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How do pastry shops get away with displaying cream filled pastries without a display fridge?

I see many French and Italian pastry shops displaying and serving pastries that are filled with creams and custards, but these were not stored in a display fridge. Don't all these need fridges because of the dairy in them? Why is this practice so…
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Help me find a chinese recipe from "Green Tea" restaurant in Beijing

Some years ago I went to Beijing for a business trip. My chinese hosts took me out for dinner to a restaurant called Green Tea (it was exactly this restaurant at this location). Amongst many delicious meals I ate there, there is this one I am trying…
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Can you become a chef without cooking school?

Is there some other path to becoming a professional chef? If I wanted to teach myself, what would that kind of "program" look like?
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Should a rare steak bleed?

I very much like my steaks to ooze blood on the plate - especially fillet or sirloin. However, I've recently (and only recently) noticed that when visiting restaurants and asking for rare steak, the steak that arrives is dry (or at least a lot…
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How much experience is needed to work in a restaurant?

I've always thought it'd be cool to work in a restaurant as a chef or own one (though I could be sorely mistaken). I'm speaking of small town, mom and pop kinds of restaurants; the kind you'd see on Food Network or other TV shows. I enjoy cooking…
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How do I keep ribs moist during the whole evening? (for my restaurant)

I'm planning to start serving short ribs in my restaurant. I'm going to boil the ribs for approx 90 minutes, glaze and oven for 10 minutes, 150 degrees celsius. But. I want the ribs to stay moist and fresh during the night. 1. Any ideas on how I can…
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Category name for restaurants NOT dressing food?

Is it there a specific category name or whatever, defining restaurants that serve food without dressing, or any kind of food art or dish decoration, despite still serving good quality, tasty food, fill-me-up dishes? Not to mistake with low quality…
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What causes scrambled egg patties to turn greyish green on the inside?

I ordered an egg and cheese bagel from a restaurant. The egg patty was unusually thick, uniformly bright yellow on the outside, and grey on the inside (although the computer photo shows a greenish tint). What could have caused this? Does it tell us…
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Do food courts with multiple restaurants share food? e.g. is there a common shipping and storage area?

I've never walked behind the food court in the mall. But just wondering if, behind the restaurants fascia, the individual restaurants are receiving incoming food shipments together. e.g. is there a common freezer and storage area? Or does each…
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Requirements for a Good Chef

I'm an amateur cook and an aspiring Culinary Manager. I'm almost done with my program and I'll be opening my restaurant soon. I'll be hiring soon so I wanted to know what are the certain requirements that make a chef great. What differentiates a…
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How to keep cream soup warm for restaurant/cafe?

I want to start a soup restaurant/cafe. And I want to keep my soup and cream soup (more thicker and creamy) warm or hot if it can. But I'm not sure how to do that. What is the equipment that I need to buy? And for how long my soup can last? Thank…
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What happens if chefs don't want to eat something or have dietary restrictions?

What happens if a chef develops an allergy or an intolerance? I try to avoid gluten because it makes me feel unwell. If I was a chef, I'd have to be careful with something like pasta or cake or beer. And I really can't have dairy. Certainly not…
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How many items per order of dim sum?

Dim sum traditionally comes in multiples of 3 or 4 in each steamer basket. However, there doesn't seem to be any resource to let the customer know whether you are getting 3 or 4 dumplings/items. Is there a hard and fast traditional rule for each…
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What are strategies to identify restaurants where you will learn as much as possible?

How do I identify restaurants that offer excellent training/education? I considered looking at the number of chefs that learned at a certain restaurant and afterwards achieved a Michelin star or won prices etc. However, I could not find any database…
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