 1/2 way). have at least 1 quart of this sauce prepared and in ramekins before
The dumplings can be steamed ahead using the wok steamer and then re-heated as needed during service. They are brought to the service line in 1/3 hotel pans.


Station 3 - Moo Shu PLUS Pan Fried Dumplings. The dough should have been made on day 2. The dough must be kept cold. As soon as it's rolled and cut, it should be stacked in single layers- with parchment paper between each layer - in a 1/2 hotel pan, covered and kept in the cooler. After they are shaped and filled, they should be held in similar fashion. When brought to the cooking line, the pan containing the dumplings should be nested on another pan of ice. If these dumplings become warm before cooking they stick like crazy and are very difficult to work with.
You will set up a station for cooking these dumplings on the range top, you'll share that space with another station, so plan to use the two burners on the right - closest to the fryer.  When cooked, bring them to the Dim Sum station in a 1/3 pan. 

Station 4- Spring rolls - filling should be made and cooked on Day 2, rolls filled on Day 3 .
For Spring Roll Wrappers, The Brand may differ, but the basic package looks the same.

 Once they are rolled, they should be kept cold - layered between parchment paper sheets in a 1/2 hotel pan. Set up a proper fry station and fry them in batches as needed for service. When cooked, slice rolls diagonally with a serrated knife and bring to the Dim Sum line in a perforated pan. Remember - you're responsible for the spicy mustard that's served with them.

Station 5- Ribs may be put in Chinese oven with the Roasts early in the day. When they are cooked through you can cut them into individual "riblettes", and hot-hold them, covered, until service. Bring them to the line in a deep 1/3 pan.

Station 6- In addition to the Grandmother's bean curd, you'll need to fill, cook, and finish the stuffed peppers. They can all be steamed ahead and held at room temp - covered - for service. At service they should be sauteed in small batches as needed, 10-15 at a time, and brought to the service line in a 1/3 pan.Plan to use the two saute burners closest to the grill, you'll be sharing the range with Station 3 so space will be tight.

Everyone please look ahead to the Korean Menu and have questions to ask on Day 3. It'll make transitioning to a new menu much

Day 2 Menu - and how to form wontons

Day 2 requires that you know the Day 1 menu and set up PLUS add new items to the line and prep for Day 3. Please be sure to go over your successes and mistakes from Day 1, learn and move ahead, and to use what you learned today to prep for Days 2 + 3 with better planning and more confidence.

Please read this entire post AND the entire tracking schedule so you know what's going on throughout the kitchen and can be informed enough to help each other.


Everyone:: Remember that the diagram for Day 3 will be much different from the one I gave you for Day 1. Here is how the Dim Sum Station will be set up on Station #5 for service. Look it over and ask questions on Day 2 so you are prepared to put the plan into action on Day 3


                      This is a diagram of the layout for Stations 5 + 6 for Day 3 Dim Sum Service
                                                                      

Soup Cups		Salad Service Area						Pork Carving Station
Serving Trays		Plate Wipes	Empty 1/3 Pan	Pork Ribs	Spring Rolls	Steamed Dumplings	Pan fried Dumplings	1 oz ramekins Of dipping sauce
Serving Trays		Small Cup Prepared Mustard						8” round plates
Dim Sum Plating

                                                                                                                                            

                                                                       

Each Dim Sum Plate on Day 3 will contain:
1 fried spring roll
1 pan fried dumpling
1 steamed dumpling 
1 stuffed pepper
1 BBQ pork rib
1 one ounce ramekin , 1/2 full of ginger-soy dipping sauce (produced by Station #2 on Day 3) 
1 "dab" of spicy mustard sauce, on the plate ( produced by Station #4 on Day 3) 

                                                                     

On Day 2:
Sous Chefs -  Wonton Soup,  Celery + Smoked Tofu Salad, Steamed White Rice - according to tracking schedule. 

We will be making wonton soup on Day 2,  watch the video in advance so, if you have questions, I can answer them in class before we get started. On Day 2, set your station up so that I can do a "live demo" for the class no later than 9:00 AM. We can then engage the rest of the class in helping shape the wontons. Set up the station exactly as it is in the video and ask for verification before we stop the class for demo at 9:00.






Station #2 - Regular Menu PLUS - prepare filling for Steamed Dumplings according to tracking schedule. We will form and cook finished dumplings on Day 3

Station #3 - Regular Menu PLUS - prepare filling + dough for Pan fried Dumplings according to tracking schedule. We will form and cook finished dumplings on Day 3

Station #4 - Regular Menu PLUS - prepare filling for Steamed Dumplings according to tracking schedule. We will form and cook dumplings on Day 3

Station #5 - Regular Menu PLUS -  Clean, and trim pork ribs as demonstrated in Video for "Pre-Day-One Must See Videos" on website. BEFORE MARINATING- ASK CHEF TO SPLIT RACKS IN HALF FOR YOU.  Apply marinade and leave in cooler over night. We will roast ribs in Chinese oven on  on Day 3.

Station #6 -  Regular Menu PLUS - prepare filling for Stuffed peppers according to tracking schedule. We will form and peppers on Day 3

Also Team 6 - On the tracking schedule for Day 3, you are assigned to make Broth for Day 4 soup. Look ahead tonight for the recipe in the Korean Menu for "Spicy Beef Soup". Although you will make the broth on Day 3, you will save time and have a better result if you blanch the beef bones and beef shoulder EARLY on Day 2, discard the blanching water, and save the bones and shoulder in the cooler for Day 3. On Day 3, you can start simmering the bones and beef right away and have a longer cooking time and more full bodied broth by having blanched them on Day 2.


Everybody else: Make sure you know what you're supposed to be prepping ahead for Day 3 and that IT ALL GETS DONE. The reason it was assigned as prep a day ahead is because you will be in the weeds on Day 3 if you have to start from scratch.