Held at the Malaysian Ambassador's lovely estate the event was attended by many top chefs in Santiago as well as members of the public.
A full course was presented by a very lively and fun professional Malaysian chef flown in especially for this and other cooking events in Chile over the next two weeks.Nov. 27th, 2008; Santiago, Chile--Not to be outdone by the Thais, the Malaysian embassy flew in their own professional chef and had a special cooking demonstration followed by a buffet lunch yesterday at the Malaysian ambassador's private residence (another photographer and writer were covering the event, so I didn't take many photos. My concentration, rightly, was on the food!). Needless to say the food was amazing, mouth watering satay (meat on a stick) covered with peanut sauce, coconut curries and roti, banana leaf deserts, and on and on. The demonstration was very professionally executed and had the feeling of a live celebrity cooking show complete a fun, witty and amiable chef. A dozen or so top chefs from Santiago were on hand to learn some of the secrets of Malaysian cooking, so hopefully we'll see some more Malay dishes on offer in the future here in Santiago.
Held at the Malaysian Ambassador's lovely estate the event was attended by many top chefs in Santiago as well as members of the public.
A full course was presented by a very lively and fun professional Malaysian chef flown in especially for this and other cooking events in Chile over the next two weeks.
Lucky participants whose name's were drawn at random out of a bowl had the chance to learn side-by-side with the chef
The main dish (sorry, I forgot the name): fried fish covered in a sweet and sour thai salsa
After each course participants were able to sample the dish 
Ambassador Vimon Kidchob holds up a Thai cookbook to give away to one lucky winner in a lottery at the end of the cooking demonstration
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tapestry detail
A Chilote (person from the island of Chiloe in southern Chile) sits on his stoop and points to the hole in his throat, afterwards he smiles and makes a smoking gesture.
