Adam Liaw's Asian Cookery School

by Adam Liaw

ADAM LIAW'S ASIAN COOKERY SCHOOL is your guide to simple and traditional Asian home cooking. More than just a recipe book, it will teach you about the ingredients and techniques of the Asian kitchen for a complete understanding of how you can create authentic Asian flavours.

Each chapter in this beautifully designed and exquisitely photographed cookbook is a lesson that will improve your cooking, with practical recipes designed to try out your new skills. Adam explains the heart and soul of Asian cuisines through hundreds of tips and insights and the kind of small wisdoms passed down from generation to generation that you would never find in a recipe alone. With his help, it won't take long for homemade Dumplings, Pad Thai, Crispy Skin Chicken, Lemongrass Beef and Green Tea Ice Cream to become your new everyday family favourites.

If you love Asian food, this is the cookbook you need in your home kitchen.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food

240 pages, Hardcover

First published September 15, 2015

Reviews

[Carol - Reading Writing and Riesling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fresh and tasty!

My View:
Adam Liaw is a Masterchef Australia winner, author and a former lawyer and television presenter. He has written several very well received cook books including Two Asian Kitchens, Asian After Work and Adam’s Big Pot, I do not doubt that this current book Adam Liaw’s Asian Cookery School will also be a big success.

Elements that get my tick of approval is this fabulous book;
√ Great photos
√ Easy to make, graded step by step cooking lessons
√ A guide to sauces/flavours/rice and noodles
√ An equipment guide for the Asian kitchen
√ Fresh, tasty, quick and easy to make recipes - there is something for everyone’s taste here.
√ The book includes everyone’s favourite Asian dish Pad Thai! (And my new favourite Spinach in Sesame Dressing)

[Marcella Purnama · Rating 5 out of 5]

I (super) rarely rate a cookbook despite having read a fair few, but this one really is exceptional. You usually just read a cookbook for a few recipes, and return it back to the shelf. But this one really captures my heart. The recipes are simple and somewhat easy; they use everyday materials that I actually have in my kitchen; there are pictures for guidance! I literally read the words he wrote (he explained a lot about favour and the sauces used in Asian cooking, etc etc).

Oh, I really like Adam Liaw when he was a contestant in MasterChef (and ending up winning it), but I really, really begin to like him when I watched him on Destination Flavour – Japan. Ending up borrowing his cookbooks (three so far), and I have to say, this one's the best.

I have even decided to buy the cookbook in the near future. Can't wait to put a bookmark on every recipe I've tried, because I'm pretty sure I'm going to go through the book!

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wouldn't normally review a cookbook because I usually use a couple of recipes and shelve them most of the time. Not the case with this book. There is very little wasted space, I honestly could cook most of the recipes and am happily (and easily) working my way through most of them. This book is spending a lot of time on the bench and my husband has been consulting it too.

[Kavita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the Cooking lessons and understanding flavour chapters of this book.

[Oranan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Authentic Asian flavours with easy to follow instruction. Love this book!