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5-year-old “child prodigy” kitchen confidential
- Shanghai Four Seasons Hotel Executive Sous Chef Ge Ailun black pepper soft shell crab rice salad
Kitchen Talent Discovered at 5
- Black Pepper Soft Shell Crab with Rice Salad
by Eren Guryel
Executive Sous Chef with Four Seasons Hotel
Shanghai

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This month’s “Chef” to the camera turned to the executive vice president of Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai kitchen Ge Ailun. Naive young age that he had a “child prodigy”: from 5 years old, it will be sensitive to the “cooking call” home in Vermont Sevi’s restaurant business and became an apprentice, his father is a cook shop that year. When the age of the children playing in the play when, Ge Ailun had already started playing in the kitchen cutting vegetables and a soft dough. 10 years old, he made a barbecue already is full of praise.

Even more noteworthy is that Ge Ailun had been to different countries and regions, draw a different geographical and cultural essence of cooking. Moreover, he was in New York, a company called Per
Se Michelin 3 star restaurants with star Thomas Box Election
Keller work together. Such an experience, can not help thinking of his cooking full of expectation! Would not let us go and see “wonder child” brought us rice, black pepper soft shell crab salad, the whole production process it!

Location: Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai

Shanghai Four Seasons Hotel Four Seasons Group in China as the first hotel with its personalized service and comfortable and pleasant environment, has won wide acclaim from the guests at home and abroad. The main feature of the hotel function rationally, to give guests the most convenient services and facilities. Hotel is located in Puxi Weihai road. In this prime location you can feel the rapid development of Shanghai in this bustling city pace. Shanghai’s main business district, major attractions, entertainment and business district in close proximity with the hotel.

Black pepper soft shell crab rice salad

Ingredients: 4 soft-shell crab, 200 grams of fennel dish, three oranges, a little parsley, 300 grams of cooked and cooled rice.

Practice:
1.
The fennel food planing thin;
2.
Orange flesh will be cut;
3.
The chopped coriander;
4.
The above fruits and vegetables mixed with olive oil and seasoning methodology;
5.
The cooked rice seasoning methodology;
6.
Clean soft shell crabs, cut them in bulk;
7.
Soft shell crab shot powder, put in frying pan;
8.
After the soft-shell crab cooked by adding oyster sauce, soy sauce, black pepper fried dishes;
9.
The seasoned rice is poured into a bowl, add crab pieces, and finally adding the fruit and vegetable stand-rustling.

Black pepper soft shell crab rice salad can be said to contain a wide variety of nutritious and delicious, including seafood, cereals, fruits, vegetables and salad in the amount of fat. In a dish taste so many kinds, and to ensure the color, smell and taste of the perfect match, enough to appear the chef’s skillful!

During the shoot, we learned that Ge Ailun a soft spot for Spain, he thought of the delicious Mediterranean cuisine both color and cooking skills are rated as first class! Do not know Road, Black Pepper Soft Shell Crab rice salad inspiration is from the Mediterranean delicious too!

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This episode features Eren Guryel, Executive Sous Chef with Four
Seasons Hotel Shanghai. Though trained in aeronautical engineering,
he felt his “culinary calling” at the tender age of 5 where he
started his apprenticeship in the kitchen of his family restaurant
Sevi’s, in Quechee in Vermont, where his father was chef. While
other kids his age were playing ball, young Eren was busy in the
kitchen chopping up vegetables for soup, slicing meat for grills
and kneading dough for bread. By the age of 10, he was known to
make a mean roast.

Having been to several countries and regions, Eren
is under the influence of different culinary cultures. It’s worth
mentioning that he was a one-time colleague of Thomas Keller,
celebrity chef and owner of Per Se, a Michelin-three-star
restaurant in the New York City. No wonder his gastronomic
creations shine with originality. Let’s check out the preparation
of “Black Pepper Soft Shell Crab with Rice Salad” step by step.

Venue: Four Seasons Hotel Shanghai
Ideally located in downtown Shanghai, Four Seasons Hotel
Shanghai is within a short distance from the most prestigious
shopping, entertainment and business areas of Nanjing and Huaihai
roads, bringing exemplary service to an environment known for
business and leisure that is unequalled in this city today.

Black Pepper Soft Shell Crab with Rice Salad

Ingredients: 4 soft shell crab, 200g fennel, 3 oranges,
little coriander, 300g basmati rice, cooked cooled to room
temperature.

Preparation:

1.
Shave the fennel very thin;

2.
Cut the segments out of the oranges, juice the rest;

3.
Chop some of the coriander; mix olive oil, orange juice, fennel,
coriander, adjust seasoning, reserve some for garnish;

4.
Fold in cooked rice and adjust seasoning;

5.
Clean the gills and apron off the crabs, and cut off the face using
kitchen shears;

6.
Season and lightly flour the crabs, sear in a pan using medium-high
heat, turn;

7.
When the crabs are cooked throughout, degrease pan;

8.
Add equal parts oyster sauce, soy sauce, and cracked black pepper.
Liberally coat crabs;

9.
Place rice salad into bowl, top with crabs, and garnish with orange
coriander mixture from above.

This dish is sure to delight you with its perfect combination of
color, aroma and flavor, various nutrients from seafood, cereal,
fruit and vegetable and moderate content of fat. Eren’s thoughts
and cooking expertise are all in the recipe and preparation.

During the shooting, Eren told us Spain was his favorite
country, and Mediterranean-style diet ranked among the best in
terms of color combination and cooking skills, making us wonder if
this dish had been inspired by Mediterranean-type diet.

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