Kitchen Language

The complete fate of your meal is in the hands of the chef.

Mise en place is a vital aspect of learning to cook professionally.

Sharpen your knife skills with this handy guide to cutting terms like julienne, chiffonade and brunoise.

Sharpen your knife skills with this handy guide to cutting terms like julienne, chiffonade and brunoise.

Hilton Singapore’s new executive pastry chef Cindy Khoo demonstrates this deceptively simple technique that elevates any plate to fine-dining standard.

Hilton’s new executive pastry chef Cindy Khoo demonstrates this deceptively simple technique that elevates any plate to fine-dining standard.

This traditional Indian slow-cooking technique allows the dish to breathe and seals in all the flavours.

In this French cooking technique, wrapping meat "in bladder" before poaching ensures a moist dish that is infused with flavour.

Wrapping meat in a pig's bladder before poaching ensures a moist dish that is infused with flavor.

Combining steaming and poaching, the French method of cooking ‘à la nage’ partially submerges seafood in flavorful broth.

Brush up on your food terminology with us, from commonplace colloquialisms to obscure obsessions, as we demystify culinary lingo in our Kitchen Language column.

Brush up on your food terminology with us, from commonplace colloquialisms to obscure obsessions, as we demystify culinary lingo in our Kitchen Language column.

The use of hot vapour in cooking has picked up steam in recent years as a healthy food preparation technique, but epicureans have always appreciated its ability to seal the original flavours in the ingredients.

Brush up on your food terminology with us, from commonplace colloquialisms to obscure obsessions, as we demystify culinary lingo in our Kitchen Language column.

Fact: It is often considered the finest level of dining in Japan.

Brush up on your food terminology with us, from commonplace colloquialisms to obscure obsessions, as we demystify culinary lingo in our Kitchen Language column.

It's creamy, nutty, vegan and delicious. It sounds too good to be true, what is it?

From commonplace colloquialisms to obscure obsessions, brush up on your food terminology with us as we demystify culinary lingo in our Kitchen Language column.