Sting Tang Tong: Not a song but the name of Inch Chua’s dish for her MasterChef Singapore test
You may know her every bit a musician but Inch Chua can get pretty creative in the kitchen as well.
The 31-year-old local vocalist-songwriter is one of hundreds of applicants vying for a shot to be the side by side MasterChef Singapore winner. The second flavor of the cooking competition airs in February next year.
In the kickoff flavor, which aired in 2018, Information technology concern manager Zander Ng was crowned the countdown winner after a final cook-off against culinary student Genevieve Lee where they had to create a five-grade Asian-inspired feast.
Chua was chosen for the cooking exam for this new flavor where she whipped up her very own creation called the Sting Tang Tong, and then named considering it was an otah dish made of sting ray, batang fish and sotong (squid).
But only making an otah would not be enough to wow the judges so information technology's actually an otah turned into a floss, that sabbatum on a rice cracker bed shaped like an oyster shell and then topped with kaffir lime aioli, ikura (salmon roe) and shiso leaf.
Chua shared with CNA Lifestyle that her beloved of cooking was something she got from her two grandmothers. In fact, she learned how to make otah from her maternal grandmother, who is from Tanjung Pinang in Indonesia, and who used to brand the dish for family and friends.
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She was not able to reveal how far she made it in the culinary competition – it'southward currently existence filmed – only she offered that she would love to be able to share more well-nigh her passion for sustainability and zero waste if she managed to stick around beyond the initial cooking exam.
She shared, "It's always been a dream of mine to have a show, sort of a (Anthony) Bourdain-esque show where civilization and music and sustainability and food tin can come together".
When asked if she would like to pursue cooking as a 2d career, Chua said, "I don't know honestly. I dearest the culinary journey but I don't know if a culinary career is something I want to pursue. I accept so many friends in the industry and I don't know if I tin can see myself in that vein".
Between singing and cooking for a console of judges, Chua said that it'due south no contest that cooking is the scarier prospect.
"I have dreams where a judge eats my nutrient and they discover a fish scale or something like that. Or they cut open a piece of meat and it'due south raw. I get nightmares likes that, things you can't predict in a foreign cooking environment. And working with possible utensils and tools y'all haven't figured out," she said.
To train for the contest, Chua said with a laugh that "all of my friends are lab rats".
She added: "I am but feeding them silly. I tell them, I'm gonna try something crazy and not everything I endeavor will be great."
Chua also said that her mum thinks she should practise cooking and talking nearly the food at the same time the way it's done in the show. "She's even offered to disturb me while I'yard cooking," Chua joked.
It'southward safety to say that Chua has had a very productive last few months. Apart from whipping upward a storm in the kitchen, she was besides working on a new album that's slated for release in February or March adjacent year, which she said is "something extremely personal and a bit vulnerable and emotionally naked".
She was too doing a lot of DIY work at habitation during the fourth dimension, including putting together a home studio, building furniture, repainting and as well some electric rewiring.
"YouTube has been the academy that I've been attending throughout the entire time of COVID-19. And you only larn a lot of handy home stuff," she said.
"I just had to make certain I didn't die," she quipped.
Musician, chef and handyman – at present that's a triple threat.
Source: https://cnalifestyle.channelnewsasia.com/entertainment/inch-chua-masterchef-singapore-season-2-258826
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