Deep fried fish with pad cha sauce, or plad pad cha, is a dish perfected by Thai chef McDang for KL's Chakri Palace. Photos: The Star/Yap Chee Hong
Chef McDang is not one to be easily intimidated. More than a dozen pair of eyes and cameras were trained on him in a recent cooking demo, yet the 62-year-old chef possessed enough chutzpah to thrust his bare, unwashed hands into a bowl to toss some salad.
“It tastes better this way,” he joked, as several journalists exchanged looks.
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