The Island Bistro Cookbook [Hardcover]

Chai Chaowasaree (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 30, 2008

Chef Chai Chaowasaree presents his first solo cookbook: The Island Bistro Cookbook, a collection of over 90 recipes from the award-winning chef's restaurants, Singha Thai Cuisine and Chai's Island Bistro. In The Island Bistro Cookbook, Chaowasaree not only serves up delicious recipes, but offers his personal insights on the dishes and lets the reader in on his experiences as a chef, which have run the gamut from owning his own restaurants to serving up Kentucky Fried Chicken on the Big Island. Mouthwatering photography by Rae Huo showcases the palate-pleasing final products and captures the chef in action - shopping at the Chinatown markets and preparing ingredients.

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About the Author

Chef Chai Chaowasaree is one of the founders of Hawaii's Island Chefs (HIC), an organization devoted to promoting agriculture and aquaculture in Hawaii, and a prominent figure in Hawaii Regional Cuisine. Chef Chai opened his first restaurant, Singha Thai Cuisine in Waikiki, 20 years ago. A decade later, he followed with Chai's Island Bistro at the Aloha Tower Marketplace in Honolulu. As a young boy growing up in Thailand, Chaowasaree often dreamed of making the move to America - the land of golden opportunity - but never imagined once that he would live in Hawaii. In retrospect, however, he feels, "It must have been my good fortune and destiny to have fallen in love with the Islands."

Product Details

• Hardcover: 168 pages
• Publisher: Watermark Publishing (December 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0981508677
• ISBN-13: 978-0981508672
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,923,010 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Cookbook with Great Food, February 12, 2009

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Ben Sumner (Beltsville, Md. United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Island Bistro Cookbook (Hardcover)

When you eat at Chai's Island Bistro in Honolulu, you'll want to know how to make his food for yourself. The recipes in this cookbook will give you wonderful meals that can only be rivaled by Chai cooking them himself.