MasterChef Season 2 winner Adam Liaw has shared a little-known fact about Asian fine-dining following backlash surrounding Sunday’s episode of Back to Win.
It comes after judge Jock Zonfrillo sparked furore for his questionable comment about Asian food.
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When now-eliminated contestant Khanh Ong chose to create a fine dining dish that represented Vietnam – a natural choice, given his Vietnamese heritage, Zonfrillo remarked that Asian food didn’t lend itself to “fine dining”.
Others had chosen French cuisine to represent “fine dining”.
MasterChef season two winner Adam Liaw initially led the charge in criticising Zonfrillo’s comments, but he also went on to share an Asian restaurant industry titbit many had not previously heard.
“Ever wondered why some Chinese restaurants are called ‘(Name) Seafood Restaurant’ even though they serve other things?,” he posted.
“That means fine dining. A ‘seafood restaurant’ in Cantonese nomenclature means that the chefs and ingredients are supposedly of a higher standard.”
He went on to explain that in Chinese, there are “lots of levels” when it comes to dining style.
“A snack place = xiaochidian 小吃店.
A casual small restaurant = canting 餐厅 or fanguan 饭馆.
A larger restaurant = fandian 饭店.
Larger and fancier = jiudian 酒店.
A fancy ‘seafood restaurant’ = haixianjiudian 海鲜酒店,” he posted.
Last night, Liaw (who regularly live tweets during MasterChef: Back to Win) weighed in to debate the concept of fine dining in light of Zonfrillo’s comments.
“Asian cuisines are full of fine dining,” Liaw had posted.
“It’s just that the Eurocentric conceptualisation of Michelin, World’s 50 Best etc. constantly ignores it,” he said.
Others slammed Zonfrillo as “patronising” and “ignorant”.
Food columnist Liaw won MasterChef back in 2010, beating out current Back to Win contestant Callum Hann for the title.
Zonfrillo’s recent comments come in a season praised by MasterChef fans for its significant representation of Asian Australians.
New judge Melissa Leong herself celebrated an immunity challenge in an episode earlier this month that saw all five cooks – Reynold Poernomo, Jess Liemantara, Poh Ling Yeow, Khanh Ong and Brendan Pang – hailing from Asian backgrounds.
She shared a picture of the contestants on her Instagram, calling it “ground breaking”.
“Not only did these tremendous humans create the five best dishes yesterday (we judge dishes, not people), but I could never conceive of witnessing a moment like this on prime time television in my lifetime. Thank you Channel 10,” she said.
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2020-06-15 07:29:44Z
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