Rachel Khoo

Chef

1980-08-28

Quotes by Rachel Khoo

• I admit it, I do like pickled red onion. I made some the other day. You just slice up the onion, pull it apart and you get these petals and you make a pickling liquid, I make mine sweet and sour.

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• Don't be afraid to play with combinations and quantities of spices to create your own bespoke spice rub.

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• True to his Malay Chinese heritage, my dad would regularly whip up a revitalising spicy broth in the depths of winter. He was a firm believer that spicy food is the solution to most problems, and feeling under the weather was no exception.

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• I'm always looking for a way to get some spice into my cooking but, generally, the French don't like spicy food.

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• But understanding the complexities of the ramen menu is an equally tricky feat for a foreigner. Both regional and stylistic variations apply to each menu. Add to that the spin that each particular ramen chef puts on his dish, and you rarely know what you are going to get.

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• Fig season is a joyous time of year for me. Back in my Paris days, the markets would be filled with piles of these squidgy fruit, no doubt sent up from the sunny south where they grow in abundance.

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• I couldn't be a supermodel, hats off. I'll stick to the kitchen!

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• Like its breakfast companion Marmite, jam seems to divide the crowds. In many of its mass-produced guises, it seems barely acquainted with the fruit named on the jar, tasting mostly of sugar.

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• I'm not one for souvenirs though I do have a treasured yellow pot I bought at Maison d'Empereur in Marseille.

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• A whole trout is the ultimate Sunday table centrepiece to replace a hearty roast. It looks a little retro with the radish and cucumber scales, but this also adds freshness and acidity.

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• I've always felt the easiest way to get to know new culture is through its food even if you don't speak the language. Food will do it for you. It's an universal language.

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• I love a waffle but adding the sweet nutty flavour of the butternut squash makes the waffles so much more flavoursome.

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• Crumpets for me are the quintessence of a British afternoon tea, the ideal winter warmer that would welcome me home from school.

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• I'm less Soho House these days, more Airbnb. It's just so useful to have a washing machine, or to rock up somewhere with a baby bed and all the other kit provided.

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• Since Londoners started taking their burgers as seriously as the Americans do, discerning burger lovers have come out of the woodwork to judge every component from buns to pickles, patties to cheeses.

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• Warming and nourishing bowls of food are something I love wrapping my hands around when the cold nights drawn in.

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