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Superkabza's Cookout

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When I started cooking and most of my friends and their friends knew I cooked, the most common question I would get is "When will I taste your food?" or "When will you cook for me?", mainly from the ladies, because the guys always knew we would have a braai (BBQ) so it didn't matter to them that much as they'd tasted my food.  But in all this, I never had time to cook for everyone and it wasn't possible for me to do that. What came from this was that it pushed me to want to do something for my friends.  Theo at work That's when I thought of a cookout where I invited friends and which came with their friends for the day at the local dam. I also invited my fellow chef and friend Theo (@cheftheo) to help me achieve the good day.   Chef Theo and Selder Grilling potatoes and getting ready to start the salad We located the cookout in a place where we all can make it and I draw up the menu to compliment the day with sm

Ceviche

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Classic Ceviche: Fish, Aji limo, Lime, Choclo (Peruvian Corn), Sweet potatoes, Red onions. Personally, I never knew it and besides me being a chef and all I'm still learning a lot of things and the food world. About a year and a half while working in the USA I met this lady Andrea from Peru in South America. She introduced me to ceviche and all the ingredients they add to it, but I didn't get the whole cooking thing.  What I knew was that on the classic ceviche they use white fish most of the times and one spicy chilli which they blend into the mixture called "leche de tigre" or "tigger's milk" and mix it with the fish. So I asked if we going to fry it and she said "no we cook the fish with lime for a few minutes then it's done".  "Aji Amarillo" and "Aji Limo" are the most popular chillis for ceviche Peruvian Lime, really acid. Where she comes from, Peru it's a normal thing to have it and there

Apologies to my readers

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During the past two week or more I haven't posted anything due to a change of direction from writing, many of you know that I have relocated to the UAE (Abu Dhabi). The relocation was caused by getting a new job and having to change my life style.  I'm working for Asia De Cuba located in front of the St Regis hotel on the Cornish beach, so opening a new place has caused me to not have time to write and all but I can give you a short preview of what's been happening.  Asia De Cuba Team. New friends from all over the world. Receiving all the products, ready to start prepping. Someone took a picture of me working Finally got to eat something